Turkey’s lira crashed 5% to near 12 to the dollar on Tuesday, its eleventh record low in as many days, after President Tayyip Erdogan defended recent sharp rate cuts and vowed to win his “economic war of independence” despite widespread criticism.
Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan, the UAE’s de facto ruler, will visit Turkey for talks with President Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday, the Turkish Presidency said, as the regional rivals try to repair frayed tied.
More than 100 Afghans believed to have been at risk from the Taliban were granted temporary shelter Monday in Greece after being evacuated on a special flight to the northern city of Thessaloniki.
At least 45 people, including 12 children, died as a bus carrying mostly North Macedonian tourists crashed in flames on a highway in western Bulgaria on Tuesday, officials said.
Firefighting resources from Greece’s European peers are set to be repositioned in the country ahead of the wildfire season next year under the umbrella of the European Union’s Civil Protection Mechanism (RescEU), Kathimerini understands.
In his latest rant directed against Greece, Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar accused Athens Monday of “repeated and continuous provocations, aggressive statements and actions that increase tensions and, in violation of international law, distort and mislead.”
The largest number of daily deaths from the coronavirus for 2021 was announced Monday, with 105 patients losing their lives while the number of intubations climbed to 608.
Journalists Peter Schwartzstein and Alexander Clapp join The Greek Current to discuss their recent piece in Bloomberg, “Greece’s Popular Islands Are Crowded – With Plastic,” that looks into the Aegean islands’ dependency on plastic bottles, its environmental impact, and the steps that are being taken to address this problem.
The Education Ministry is planning to introduce a new system for recognizing degrees acquired in other countries.
Telecom provider Wind Hellas is setting up Hellenic Openfiber, a subsidiary to undertake the design, implementation, maintenance, operation and utilization of the active equipment of the next generation access (NGA) network – the passive equipment (infrastructure and fiberoptics) and the core, distribution and access networks.