Politics

Wide-spread flooding last September also devastated the main north-south railroad axis in central Greece

A European Ombudsman inquiry into Frontex’s role in search and rescue operations has shown that the current rules leave the EU’s Border and Coast Guard Agency unable fully to fulfil its fundamental rights obligations and too reliant on Member States to act when boats carrying migrants are in distress. The inquiry was launched by Ombudsman […]

EP President Metsola called for independent investigation into death of Alexi Navalny while Yulia Navalnaya told Parliament to treat President Putin like leader of a “criminal gang”

At the same time, reliable sources reveal that top universities, including MIT, Yale, and Harvard, visited the Ellinikon mega-project site where Lamda Development showcased its redevelopment plans.

The law is particularly relevant for Greece, as just last month nine international press freedom organizations called on Grigoris Dimitriadis, the former general secretary and nephew of Greek Prime Minister, to drop two lawsuits they consider SLAPP

Responding to reporters on Tuesday, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that if EU NATO members sent troops to Ukraine “we would need to talk not about the probability, but about the inevitability (of a direct conflict)."

“A ministerial meeting between the foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan will be held in the near future, and I hope we will make progress," the Armenian leader said

Hellenic Navy frigate 'Hydra' sails for Red Sea protection mission

Some pundits estimate the cost of transporting a container from Asia to Piraeus had almost tripled, from €2,000 to €6,000-€7,000, since the crisis with the Houthis broke out at the end of November 2023.

At the same time, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis noted that 'we reaffirmed our unity and determination to support Ukraine to defend itself against the Russian invasion'

The development comes after high-profile assertions by victims’ relatives, their legal counsels and media reports citing the prospect of toxic materials or fuel accelerants causing a large explosion immediately after the collision on the evening of Feb. 28, 2023

Greek Defense Minister Nikos Dendias boarded the Hellenic Navy warship on Monday as it was docked off the greater Athens area

The two leaders have already scheduled another face-to-face meeting in the spring in Turkey, probably between May 5 and May 15.

The clustering of buildings reduces the necessity for new infrastructure development; thereby minimizing environmental harm noted the same ministry official.

The dawn of February 23 found the group of eight correspondents who were to accompany the President of the Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, to Kiev looking for Brussels’ military airport. Not a soul in sight. By the time we boarded the aircraft of the Belgian Prime Minister, Alexander De Croo, with whom we would […]

A challenge by party president Stefanos Kasselakis for another internal election was eventually nixed in a show-of-hands vote by attending delegates

A working visit by Greek PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis to the Gulf state focused on energy, investments and security issues, including developments in the Middle East and threats to shipping in the Red Sea

Mitsotakis first completed an official and closely watched trip to India

Opposition within the Greek leftist party grows against new leader Stefanos Kasselakis, amid 'reprimand' by former PM Alexis Tsipras

Treaty of Lausanne 'can be easily read by both the Turks and us. They know very well that what lies beyond three (nautical) miles of Turkey is Greek, we know it too'