The funeral service for former Greek prime minister Constantine Mitsotakis, who passed away in the early hours of Monday morning, will be held on May 31 (Wednesday) at 15:00 at the Metropolitan Cathedral of Athens, with the honours reserved for a serving prime minister, New Democracy (ND) said in a press release on Monday evening.
Eye’s Walk Digital Festival will be held in Ermoupolis, Syros island, on July 27-29.
May 29 marks the day when the greatest Christian city in the medieval times fell to the Muslim armies. 564 years ago on this day, Constantine Palaiologos XI, the last Emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire, later known as Byzantium, fell in battle against the Ottoman Turks before the Gates of Romanos.
Former Prime Minister and Honorary President of the main opposition party New Democracy, Konstantinos Mitsotakis died an hour after Sunday midnight at the age of 99.