The adventure experienced this morning by 23 passengers aboard a vessel performing the route from Ierissos to Mount Athos had a happy ending.

The vessel suffered mechanical damage, resulting in loss of ccontrol while two ships of the Coast Guard and three private boats rushed to help.

During the towing process, the skipper managed to repair the damage and then the boat returned to Ierissos.

As it became known, there was no need to transfer passengers, who are in good health.

The conservative-socialist coalition governing Greece is almost certain to fail in the first round, when it needs the support of 200 lawmakers in the 300-seat chamber to elect its nominee, Stavros Dimas.

The ceremony of awarding the lost Archangel Medal of Honor to the Battle Standard of the Regiment of one of the most historic units of the Greek Army, the 5/42 Evzon Regiment "Delvinaki" by the Chief of General Staff Lieutenant General Hristos Manolas, was held today at the headquarters of the Regiment.