Ukraine war opens debate on refugees
With the war in Ukraine triggering a wave of refugees, the Greek government insists negotiations on a new EU Pact on Migration and Asylum must now be completed.
Pfizer asks US to allow 4th Covid vaccine dose for seniors
Pfizer and its partner BioNTech asked US regulators Tuesday to authorize an additional booster dose of their Covid-19 vaccine for seniors, saying data from Israel suggests older adults would benefit.
Prosecutor recommends guilty verdict for former governor over killer flood
The prosecutor in the trial into a 2017 flash flood that killed 25 people in West Attica assigned criminal responsibility to state services, local and regional, recommending that both the former governor, Rena Dourou, the then mayors of Mandra, Elefsina and Megara, and town-planning officials be found guilty of manslaughter, causing physical injuries and flooding.
Draft law takes aim at pricey medical checks
A new Health Ministry bill heading to Parliament next month seeks to prevent citizens from consulting specialists or getting expensive tests at public hospitals on the state’s tab without a referral from their personal doctor.
Sakkari advances as Saville retires
Daria Saville, of Australia, left, talks with Maria Sakkari, of Greece, after Saville retired from their match due to injury in the women’s Round of 16 at the BNP Paribas Open tennis tournament Tuesday, in Indian Wells, in southern California.
Turkish foreign minister to visit Russia, Ukraine for peace talks, Erdogan says
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday he was sending his foreign minister, Mevlut Cavusoglu, to Moscow and Kyiv this week as part of Turkey’s mediation efforts to secure a ceasefire in Ukraine.
Menendez: No F-35s if Turkey keeps S-400s
The chairman of the United States Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Bob Menendez, said that he would be opposed to the sale of next-generation F-35 fighter jets to Turkey unless the issue of the S-400 missile defense system the country purchased from Russia is resolved, in an interview with Tom Ellis, Kathimerini English Edition’s editor in…
Armenia says it is ready to establish diplomatic ties with Turkey
Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan has said his country is ready to establish diplomatic relations and open its border with Turkey, the Turkish state-owned Anadolu news agency reported on Tuesday.
Cosco’s Piraeus masterplan stopped for want of environmental report
Greece’s highest administrative court has pulled the brakes on an investment plan for the country’s biggest port that was part of the 2016 concession agreement between Piraeus Port Authority (OLP) and China’s Cosco Shipping.
Greeks rule global LNG carrier market
At a time when energy security is becoming of paramount significance, Greek-owned shipping is playing a strategic role in international maritime transport of liquefied natural gas loads.