Three new stations on the extension of Metro Line 3 (blue line) to Piraeus are to be delivered for use by the travelling public on Monday, October 10, at 14:00 in the afternoon. The stations “Maniatika”, “Piraeus” and “Dimotiko Theatro” are expected to greatly relieve traffic congestion around Greece’s largest port, as well as creating a direct rail link to the Athens international airport.
Naxos "stars" in the new British tourism Travel Weekly list with the top three alternative Greek destinations on offer for repeat tourists.
The way for the tender for the construction of the new Panathinaikos stadium in Votanikos was opened by the approval of the amendment of the environmental conditions by the competent Directorate of Environmental Licensing of the Ministry of Environment and Energy so that on the one hand the Athens football team will acquire a... home in Votanikos and the Athenians the area of the current stadium on Alexandras Avenue in the city center, which will be given as a public park.
Fitch maintained Greece's credit rating two notches below investment grade, maintaining the positive outlook.
For the second time, the non-profit organization "Libre Space Foundation" is "visiting" space, through the two Greek pico-satellites QUBIK-3 and QUBIK-4, as well as their release system, PICOBUS, which were manufactured in Greece and put into orbit with flight of Firefly Aerospace's Alpha Flight 2 rocket.
In the presence of the President of Cyprus, the European Commissioner for Energy Kadri Simson, the Cypriot Minister of Energy Natasa Pileidou and the Minister of Energy of Greece Kostas Skrekas, the inauguration of the projects for the EuroAsia Interconnector will take place next Friday, 14 October, at the Presidential Palace in Nicosia.
Lamda Hellix, a member of the American Digital Realty Group, is preparing a new investment in Attica within the next year, after the announcement at the beginning of the week for the construction of the company's first data center in Heraklion, Crete. Turning its attention to the next phase and Northern Greece, the company is facing a dense period of investment developments, starting with the opening of its third data center, ATHENS-3, at the company's venue in Koropi.
The Environmental Management System of the Bank of Greece was officially certified according to the principles of the international standard ISO 14001:2015, after being inspected by a recognized Certification Body, which is accredited by the National Accreditation System (ESYD) and a member of the IQNet International Network of Certification Bodies.
Yesterday's dinner of the leaders participating in the Prague Summit turned into an informal brawl between Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
A fire broke out on a tugboat (R/C), which was docked in Alexandroupolis.
According to the first information, the fire broke out - for reasons unknown so far - in the engine room area.
Three fire brigade vehicles, two private tugboats and officers of the Alexandroupolis port police/Coast Guard rushed to the scene, while, as emphasized, there were no injuries.
The newest and largest aircraft carrier of the United States "George H.W. Bush" docked at the NATO pier K14 in Marathi Chania, inside Souda Bay, today (Thursday 6 Oct.).
The Hellenic Coast Guard conducted all-night efforts to locate and rescue migrants after two shipwrecks off Lesvos and Kythera. Efforts are ongoing on Thursday morning.
Unfortunately, so far in Lesvos, 15 bodies of women have been recovered, 9 people have been rescued, while it seems that three are trapped in a steep rocky area. At the same time, search parties have extended efforts from sea to land in order to locate migrants who might have managed to land ashore.
According to the first information, 40 people were on board the boat that sank.
Strong winds of up to 7 Beaufort are blowing in the area of the fatal accident, which makes the work of rescuers and the Coast Guard even more difficult.
Nikos Kokkalas, spokesperson of the Coast Guard, spoke to the MEGA television and informed the public that the rescue operations in Lesvos and Kythira are still ongoing. Most fatalities have been registered on Lesvos where 15 bodies have been recovered, while 9 women have been rescued in total.
The press representative clarified that all the rescued are women but the bodies recovered were also women. According to information, it is a boat with 40 people and possibly some people have landed ashore and fled to the north side of the island.
Meanwhile, at least 80 migrants have been rescued so far after a sailboat crashed and sunk in a sea cliff area, in Diakofti, Kythira.
According to the information the authorities have so far, 95 people were on board the boat.
The Coast Guard's search for missing persons continues under adverse conditions, with winds of 8 to 10 Beaufort.
At the scene are a ship that was nearby when the distress call was sounded, a Navy helicopter, officials from the relevant Port Authority, police and fire brigade officials as well as volunteer rescuers.
A Coast Guard open sea vessel, a Special Missions Echelon of the Coast Guard and a team of the Underwater Missions Unit are moving there.
The location of the shipwreck in Kythira
According to the occupants of the boat that sank in Lesbvos, there were about forty people on board. So far nine people have been rescued and fifteen bodies have been recovered, while three are stranded in a rocky outcropping while there are fears that the death toll may rise.
Image from Kythira
Dozens of migrants experienced dramatic moments after their sailboat sank in Kythira, after hitting a rocky precipitous area in the Diakofti sea area.
So far, there are 80 rescued migrants in Kythira while there is great anxiety as according to the latest information from the port, there were about 95 people on board.
It is noted that a passenger notified via emergency hotline 112 that the boat is in a difficult position and spoke of about 95 people on it.
Reports of the dead
Nearby ships, a Navy helicopter, officials of the relevant Port Authority, police and fire brigade officials and volunteer rescuers rushed to the area.
Also, a high seas ship of the port corps, a Special Missions Team (KEA) and a team of the Submarine Missions Unit of the Coast Guard are also rushing.
According to kythera.news, the shipwreck occurred one nautical mile east of the Makrykythera bridge.
According to some information there were people calling for help, while bodies were seen in the sea.
The last "goodbye" was bid by friends and relatives to renown Greek popular singer Stamatis Kokotas, who passed away in the early hours of Saturday, at the age of 85.
With important European economic issues on the agenda, such as inflation, bank interest rates, but also the issue of the European Central Bank's balance sheet, the ECB's board of directors is meeting today in Limassol, Cyprus.
The meeting of the 19 governors of the EU Central Banks, which meet under the president of the ECB, Christine Lagarde, was announced by Ms. Lagarde herself in a post on Twitter, adding that an informal meeting will follow on Thursday, October 6.
The meeting is being held in Cyprus following the interest shown by the governor of the Central Bank of Cyprus, Konstantinos Herodotou, to host it, while there was similar interest from other governors of Central Banks.
This is the second visit of Ms. Lagarde within a period of 7 months, since she visited Cyprus last March. Yesterday, Ms. Lagarde participated in a discussion with Cypriot university students.