Emmanuel Kondylis, a business administration professor, will be the new chairman, the fifth since 2010, of the privatizations agency HRADF, which has fallen behind on privatization targets that form part of Greece's 240 billion euro international bailout.
According to information in Greek media today, USA has asked the Greek government for the permission to place a number of drones on Crete for a period of six to twelve months.
A 45-year-old French tourist who was visiting Crete with her husband lost her life when she fell off the balcony of the third floor hotel room in Iraklio where the couple resided.
Tourism minister Olga Kefaloyanni used the following hashtags to advertise Santorini on her twitter account #santorini, #imerovigli, #greeksummer, #greeksunset, #visitgreece.