Kalamata

The survivors of the migrant boat disaster off Greece last week have been sharing their harrowing stories as the search for hundreds of migrants missing continued Tuesday. On Monday two more bodies were recovered by the Greek Coast Guard near...

Questions were raised over Greece's official response to the migrant boat disaster last week that claimed the lives of hundreds of people. Pakistan says 300 of its citizens perished in the Ionian Sea. About 750 men, women and children were...

Officials have expressed fears that as many as 100 children may have perished when a migrant boat with hundreds on board capsized off Greece on Wednesday. Greek officials said the boat may have been carrying as many as 750 people....

Questions are being raised in Greece over whether the Coast Guard could have done more to prevent the migrant boat tragedy that claimed the life of at least 78 people and possibly hundreds more. The Greek Coast Guard says that...

Hundreds of migrants are feared dead after the sinking of a migrant boat off southern Greece early on Wednesday in one of the deadliest migrant disasters in the Mediterranean. Rescuers saved 104 passengers - including Egyptians, Syrians, Pakistanis, Afghans and...

Greece has launched two inquiries into the deadly migrant shipwreck that has claimed at least 78 lives, while many more perhaps hundreds are missing presumed dead. Supreme Court Prosecutor Isidoros Dogiakos on Thursday appointed a Supreme Criminal Court deputy prosecutor...

At least 79 people drowned when a fishing boat carrying migrants capsized off Pylos, in southern Greece early on Wednesday. A large search and rescue operation has been launched. At least 104 people were saved by the Greek Coast Guard...

Since the times of Ancient Greece, people used leaves of the Greek olive tree as a folk medicine, which was also brewed as a tea. Today, it remains popular, as many believe it stimulates the immune system and can...

Greece, in partnership with Israel, opened a flight school on Friday in the southern city of Kalamata that will train pilots in combat and other missions. Israeli defense contractor Elbit, which finalized a $1.65 billion deal with Greece's government assisted...

On September 13th, Greece's Kalamata marks the anniversary of the deadly earthquake of 1986 that flattened parts of the city and claimed the lives of dozens of people. A solemn ceremony at the memorial dedicated to the victims is scheduled to...