Greece, the birthplace of democracy, backs EU sanctions against Russia after its unlawful invasion of Ukraine and stands ready to host Ukraine refugees, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis told Parliament on Tuesday.
Five suspects have been arrested in Athens in connection with an armed robbery on a security van restocking an ATM with cash. The suspects are aged between 46 and 53 years old and are members of the same criminal organization.
Exporters and other domestic businesses are particularly concerned about the situation in Eastern Europe, with fruit and vegetables being the first victims among Greek exports from the outbreak of war in Ukraine, as their exports to the region have halted since last Thursday.
As a member of NATO, Greece “has specific obligations in terms of forces which, from time to time, are reserved under NATO command, as is done for all Alliance countries,” government spokesperson Giannis Oikonomou said on Tuesday.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy urged the European Union on Tuesday to prove that it sided with Ukraine in its war with Russia and a day after signing an official request to join the bloc.
EU lawmakers will call Russia a “rogue state” and urge the 27-nation bloc to agree even tougher sanctions, in an emergency debate on the war on Tuesday during which Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will address lawmakers via video-link.
A team of doctors, nurses and others welcomed the first buses of refugees from war-torn Ukraine in the Athens district of Metaxourgio on Monday night.
Firefighting efforts continued on the Euroferry Olympia passenger ship in the western Greek port of Astakos on Tuesday, after a fresh conflagration in the second garage deck hampered efforts the previous day.
Police in Athens are looking for two armed men who robbed a cash delivery and stole a car from passing motorist in the central district of Pangrati on Tuesday morning.
Electric cars have not yet made big inroads into the Greek market. At the end of 2021, there were just 1,248 fully electric cars and 2,964 plug-in hybrids.