Shocked and sleep-deprived, passengers rescued from a Greece-Italy ferry that caught fire off the island of Corfu said on Saturday they felt relieved to be alive, though some feared for their livelihoods after losing trucks and cargos.
The US Embassy in Athens and its Consular Section, the US Consulate General in Thessaloniki, and all US Government offices in Greece will be closed on Monday
Twelve people are still missing after a blaze swept through a ferry sailing from Greece to Italy early on Friday, Greek authorities said on Saturday, as firefighters battled for a second day to control the fire.
The 64th round of low-level exploratory talks between Greece and Turkey will be held on February 22 in Athens, the Foreign Ministry announced on Saturday.
The reason behind Russian aggression in the Ukrainian border is crystallized in Vladimir Putin’s recently published article “On the Historical Unity of Russians and Ukrainians.”
The conditions for resolving differences with Turkey are not currently in place, Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias has said, adding that the country is moving further away from Europe.
“The problem is not [SYRIZA MP Pavlos] Polakis, but polakism,” Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis told main opposition leader Alexis Tsipras during a parliamentary debate in November 2020 about the number of ICU beds at Athens’ Sotiria Hospital, referring to the outspoken SYRIZA lawmaker and defining “polakism” as a “mixture of sarcasm, arrogance, bravado and lies.”
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis will meet with US Vice President Kamala Harris on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference at 7 p.m. (Greek time) on Saturday.
The Greek short-term rental market remains some way off its pre-pandemic highs, as its recovery in the last 12 months has not sufficed to cover its contraction during the lockdowns.
Twelve people are still missing after a blaze swept through a ferry sailing from Greece to Italy early on Friday, Greek authorities said on Saturday, as firefighters battled to control the flames.