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.
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.
Adored by fans of indie, rock and alternative music alike, Ohio-bred duo Black Keys will be performing at Athens’ highly anticipated Rockwave Festival.
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.
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.
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.
This year marks the 100th anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Lausanne, a treaty that defined the borders of modern Turkey, and is a key point of reference in Greece’s relations with Turkey.
Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the president of Turkey, has criticized Greece’s arms program and stated his intention to discuss it with the country’s next prime minister.
The shipwreck that killed at least 79 people in international waters off Greece happened in search and rescue waters under Greek responsibility, Italy’s interior minister said on Thursday.
New cases of Covid-19 dropped slightly over the week of June 5-11, according to the weekly report by the National Public Health Organization (EODY), published on Thursday.