Giorgos Kyritsis

The border isle of Gavdos' roughly 80 permanent residents will be called on to care for the nearly 100 illegal migrants that swam ashore to the remote island in the early morning hours on Thursday, at least until authorities can evacuate the third country nationals, which include minors and elderly.

Leftist opposition SYRIZA on Wednesday announced another six of its candidates for next month’s European Parliament elections, following a stormy session of the party’s political secretariat, leaving the final two of its 42 hopefuls to be finalized in the coming days.