Dodecanese

Five people have drowned while swimming in the last 24 hours, the coast guard has said.

On Thursday evening, a 75-year-old man was removed unconscious from the sea in Vrachati, Corinthia. He was transferred to hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

A total of 40,234 social tourism vouchers for 2024-2025 issued by the Public Employment Service (DYPA) were activated in tourist accommodations across the country in August, the second month of the program.

According to the announcement, vacations can be taken until June 30, 2025.

The investor promoting the controversial construction of a large tourist accommodation "village" on the Aegean island of Astypalaia says that it will not go ahead if it is not embraced by the local community.

New information has emerged about the circumstances of the bloody chase by a port authority patrol boat of a speedboat with undocumented migrants in the sea area off the southeastern Aegean island of Symi last Friday morning which led to the death of a 39-year-old Kuwaiti national. 

Two Turkish nationals were detained pending trial for people trafficking on Wednesday after a deadly boat chase with the Greek coastguard off the island of Symi on Aug. 23.

The scene is changing for summer with thunderstorms and rain just before August leaves as well. Limited instability will prevail from today, with a few midday showers on the mainland and in the Ionian Sea.

An archaeologist was attacked and punched by a contractor on the island of Kos last month, organizations representing archaeologists and culture ministry employees have charged.

In a joint statement, the Association of Temporary Archaeologists (SEKE) and Panhellenic Association of Emergency Personnel of the Ministry of Culture (PSEP YPPO) condemned the incident.

The deadly pursuit of migrant traffickers by a Coast Guard patrol boat off the southeastern Aegean island of Symi on Friday has put the spotlight on a conflict raging near Greece's sea borders.

A 33-year-old Swiss tourist died during a day cruise around the eastern Aegean island of Symi on Saturday, authorities said.

The man is said to have suddenly lost consciousness as the trip was entering at its last leg, sailing between ​​Agios Georgios Dysalonas and the port.

A pursuit between a coast guard boat and a speedboat transporting migrants from Turkey to the island of Symi in the southeastern Aegean on Friday resulted in one death.

According to reports, the incident took place in the waters northwest of Symi, when a coast guard patrol boat spotted the speedboat.