President Sakellaropoulou greets Pope Francis
Pope Francis arrived at the Presidential Mansion on Saturday where he was greeted President Katerina Sakellaropoulou.
Raising a wall against Omicron
Despite the fact that the government continues to insist that there will not be a new lockdown, it has been constantly enacting new targeted measures aimed not only at bringing an end to the current fourth wave of the Covid-19 pandemic, but also to shield the country in the event of a very possible fifth…
US recognizes Cyprus’ right to develop its resources
The United States reiterated its support for Cyprus’ natural gas exploration projects, following the country’s awarding of an exploration licence in the Mediterranean to Exxon Mobil and Qatar Petroleum this week.
In Greece, Pope to seek deeper ties with eastern churches
Pope Francis heads to Greece Saturday for the second leg of his trip to the region, with meetings in Athens aimed at bolstering recently-mended ties between the Vatican and Orthodox churches.
Over 3,500 officers deployed for security
Police sources said Friday that more than 3,500 officers will be on hand in Athens for the implementation of the security measures on the occasion of the three-day official visit of Pope Francis to Greece, which begins on Saturday.
Greece joins UNESCO’s decision-making club
Greece has joined the club of 21 countries that decide which monuments will be included in the UNESCO list of World Heritage sites.
Hundreds of companies promised to help save forests. Did they?
When a shopper in New York, say, plucks a Milky Way bar from a grocery store shelf, that shopper becomes the final link in a long chain that might have started on a patch of land in Ghana, where a tropical forest recently stood.
Credit transfer fraud cases quadruple
Bank account hijacking has soared in Greece, as the growing phenomenon of credit transfer fraud – the illegal transfer of money from one account to another – increased fourfold last year, according to the Bank of Greece.
Some 49% of EU firms saw sales drop in 2020
Half of European Union enterprises saw turnover decline last year, an annual investment survey by the European Investment Bank has shown, as the Covid-19 crisis ripped through the European economy, shutting businesses for months and severely curtailing activity.
North Macedonia says goodbye to 45 killed in Bulgaria bus crash
Hundreds of mourners gathered in a village cemetery in North Macedonian in a cold rain on Friday to lay to rest 10 local inhabitants including eight schoolchildren who were among 45 people killed in a bus crash in Bulgaria.