Ecumenical Patriarch Vartholomeos, leader of Orthodox Christianity, condemned in an interview Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and President Vladimir Putin in particular, saying he “has provoked the hatred of the whole world.”
Two senior citizens were found dead in their homes during separate firefighting operations in the northern city of Thessaloniki and the island of Lesvos on Thursday.
The appeal trial of two suspects convicted by a lower court for the gang-rape and murder of 21-year-old university student Eleni Topaloudi on Rhodes in November 2018 began on Thursday but was almost immediately postponed until March 15 as one juror and a defence attorney have contracted Covid-19.
More than 1,000 minors from Ukraine will form the first batch of refugee students to be welcomed at Greek schools, Education Minister Niki Kerameus told Skai TV on Wednesday.
The imposition of sanctions on Russia in response to its invasion of Ukraine has put economic ties between the West – primarily the EU – and Russia in the spotlight, as countries look to assess the potential impact these measures will have on their economies.
A section of Greece’s main highway, linking Athens and Lamia, which had been closed to traffic for about half an hour on Thursday morning to clear the snow, has reopened, traffic police said.
Some schools in northeastern Attica will remain closed on Friday as a cold weather front lashing Greece brought snow to many parts of the country, as well as areas in wider Athens.
Two people died and three were injured in a two-vehicle head-on crash on a rural road in northern Crete on Wednesday night.
European Union leaders will phase out buying Russian oil, gas and coal as Moscow’s war on Ukraine makes them realise they have to be less dependent on Russia, a draft declaration showed, but they are unlikely to offer Ukraine the fast EU membership it seeks.
Responding to the unfolding global crisis triggered by the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis outlined the government’s strategy on three fronts in the coming period in a speech to Cabinet on Wednesday.