The annual pilgrimage to Panagia Soumela will take place on the weekend of August 16 and 17 at the facilities of the Holy Pontian Foundation of America and Canada, in West Milford, New Jersey.

The Ministry of Shipping and the General Secretariat of the Aegean and Island Policy have proceeded with the implementation of water sufficiency and desalination projects, with emphasis on the most remote and small islands. The programme includes 103 interventions in 61 island municipalities (OTAs) and DEYAs, with funding of €9,073.448 million from the Public Investment Programme, as part of the Special Action Plan for Water Scarcity for the year 2025.

The crown in domestic crime and especially in the so-called everyday crime is held by Roma gangs. As shown by the most recent Annual Report of the Greek Police on Organized Crime, thefts and burglaries in a percentage of more than 53% are committed by Roma gangs registering "turnovers" of millions. According to the data of the report among the gangs that were dismantled by the Authorities, approximately two out of three are made up of Greek citizens. However, 70% of them are Roma.The participation of Roma in crime remains disproportionately large in relation to their percentage in the general population, which obliges the Hellenic Police to develop special action plans to break the impasse in camps that are hotbeds of lawlessness. What is often observed is that Roma are arrested, released depending on their treatment by the Justice Department and return to their criminal activities.The conclusions of the report confirm the corresponding previous reports, since Roma consistently constitute the main group that commits crimes against property, thefts and burglaries.
ELAS report: Roma account for 53% of thefts and burglariesCrimes in 2023

The authorities seem to be very close to identifying the person who placed the incendiary device in Drosia, as after analysis in the forensic laboratories, a fingerprint belonging to a man of Albanian origin who has a criminal past was found.