The ceremony was also attended by Chinese Ambassador to Greece Fang Qiu, the Greek minister of social cohesion and family, and local officials from Piraeus, Perama, Keratsini-Drapetsona, and Salamis.

ATHENS, Dec. 6 (Xinhua) -- At least 18 people died after a boat carrying migrants capsized off the southern coast of Crete, Greece's public broadcaster ERT reported on Saturday.