September 13, 2023
FEATURED, Tourism, Travel
Ferries remain docked on Wednesday, September 13, due to a 24-strike launched by the Panhellenic Seamen Federation in solidarity with the family of 36-year-old Antonis who was killed by colleagues on the Blue Horizon ferry a week ago. The Panhellenic Seamen’s Federation (PNO) issued a statement decrying the incident and …
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September 12, 2023
FEATURED, Society
“I thought he was black, Pakistani,” the crew member who pushed 36-year-old passenger Antonis from a ferry in Piraeus port last week is heard saying to captain revealing also a racist motive. The audio recording published by Mega TV on Tuesday, captured the dialogue between the captain and the crew …
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September 11, 2023
FEATURED, Society, Very Mix
Shipping Minister Miltiadis Varvitsiotis resigned on Monday morning over the brutal murder of 36-year-old ferry passenger Antonis by crew members last week. Two of the four arrested crew members of the ferry “Blue Horizon” were jailed until their trial. Varvitsiotis was forced to resign by the Prime minister, state broadcaster …
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September 8, 2023
FEATURED, Society, Very Mix
Two high-level officers of the Piraeus Port Authority and another four officer are to be subject of “disciplinary investigation” over the tragic and forceful death of 36-year-old Antonis, a ferry passenger. The officers were removed by order of Shipping and Island Policy Minister Miltiadis Varvitsiotis on Thursday. Removed are the …
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September 6, 2023
Society, Very Mix
A prosecutor in Piraeus pressed felony charges against four crew members including the ferry captain for the death of 36-year-old passenger Antonis Karyotis at the port of Piraeus a day earlier. The charges pressed late on Wednesday are for manslaughter as well as for violating articles of Greece’s Maritime Law. …
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September 6, 2023
FEATURED, Society, Very Mix
36-year-old man Antonis Karyotis who was pushed off the boarding ramp by a ferry the crew at the port Piraeus died by inhaling sea water, the coroner’s office said. He told Mega TV that he had also found small lacerations on the victim’s head that were definitely caused while he …
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April 12, 2022
FEATURED, Sports
Leading Greek mountaineer Antonis Sykaris has died in the Himalayas, a post on his instagram account announced on Tuesday morning. “Unfortunately the worst that could happen during a mountaineering expedition happened,” the post said. “It’s the worst thing that can happen to a mountaineering expedition. Antonis lost his life while …
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February 11, 2021
Arts, Culture
Greece is mourning one of its most iconic singers Antonis Kalogiannis, who passed away at the age of 81 on Thursday. The artist stood out for his voice with a rich facet of colors and best known as a singer of political songs, against the colonels’ dictatorship. For many years …
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