Rallies in Athens following migrant ship sinking
Two separate protests were held in central Athens on Thursday evening protesting about the causes of the Pylos shipwreck tragedy.
Nine survivors arrested following migrant ship sinking
Authorities in the port city of Kalamata have made nine arrests following the sinking of a fishing boat southwest of the Peloponnese that killed at least 78 migrants, a Shipping Ministry source has said.
Frontex chief: Greek authorities ‘did their upmost to save lives’
The head of the EU border agency Frontex has said the Greek authorities “did their upmost to save lives” in Wednesday’s sinking of a ship crammed with migrants that went down off the coast of Pylos, in the Peloponnese.
Coast guard: forceful intervention would have caused migrant ship to sink
A Greek coast guard spokesperson has said that had an attempt been made to forcefully intervene with the vessel carrying hundreds of migrants before it sank, “the coast guard could have caused the shipwreck of the fishing vessel.”
Food prices not dropping yet
Market conditions at this stage do not favor a de-escalation in food prices anytime soon, warned the president of the Association of Greek Food Industries (SEVT), Ioannis Jotis, on Monday.
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Relatives of migrant ship passengers seek their loved ones in Kalamata
Relatives of passengers who were aboard a trawler crammed with migrants that went down in the Mediterranean Sea early Wednesday have begun arriving in Kalamata, where the survivors have been taken, in the search for their loved ones. People have come from Cyprus, the Netherlands and Germany.
Tsipras briefed by Coast Guard on deadly migrant shipwreck in Kalamata
SYRIZA-Progressive Alliance leader Alexis Tsipras visited on Thursday an area at the port of Kalamata set aside for migrants rescued from a deadly shipwreck off the coast of Pylos in the port’s warehouse.
Party leaders’ debate called off after deadly migrant boat sinking
The representatives of the five parties elected to Parliament decided on Thursday to postpone a televised debate between the party leaders scheduled for this evening, due to the 3-day mourning called after a deadly shipwreck off Pylos that killed at least 78 migrants.
Mitsotakis reiterates pledge to have more women in his cabinet
New Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis reiterated on Wednesday his pledge to include more women in his cabinet if he is re-elected in the June 25 election. “I have pledged that we will have many more women in the next cabinet,” the ND president said.