Dodecanese

Kalymnos coast guard pick up 37 stranded migrants

Coast guard on Kalymnos have evacuated 37 migrants from a rocky coast on the northwest of the Dodecanese island.

The migrants said that their vessel began to drift while passing the nearby island of Pserimos and sank after it hit a rock.

Port officials have launched an investigation and the migrants have been transported to the port of Kalymnos. [AMNA]

Pserimos’ six-hour tourism boom

Iraklis Mamoudelos stands in front of the Aphrodite cafe-restaurant, with its blue polyester director's chairs. He has a black tray under his left arm, ready to welcome customers. No one is swimming at the beach of Pserimos, a tiny island between Kalymnos and Kos in the eastern Aegean - now, at least - but the setting is ready.

Footage implicates suspect in Polish woman’s death

The images from video footage and in particular frames that captured a 32-year-old Bangladeshi man leaving his house with the 27-year-old Anastazja Rubinska and then returning later alone and leaving again after a while, was essentially what led to his prosecution on murder charges, according to reports.

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