The larger part of Greece is under the influence of a cold wave that will continue from today to the first day of the New Year.

Two Albanian sailors died during the operation to tow the ferry to the port of Vlora.

Burning oneself to death and hunger strikes are a pointless loss of life, they do not solve problems, is the unanimous opinion of our readers.

It is a cargo ship and the first assessments indicate that the 700 people on board are illegal immigrants.

Athens Municipality is inviting its residents and visitors to welcome together the New Year with a number of events that will begin on the eve of 2015.

Serious discrepancies in the official information on the number of passengers on board the ferry, even more serious signs of disparaging of the situation by the crew and wrong decisions by the Italian authorities, who coordinated the rescue operation and were responsible for it.

As revealed by a document of the routine inspection of the vessel performed on 19 December by the port authorities in Patras.