The oil slik caused near the island of Salamina on Sunday when crude oil tanker “Agia Zoni II” sank has spread to the port of Piraeus. The pollution reached the region of Frettyda, a residential area in Piraeus located in the southeastern part of the city near the Zea harbour.

Τhe situation regarding the Salamina oil spill has improved and the clean-up operation is continuing with the same intensity, Shipping Minister Panagiotis Kouroumblis said on Thursday.

The coast guard and the shipping ministry went into action immediately after the Salamina spill, the emergency plan came into effect 16 minutes after the incident and all available forces were mobilised, government spokesman Dimitris Tzanakopoulos said in an interview with Real FM on Thursday.

A meeting between Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and his Italian counterpart Paolo Gentiloni in Corfu kicked off the 1st Intergovernmental Conference between Greece and Italy on Thursday.

This is the first official intergovernmental cooperation meeting, taking place in conditions of stringent security, with the participation of ministers, secretaries-general and government officials from both countries.