Bulgaria’s new centrist We Continue The Change (PP) party said it had sealed a broad coalition deal with socialist, populist and centre-right lawmakers on Friday after eight months of political paralysis, raising prospects for a revival of anti-corruption reforms.
An Orthodox bishop has banned the priests of his diocese from expressing any support for non-vaccination, saying his patience has been exhausted as regards this issue.
“Europe begins in Thrace, an area governed by the rule of law, democracy, solidarity and the protection of human rights,” Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias said on Friday.
Increasing the number of state positions for Church of Greece clerics to 10,000 from the current 6,000-odd and a revision of the Church’s charter are the top items on the agenda of Monday’s Holy Synod, which will be attended by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis.
Open Technology Services (OTS), the IT company that provided the software in the leadership elections of the Movement for Change (KINAL), said the party’s Committee on Ethics, Implementation of Statutes and Certification (EDEKAP) is the only one responsible for the integrity of the elections.
Greek annual inflation rate jumped to 4.8% in November from 3.4% in October and after a -2.1% reading in November 2020, Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) said on Friday.
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Friday said Friday it is important to increase the participation of women in the labor market and politics during an event for the presentation of the National Action Plan for Gender Equality 2021-2025.
The Central Bank of Cyprus said it has imposed a fine amounting to €790,000 to Bank of Cyprus, the island’s largest lender, over failure to comply with the anti-money laundering law and the CBC directive.
Nikos Fylis, the shadow education minister of main opposition SYRIZA, condemned the attack against a high school principal in northern Greece who was dragged to a local police station by local anti-vaxxers, calling for their exemplary punishment by judicial authorities.
A 30-year-old man suspected of beating his 29-year-old wife to death was arrested on Friday afternoon and was expected to be questioned by police over her demise during the day.