Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, along with his family arrived on the island of Tilos, yesterday at 11:30, and is expected to stay there until Easter Tuesday.

A tragedy occurred in Agathonisi on Sunday when a wooden boat carrying refugees and illegal immigrants sank under unclear conditions.

The Greek government seems surprised by the unexpected escalation of the Turkish provocations, as Ankara seems to seek to change the status quo of the Imia rocks and essentially present them from a “no man’s land-grey zone”, as they considered until now the two islets to be, to “Turkish islands”.