Two out of four crew-members of a downed fire-fighting helicopter have been located alive, Two of the crew were recovered dead, presumably after drowning as the first to survive said he saw them climb out of the fallen chopper..

"Our position on this matter is clear, the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Greece are not in question," said a US State Department representative on Tuesday, regarding the release of Turkish maps depicting several Aegean islands as well as Crete as Turkish territory.

An Athens-area media group’s headquarters was targeted by unknown assailants in the early morning hours of Wednesday.

Neither the pandemic nor the war nor the energy crisis nor inflation managed to thwart the market for luxury holiday homes in the Cyclades with demand, prices and returns having become exorbitant.