The citizens of Pserimos Island are 25 during the winter and seven out of them are children. Every day the children travel 40 minutes to get to the closest island Kalimnos, in order to go to school.
The ransom for the kidnapped two days ago Pericles panagopoulos increased to 100 million Euros. His family is negotiating with the abductors and is keeping the police aside.
The Greek Foreign Ministry developed two websites, in order to support businesses, which are focused abroad. The information will be published in Greek, so competitive foreign contractors cannot use it.
74 year old Pericles Panagopoulos has bone cancer and his relatives are worried that without midicines he will not survive. His colleagues remember that he has been receiving phone threats since last fall.