Kostas Arvanitis

Kostas Arvanitis, the 70-year-old fisherman who saved dozens of people who ran into the sea to escape the deadly wildfires at Mati in eastern Attica last year, was given a state funeral Tuesday in Halandri, northern Athens.

Arvanitis, who died last Saturday after a long battle with cancer, saved at least 70 people. He is survived by his wife and son.

Greece’s former prime minister Alexis Tsipras, who lives in a humble working-class flat with Betty and his two sons, spent summer on an isolated island known as Ereikoussa or at least that’s the publicised part of his vacation that the public were privy to.