At least 79 migrants drowned early on Wednesday and hundreds more were feared dead or missing after their overloaded boat capsized and sank in open seas off Greece, in one of Europe’s deadliest shipping disasters.
The shipwreck off Pylos, where at least 78 people died, is a “heartbreaking reminder” that human trafficking must stop, European Council President Charles Michel said on Wednesday.
Doug Lansky, a specialist in sustainable tourism, spoke on the global state of the sector as part of the “Reimagine Tourism in Greece” summit held by Kathimerini. Among the topics he covered were air travel, single-use plastics, eco-tourism and water management.
The President of the Hellenic Republic Katerina Sakellaropoulou departed on Wednesday for Kalamata, where there are more than 100 migrants rescued from a shipwrecked fishing boat. The boat was carrying an unknown number of migrants when it capsized in international waters some 47 nautical miles from the Peloponnese coast, near the town of Pylos.
The migrants rescued from the deadly boat sinking off the coast of southwestern Peloponnese will be transferred to the Reception and Identification Center in Malakassa, in East Attica, the Migration Ministry said on Wednesday.
At least 78 bodies have been found by rescuers conducting search-and-rescue operations on Wednesday following the capsizing of a fishing vessel off the town of Pylos in the Peloponnese. There are fears that the death toll may still yet increase further. 104 people on board have been rescued, with information suggesting that the people on…
An ongoing construction project within the boundaries of Schinias National Park has sparked concerns regarding its potential environmental impact and violation of EU legislation.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has voiced criticism of Greece’s armaments program, expressing his intention to address the issue with the next prime minister in Athens.
An amusement park in Athens that had been operating for 17 years without a license was shut down last month by the National Transparency Authority (EAD), it was announced on Tuesday.
New Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis has made the decision to postpone Wednesday’s campaign rally in the western port city of Patra following the devastating shipwreck that occurred overnight off the town of Pylos.