Athens-Macedonian News Agency

A boat carrying more than 40 undocumented migrants was located off the coast of Samos in the eastern Aegean early on Thursday morning, the Athens-Macedonian News Agency reported.

According to the AMNA, the boat was carrying 13 men, seven women and 15 children when it was intercepted by the Greek coast guard, which brought the passengers safely to shore.

Greece has played a "positive role from the outset" of the Russia-Ukraine war and "it is unquestionably of strategic significance," the British ambassador in Athens, Matthew Lodge, said on Monday.

The year 2023 is on track to be better than 2022 for tourism, the president of the Greek Tourism Confederation (SETE), Yiannis Retsos, said in an interview with the Athens-Macedonian News Agency (AMNA). 

He noted that this increase in the country's tourism figures looked set to continue in the years to come, based on international trends. 

Starting on Monday, applications for low-interest housing loans for young people will be accepted. 

BELGRADE - The Serbian Tanjug News Agency and Greece's leading news agency ANA-MPA signed an agreement on inter-agency cooperation on Friday.

The agreement was inked by Tanjug Editor-in-Chief Jovana Joksimovic and ANA-MPA General Manager Aimilos Perdikaris.

The United States is actively working towards easing mounting tensions between NATO allies Greece and Turkey, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Matthew Palmer said on Wednesday, according to the Athens-Macedonian News Agency (ANA-MPA).

One person was killed and two were injured in a crash involving a civilian motorcycle and a van belonging to the Hellenic Police (ELAS) in the northern port city of Thessaloniki, the state-run Athens-Macedonian News Agency (ANA-MPA) said on Tuesday.

A man was killed in the central Athens district of Pangrati on Monday after being crushed by an elevator, the Athens-Macedonian News Agency (ANA-MPA) reported.

According to the report, two firefighters retrieved the man's body from the bottom of the elevator shaft of an apartment building on Laertou Street. His death was confirmed at a local hospital.

Greek police evacuated about 50 migrants from a squat in the central Athenian district of Exarchia during a raid early Monday morning, state-run news agency ANA-MPA reported.

According to information cited by the agency, the migrants are mainly from Syria and Congo and included more than 10 children.

The building on 58 Themistokleous Street had functioned as a squat since 216.

A 12-year-old boy was injured when his bicycle was hit by a passing car in the city of Naousa, central Macedonia.

The incident took place on Tuesday night, according to state-run news agency ANA-MPA. The boy was transferred to the Ippokratio Hospital in Thessaloniki for treatment, although it was not clear what his injuries were.

Local police is investigating the incident.