Greek shipowner George Prokopiou, whose ships have repeatedly transited the Strait of Hormuz during the Iran-Iraq war, has sent its largest oil supertanker since the conflict began. The Atokos, a VLCC (Very Large Crude Carrier) with a capacity of about 2 million barrels, recorded a position signal in the Indian Ocean on Friday, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. This suggests that it had transited the Strait of Hormuz in the previous days with its tracking transmitter turned off.

During the Antalya Forum, US Ambassador Tom Barrack spoke about Turkey’s efforts to unblock the F35 issue, which is largely related to the Russian S-400 missile system that Ankara still possesses. In fact, the experienced diplomat linked Turkey’s aspirations to Greece, which “has the S-300 and the F-35,” as he said, while choosing not to talk about Greek-Turkish relations, fearing that if he did... “they would ban me from going to Mykonos again”!

Today, parents, relatives and friends are going to say their final goodbyes to 19-year-old Myrto, who passed away so unexpectedly last Monday night when she was abandoned helpless by the three arrested in a square in Argostoli after using cocaine in a hotel room.