Stelios Haji-Ioannou

Ecumenical Patriarch Vartholomaios casts a bouquet of flowers into the sea from the Argyra Akti beach in eastern Attica Thursday, during a service for those who died in the nearby village of Mati in last July's wildfires. The service was attended by the mayors of Rafina and Marathon, Evangelos Bournous and Ilias Psinakis, as well as victims' relatives.

French pilots have claimed easyJet is risking passenger and crew safety by scheduling too many flights, reported The Guardian.

Captains are being pressed into flying more hours than they are legally allowed and face intimidation if they refuse, France's pilots' union said.

Five years of recession have driven Greece to dumpsters. As a growing number of beleaguered Greek people turn to scavenging for food, some people have come to the rescue.

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