Greece
The 'Aita Mari' has accompanied two ships carrying migrants a few hours after leaving for the central Mediterranean
One of them carried 15 migrants, including five children and three women; the other, 30 people, including seven minors. From Algeria, most of the passengers are from sub-Saharan Africa.
Father Mari begins a new mission with the tightening of European migration policy
The NGO Maritime Humanitarian Rescue has reported that this new legislation legitimizes illegal returns and hinders rescue work in the central Mediterranean.
European Security Council countries call on Israel to abandon its plan to occupy Gaza
The United Kingdom, France, Denmark, Greece and Slovenia have warned of the danger to the hostages and have stressed that the humanitarian situation in Gaza would worsen.
Greece calls on the European Union to help deal with forest fires
The fires are taking place in 11 regions of the country and at least 7,000 people have been evacuated in the vicinity of the capital. Fire spokesman Vasilis Vathrakoyannis has explained that six aircraft have been orderedbecause "the fires of the last few days have become very large and are dangerous." The situation is expected to be difficult because high temperatures, droughts and strong winds will continue in the coming days.
more than 5,000 people have been evicted as a result of a fire on the Greek island of Crete
According to Nectarios Papadakis, deputy mayor of the municipality of Ierapetra, several houses in the area have been burned down by flames. "We have suffered significant damage," said Papadakis. He added that the fires have also burned forests and olive fields.