Politics

The explosive and lengthy Novartis judicial probe in Greece fizzled out without even one charge making it to a courtroom

The videos of a fire near an Iranian nuclear power plant circulated through X on Thursday morning, but the fire has not been confirmed by Iran's officials.

North Korea has sent 3,000 troops to Russia for possible deployment in Ukraine, according to to US government official

Mitsotakis and Androulakis exchanged jabs today in a plenary session initiated with a briefing of this year’s fire season, that expanded to a wider-ranging debate on various hot-button topics 

On the parliament floor will be the first public confrontation between Prime Minister and New Democracy head Kyriakos Mitsotakis, and newly re-elected PASOK party leader Nikos Androulakis.

A watchdog authority said that although New Democracy (ND) party is not directly involved in the leaking of email addresses, a fine was imposed because it failed to safeguard personal data protection

In September, the Commission announced a €35 billion EU loan for Ukraine as part of a plan by G7 partners to issue loans of up to $50 billion

Compared with the population of each EU country (on 1 Jan. 2024), the highest rates of first-time asylum applications were recorded in Greece standing at 55.1%, ahead of Ireland at 32.2%

Yesterday’s News Wrap-up includes the following: PPC to Issue 500mln-Euro Bond Greece’s Public Power Corporation (PPC) will foray into the market by issuing a 500 million euro bond, with the offer scheduled to kick off on October 21st.The company is set to issue senior notes—a type of bond that takes precedence over other debts if […]

Indicative of the significance of the event was the presence of Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and timing to coincide with the most evening newscasts.

Center-right ND is preferred by 25% of respondents, without an extrapolation of the results, with now second-place PASOK pooling 15.3%

Former party presidential candidates are included in this new inner circle, as part of PASOK's ongoing push to maintain and project unity. 

With over 99 percent of the votes counted, just 50.3 percent of Moldovans–a margin of a few thousand votes–supported joining the EU, amid an election rife with allegations of Russian interference. 

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan blamed the US-based cleric Muhammed Fethullah Gülen for the 2016 attempted coup against him

Sizable numbers of Greek American voters and Americans of Greek origin living in a handful of 'swing states', such as Pennsylvania, New York and Illinois, are up for grabs.

Richard Grenell, a close ally of Donald Trump and former U.S. ambassador to Germany, criticized the Biden administration’s approach to Turkey while calling for a more assertive U.S. foreign policy toward the NATO member during a closed-door fundraiser in Philadelphia. In a recording obtained by To Vima, Grenell advocated for stronger ties with Turkey and […]

Ousted party leader, supporters aim to challenge obstacles to his candidacy

In its analysis, the CCSS factors in indicators such as country populations, GDP, and other elements to ascertain the defense capabilities

SYRIZA’s Political Secretariat defended its decision to bar Kasselakis from running in the upcoming intra-party elections as a “absolutely statutory and democratic decision was taken by a large majority”

This year, a notable absence of concrete positions on issues concerning Greek-American relations comes as a stark contrast to previous election years like 2008