Subdivisions of Greece

Three people drowned when a boat carrying some 100 migrants capsized off theisland of Farmakonisi in the south Aegean. 68 people were rescued on Sunday while 29 managed to swim to a beach on the island.

Greek coastguards recovered three bodies, including a child.

Saturday dawn. A dingy transferring refugees crashed onto a rock at the coast of Agathonisi. A two-month-old baby swallowed water and could not be resuscitated by its parents. It lay in a critical condition for hours as the isolated island has no doctor. Despite efforts, the baby could not be transfered to the hospital at Samos in time to be rescued.

Fans of singer Eleni Fureira were treated to a great night in Heraklion, Crete when the sexy performer made the crowd go wild with her hits and dancing. Eleni was the guest star of a concert called ‘Positive Energy Day’ held on the picturesque Venetian Port of Heraklion. Fureira was wearing a pair of hot white shorts and a low cut black top.

More than 6,000 immigrants have camped out at the port of Mytilene waiting for their ticket to continue their journey to central Europe.

The coast guard of Tilos arrested 4 Russian and Ukrainian nationals for allegedly smuggling 64 irregular immigrants onto the small island, located between migrant-laden Kos and Rhodes. Following a tip, the authorities reportedly detected the vessel under German flag attempting to illegally bring 64 Syrian refugees into Greek sea territory.

Skiathos is a small Greek island in the northwest Aegean Sea and is part of the Sporades group. It was the location of the Hollywood blockbuster movie ‘Mama Mia’. It’s frequent a-list celebrities include Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell, who have practically adopted the picturesque island as their second home.

The transport of refugees and migrants from eastern Aegean islands to mainland Greece continues unabated, as an additional 2,171 Syrian nationals are expected to disembark from the passenger ferry ‘Eleftherios Venizelos’, which was scheduled to dock at the port of Piraeus on Friday afternoon.

A 2012 ministerial decision granting Hellenic Gold, the company exploiting the Skouries gold mine concession in northern Greece, 327.3 hectares of forestland in two separate locations has been ratified by the Council of State, Greece’s highest administrative court.

Greek police arrested 4 human traffickers and 24 illegal immigrants while they were attempting to cross the river Evros in a rubber boat in Orestiada, Northern Greece. The special illegal immigrants unit in a planned operation initially detected two of the human traffickers and later their other two accomplices and proceeded to arrest all.

The University of the Aegean, based in Mytilene, is examining a program that would allow Syrian refugees to enrol into tertiary education through fast-track procedures.