While Coast Guard rescuers were able to save 57 people when a boat packed with refugee and migrants sank off the Greek island of Lesbos early on June 11, seven reportedly drowned, including three little girls.
According to reports, the Coast Guard got an alert about 7 in the morning that a boat was in distress off the island, the favored choice for those being smuggled in by traffickers from Turkey in hopes of gaining asylum in Greece after fleeing their homelands in the Middle East and other countries.
Three of the victims were underage girls, said Kathimerini, adding to the toll over the past few years of refugees and migrants trying to get to overwhelmed Greek islands with the European Union closing its borders to them and reneging on promises to take some of the overload.
Five rescue vessels and one helicopter were still searching the area for more possible victims, as the survivors were being questioned at Mytilini port to determine how many were on board.
He wasn’t the first one to think about it but a humor columnist for POLITICO suggested - ironically, of course - that if Greeks want back the stolen Parthenon Marbles in the British Museum that they should just steal them back, old boy.
FALMOUTH, MA – The police in Falmouth have identified the victim in an accident involving a car plunging into the ocean on February 20, NBC10 Boston reported.
ΑSTORIA – The festive Christmas Tree Lighting in Astoria’s Athens Square Park took place on November 30 and drew the largest crowds since the annual event began four years ago.
COSTANTINOPLE (ANA-MPA/Mandalidis) - In his statements during his return flight to Turkey from the United Arab Emirates, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said: "We hope that a new era will begin.
KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel pounded targets in the southern Gaza Strip on Saturday, intensifying a renewed offensive that followed a weeklong truce with Hamas and giving rise to renewed concerns about civilian casualties.
ΑSTORIA – The festive Christmas Tree Lighting in Astoria’s Athens Square Park took place on November 30 and drew the largest crowds since the annual event began four years ago.
THRU DECEMBER 10 CHICAGO – The National Hellenic Museum (NHM), 333 S.
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