The crew member is the first to return home from the total of about 48 seafarers - Greeks, Filipinos and a Cypriot - who are expected to be gradually released and replaced in the coming days, a second Greek official told Reuters.

Iran has agreed to release the crews of the MT Prudent Warrior and Delta Poseidon, which it seized in May in response to the confiscation of oil by the United States from an Iranian-flagged tanker in Greece.

Saudi Arabia has been accused of using the World Cup as a distraction after it beheaded 17 people over the last 12 days, a UN official said Tuesday, despite the country's leaders pledging not to use the death penalty.



As a Greek news website branded Stanley Johnson's trip 'unbelievable', MPs urged Boris Johnson to explain why his father appears to be bound by a 'different set of rules' to those imposed on ordinary holidaymakers.



UN human rights office spokesperson Elizabeth Throssell called the capital punishment 'deeply regrettable' at a press briefing in Geneva, reported the The spate of executions were punishments for drugs offences, though the country implemented a moratorium on the use of the death penalty for non-violent crimes in 2021.

In the Cyclades, The Rooster has just opened on the under-the-radar island of Antiparos, offering a luxuriously contemporary take on an authentic Greek hotel. Pictured, the view from a garden view villa With 17 beautifully designed suites, villas and houses, it is an ideal place to relax, with plenty of privacy and space.

Mr Johnson has opted for luxury overseas holidays in the past, taxi prices Tailor Made Tour greece including spending Christmas in the Caribbean island of Mustique. It is there that he is believed to have proposed to have proposed to his now-fiancée Carrie Symonds (pictured together)



There are superb sea views, too, from rooms at Pedi Beach Hotel, which is right on a pebbly beach in the pretty village. A week's B&B costs from £1,059pp, rafina to Pelion airport taxi cost with flights and transfers (Sunvil also runs holidays to Ikaria in the Aegean, which is one of the world's Blue Zones - places where people live the longest as a result of their healthy diet and easy-going lifestyle.

Mr Johnson said on Wednesday night: 'I'm in Pelion on essential business trying to Covid-proof my property in view of the upcoming letting season. I need to set up distancing measures at the property because they're taking it very seriously here.'

Mr Shapps said a decision on whether to add Greece to the list would have to wait until at least July 15 when the government in Athens will decide whether to lift its restrictions on travellers from the UK.

Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak are both set to shun foreign holidays this summer and instead favour 'staycations' in the UK, sources suggest. Pictured: Mr Johnson on holiday on the Greek island of Trikeri in 2016 - when he was Foreign Secretary

He has a variety of options, including the PM's grace-and-favour homes Chevening and Chequers - where Miss Symonds isolated while pregnant during the pandemic - and his privately-owned farmhouse in Oxfordshire.



By some local accounts, private taxi Volos Airport greece he arrived to the region by private car after documenting his controversial journey from the UK on social media, sharing a video taken from a plane and a selfie where his face was covered with a white mask.

Zeinab Abo al-Kheir wrote to the TV pundit after he said he wanted to 'listen to the evidence about human rights abuses' in the desert kingdom following the Saudi takeover of his former club, Newcastle United.

Chancellor Rishi Sunak is also expected to take his holiday in the UK. Although Mr Johnson insisted he 'totally understood' if people felt the need to go abroad, the intervention will heap pressure on MPs and ministers to follow suit.



A network of footpaths weaves among the lemon and olive trees - it's a mile-and-a-half hike to the village of Spartia. Here, a group of 19 individually owned and decorated villas are available for hire, each with sea views. There are sunloungers and shade at the rocky shore, or it's a five-minute drive to a sandy beach.



Speaking in the Commons, Liberal Democrat Alistair Carmichael said: 'This is simply further evidence that when it comes to following the rules, it is one rule for the Conservatives and one rule for everyone else.

'Saudi Arabia executed more people than ever before in the first six months of this year, and has now begun executing drug offenders, in large numbers and private day tours in Pelion greece in secret, as the world focuses on its neighbour.

More than 400,000 sunseekers are thought to have had their Greek holidays ruined by government delays in relaxing the global travel warning, along with Greece's decision to ban direct flights from the UK until July 15.

A week's half-board with flights and car hire costs from £1,451pp ( Mountain biking, Dion escorted tours wine tasting and fishing can also be arranged. The owner, Markos, takes guests on a number of complimentary activities, including a sunrise walk to Mount Kofinas, Pelion transport a cooking lesson, horse riding and a hike to the Monastery of Koudouma.