The Greek foreign minister and government vice president Evangelos Venizelos paid an emergency visit to the Ukraine on Sunday, as chairman of the EU's Council of General Affairs, during Greece's EU Presidency, that many feel was too little, too late.

A new Greek airline, Ellinair, completed its maiden flight from Thessaloniki to Kiev and back at 2:00 p.m. on yesterday, bringing 96 Ukrainian tourists to the Northern port city.