Greek President Katerina Sakellaropoulou, in a special ceremony at the Presidential Palace on Friday, posthumously awarded the Grand Cross of the Order of the Phoenix to Angela Moira and Philip Antonis Mandalio, the volunteer interpreters who lost their lives during the Greek humanitarian mission in Libya on September 17, 2023.
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At least two people died when a boat carrying migrants capsized Wednesday off the Greek island of Lesbos in the Aegean Sea, port police said, while up to 16 people were missing.
A call made by Najla Mangoush, the (dismissed) Foreign Minister of the Libyan Government of National Unity (GNU), to a Greek official, brought her back to the forefront of events in the country again, amid questions about whether she was “secretly running the ministry from her self-imposed exile.”
An investigation by Greek newspaper Kathimerini says that mistakes and oversights in the planning and execution of a fatal mission undertaken by the Special War Command (DEP) of the Greek Armed Forces in Libya on September 17, in the aftermath of deadly floods.
ATHENS, Greece — One woman died and 19 people were rescued after a dinghy carrying migrants to Greece capsized off an islet in the eastern Aegean Sea near the Turkish coast Friday, Greek authorities said.
Five members of a Greek rescue team were killed and 10 others were injured in a traffic accident in flood-ravaged eastern Libya, the Greek prime minister confirmed on Monday morning.
Libyan Foreign Minister Najla Elmangoush affirmed Libya’s desire to develop relations with its regional neighbors during a phone call with…
Greek Migration Minister Dimitris Kairidis called on the EU to resume an operation that aims to halt migrants before leaving Libya.
Four people who survived the migrant boat disaster off the coast of Greece say the actions of the Greek coastguard caused the crowded fishing vessel to sink, according to BBC.
Nine Egyptians have been arrested on suspicion of being people smugglers after the migrant boat disaster off Greece that claimed at least 78 lives, a port source told AFP Thursday.