A report by Doctors Without Borders, or MSF, said many refugees, exhausted and often soaked from the sea-crossing, spend days sleeping outdoors or squashed in tiny police cells before being moved to the mainland.

In an interview with Kathimerini, the Turkish Foreign Minister, Mevlut Cavusoglu stated that the Turkish seismic research vessel Barbaros would not stop conducting seismic surveys in the Cypriot Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), unless Cyprus freezes all hydrocarbon exploration in the area.

The head of the Union of Attica Taxi Drivers was most irate when he railed against the internet ridesharing service that has recently arrived in Athens and which advertises taxi-type services at up to 20% lower prices than conventional taxi fare.

The two-day talks between Turkey and Greece are considered part of confidence-building measures launched in 2010 to improve relations between the Aegean neighbors.