Italy has announced the return of 145 ancient Greek coins to Greece — coins originally discovered on the island of Kos between 1929 and 1930 and held at the Archaeological Museum of Rome. The commitment was made public by Italy's Culture Minister, Alessandro Giuli, during a meeting in Athens with his Greek counterpart, Lina Mendoni.

The government is adopting a hardline stance on illegal immigration using the “Evros formula,” in an effort to prevent the consolidation of a new route controlled by smuggling networks that targets Crete and Gavdos. This decision comes in light of the sheer number of several million civil war refugees from Sudan, migrants from the Sahel, and Egyptians fleeing economic turmoil—numbers that pose a nightmare scenario.

The 44-year-old police officer who saved a mother and her daughter on a beach in Evia serves in the Chalkida Police Station, when they were swept away by the currents.

Hollywood actor and director Mel Gibson was captured in a moving moment on Mount Athos, as he received a blessing from an Orthodox monk.