Yannis Kolesidis

Fardi (L) from Syria, hugs his rescued brother Mohamed (R), between a fence in the port of Kalamata, Greece, 16 June 2023 after a migrant boat capsized off the coast of Pylos. Photo: EPA-EFE/YANNIS KOLESIDIS

The coastguard claims that during these hours the boat was still on course for Italy.

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is greeted upon his arrival in Athens on Friday evening by Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias. The two men will ratify on Saturday the amendment to the Greece-US Mutual Defense Cooperation Agreement (MDCA). The new agreement concerns the use not only of Souda Base but the air bases of Stefanovikeio and Larissa in central Greece and Alexandroupoli port.

Tourists with backpacks walk toward their ferry at the port of Piraeus on Friday. The country's biggest port saw a fresh wave of departures by both foreign visitors and Athenians heading to the islands of the Aegean for their summer holidays. A total of 30 ferries left Piraeus on Friday, with another 16 departing from Rafina and seven from Lavrio.

A photojournalist holds a picture he took a year ago showing a woman walking in front of burnt cars after the deadly forest fire in Mati, east of Athens on July 24, 2018, as a man walks with his bicycle at the same location. A year after the deadly fire, Mati remains a ghost village. [Yannis Kolesidis, EPA]

Workers are seen producing posters for European Parliament and local authority elections on Sunday, May 26 at the National Printing House in Athens, Monday. A total of 40 Greek parties will run in this year's European polls, compared to 43 in 2014 and 27 in the 2009 ballot.

Sweden's Crown Princess Victoria (c) and Greek President Prokopis Pavlopoulos (r) attend an event titled "Challenges and Opportunities Related to a New Climate Economy: Driving Innovation for Sustainable Development," at the Academy of Athens, Thursday. [Yannis Kolesidis/EPA]

President Prokopis Pavlopoulos accepts a bouquet of flowers from the daughter of one of three fishermen who were granted Greek citizenship on Wednesday for their efforts in rescuing dozens of people in the July 23 wildfire in eastern Attica.

Hearing-impaired protesters wear white gloves to sign slogans during a rally marking International Day of Persons with Disabilities, in downtown Athens, yesterday. Hundreds of demonstrators took part in the march, demanding better protection of their rights and tax breaks.

Greek Migration Minister Dimitris Vitsas (r) with Romanian Interior Minister Carmen Daniela Dan (l) during their visit at the refugee camp of Schisto, near Athens, Tuesday. [Yannis Kolesidis/EPA]

A woman holding an umbrella tries to protect herself from the wind and rain as she walks on a dock at the port of Rafina, near Athens, Friday.