September 12, 2024
FEATURED, Greece, Politics
High-ranking Hellenic Coast Guard officers have been appearing before the Greek Ombudsman since Monday over the fatal shipwreck off southern Greece in June 2023. The process is expected to be completed on September 20, with the examination of the coast guard head himself, Vice Admiral Georgios Alexandrakis. The process is …
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September 3, 2024
Economy, Videos
A 40-year concession contract to develop the Marina of Pylos worth at least 1.5 million euros was signed on Tuesday by the state and the Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund (HRADF) on one hand, and Pylos Marina SA on the other. Pylos Marina, the preferred investor, is a special-purpose company set …
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May 21, 2024
FEATURED, Society, Very Mix
A Greek judge dismissed charges against nine Egyptian men accused of causing a shipwreck that killed hundreds of migrants last year and sent shockwaves through the European Union’s border protection and asylum operations, after a prosecutor told the court Greece lacked jurisdiction. Shortly after the trial opened in the southern …
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May 21, 2024
FEATURED, Society, Very Mix
Two people were injured and three arrested when clashed erupted between protesters and police forces outside the court in Kalamata where the the trial for nine Egyptian nationals starts over the deadly migrant shipwreck off the coast of Pylos in June 2023. Clashes outside a court in Kalamata, as 9 …
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November 26, 2023
Archeology, Culture, FEATURED
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said returning the Parthenon Marbles to Greece is about “reunification” not “ownership.” In an interview on the British state broadcaster BBC on Sunday, the Greek PM added that Greece will continue to pursue the return of the Parthenon marbles, although progress in negotiations is slow. “If …
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November 10, 2023
Society, Very Mix
Greece’s state ombudsman said Thursday that it’s launching an independent investigation into the coast guard’s handling of a maritime tragedy in June in which hundreds of migrants trying to reach Europe in an overloaded boat are feared to have drowned. The independent authority said it took the decision following “the …
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September 14, 2023
FEATURED, Society, Very Mix
Forty of the 104 survivors of the deadly shipwreck off Pylos, in south-western Greece in June 2023, filed a lawsuit against all responsible persons at the Maritime Court of Piraeus on Thursday. The suit was filed by their lawyers, according to a joint statement by the Network for the Rights …
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August 4, 2023
Society, Very Mix
More than 200 refugees and migrants were found wandering on the Arda river bridge in Evros on Friday morning. The majority of them are women with babies in their arms, children, pregnant women, children with Down syndrome, while there is also a person with epilepsy and an adult with artificial …
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July 28, 2023
FEATURED, Greece, Politics
Greece has a legal obligation to conduct effective investigations into the Pylos shipwreck, which resulted in the death of more than 80 persons with many hundreds still missing, Council of Europe (CoE) Commissioner for Human Rights Dunja Mijatovic said in a letter addressed to Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis released …
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June 25, 2018
Earthquake
A powerful earthquake measuring 5.5 on the Richter scale stroke in the sea area off Pylos in South-West Peloponnese at 08:15 on Monday morning, June 25, 2018. The epicenter is located 34 km South-West of Pylos, 28km SW of Methoni 75 km West of Kalamata and 170 km South of …
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November 9, 2017
Archeology, Culture
It took more than a year to wipe the limestone crust off a 1.4-inch-long stone found in an ancient tomb in Greece, but it would have been time well spent even if it took twice as long — because when the task was completed, researchers from the University of Cincinnati …
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