Browse through our Interesting Nodes on Transportation in Greece Read the Convention Relating to the Regime of the Straits (24 July 1923) Read the Convention Relating to the Regime of the Straits (24 July 1923)
HR-Net - Hellenic Resources Network Compact version
Today's Suggestion
Read The "Macedonian Question" (by Maria Nystazopoulou-Pelekidou)
HomeAbout HR-NetNewsWeb SitesDocumentsOnline HelpUsage InformationContact us
Friday, 29 March 2024
 
News
  Latest News (All)
     From Greece
     From Cyprus
     From Europe
     From Balkans
     From Turkey
     From USA
  Announcements
  World Press
  News Archives
Web Sites
  Hosted
  Mirrored
  Interesting Nodes
Documents
  Special Topics
  Treaties, Conventions
  Constitutions
  U.S. Agencies
  Cyprus Problem
  Other
Services
  Personal NewsPaper
  Greek Fonts
  Tools
  F.A.Q.
 

Athens Macedonian News Agency: News in English, 16-01-22

Athens News Agency: News in English Directory - Previous Article - Next Article

From: The Athens News Agency at <http://www.ana.gr/>

CONTENTS

  • [01] 21 refugees die in new boat tragedy; search for missing persons underway
  • [02] Gov't ministers to hold press conference on farmers, while they plan to close Tempi artery

  • [01] 21 refugees die in new boat tragedy; search for missing persons underway

    Six children and a woman drowned on Friday when the wooden boat that they were on board crashed on the rocky eastern coast of the island of Farmakonissi and sank.

    Coast Guard that rushed to the spot rescued a girl while 40 more refugees, all passengers of the same boat, swam to the coast.

    At a separate incident, Coast Guard recovered the bodies of 14 people in the sea region of Kalolimnos following the capsizing of a sailing boat that was carrying an unknown number of refugees and migrants.

    Coast Guard vessels continue the search to locate any missing persons while 26 have been already rescued.

    According to the survivors' testimony, approximately 70 to 100 persons were on the sailing boat.

    [02] Gov't ministers to hold press conference on farmers, while they plan to close Tempi artery

    Labour Minister George Katrougalos, Rural Development Minister Evangelos Apostolou and Alternate Finance Minister Tryfon Alexiadis will hold a press conference on Friday on farmers' tax and social security system.

    The press conference has been scheduled for 11:30.

    Meanwhile,farmers are going to place their tractors on Athens-Thessaloniki motorway and block the traffic at Tempi valley for two hours (12:00-14:00) on Friday. Thessaly farmers say the it is warning because the farmers of Tempi block have sent an invitation to all the representatives of the farmers' blocks across the country in order to coordinate their mobilisations.


    Athens News Agency: News in English Directory - Previous Article - Next Article
    Back to Top
    Copyright © 1995-2023 HR-Net (Hellenic Resources Network). An HRI Project.
    All Rights Reserved.

    HTML by the HR-Net Group / Hellenic Resources Institute, Inc.
    ana2html v2.01 run on Friday, 22 January 2016 - 9:38:06 UTC