Two migrants dead, one missing after boat sinks off Kos
Two migrants were pulled dead out of the sea by Greek Coast Guard officers and one was missing after a dinghy overturned off the northeastern coast of Kos, in eastern Greece, on Wednesday.
Two migrants were pulled dead out of the sea by Greek Coast Guard officers and one was missing after a dinghy overturned off the northeastern coast of Kos, in eastern Greece, on Wednesday.
Greek Premier Kyriakos Mitsotakis pledged to get to the bottom of the deadly train collision late Tuesday night that killed at least 36 people and injured more than 85.
Large parts of Greece have been shrouded in haze as persistent southerly winds have carried waves of dust from the African continent across the Mediterranean.
Greek consumers are paying up to 45% more this year for basic food items compared to a year ago, as estimates of temporary price appreciation, which started before the war in Ukraine and intensified later on, turned out to be false hopes
Energy has been at the top of the agenda over the past days. Last week’s 1st East Macedonia and Thrace Forum put the spotlight on the port city of Alexandroupoli, which is at the heart of key regional developments.
A passenger train and a cargo train collided head-on in Greece on Tuesday night, killing at least 36 people and injuring dozens as the country’s deadliest rail crash in living memory threw entire carriages off the tracks.
Greek President Katerina Sakellaropoulou said on Wednesday she was cutting short a visit to Moldova to return to Greece following a train collision in which officials said at least 36 people were killed.
President Tayyip Erdogan indicated on Wednesday that elections will be held on May 14, sticking to his previous plan for the vote with a date just over three months after a devastating earthquake killed more than 45,000 people in Turkey.
Opposition leaders Alexis Tsipras and Nikos Androulakis expressed their “deep shock” at the deadly train collision late Tuesday night in northern Greece that has killed at least 36 people and injured more than 85.
In a phone call on Wednesday, Turkey’s Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu expressed to Greek counterpart Nikos Dendias his condolences over the tragic railway accident in Tempi, northern Greece.