Mitsotakis-Erdogan: yes to improvement, but without threats, challenges and violations
The messages by both sides following the Mitsotakis-Erdogan meeting in Istanbul are positive. We will find soon whether they reflect reality.
PM to Ecumenical Patriarch: meeting with Erdogan hopefully went well
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis expressed his belief that his meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan went well to Ecumenical Patriarch Vartholomaios when the two met at the Greek Consulate in Istanbul.
Meeting between Mitsotakis and Erdogan concludes
The meeting between Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Istanbul on Sunday concluded after approximately an hour and a half.
Cooperation is the key to Europe’s security
The European defense project should be complimentary to NATO, according to Jiri Sedivy, the chief executive of the European Defense Agency (EDA), who tells Kathimerini in an interview that a separate mutual defense clause among European states, like that in NATO’s Article 5, would not be “realistic.”
Energy costs to eat up 12% of Greek GDP
The global shock from the energy rate jump will have such a major impact on the Greek economy that the total cost of energy in Greece will amount to almost 12% of the country’s gross domestic product, some four times higher than just a couple of years earlier, according to Wood & Company.
New Covid-19 cases ease to 11,986
Greek health authorities announced 11,986 new Covid-19 cases and 48 virus-related deaths on Sunday. The National Organization for Public Health (EODY) also stated that there are currently 356 intubated patients being treated in Intensive Care Units.
Police detain 15 after unrest near Thessaloniki university
The Hellenic Police detained 15 individuals in the early hours of Sunday morning following a Molotov attack against riot police stationed outside the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.
Body of dead man found in Thessaloniki
The body of a dead man, estimated to be around 55, was found in Thessaloniki on Sunday afternoon. The body was found by the road, behind the church of Agioi Pantes near the railway station.
Coast Guard rescues 100 people off Paros
The Hellenic Coast Guard has rescued over 100 migrants and refugees off the island of Paros in the Cyclades on Sunday. According to information, the Coast Guard received the distress call at approximately 11 a.m.
New look for central Athens with museum makeover
The first step towards the expansion and renovation of the National Archaeological Museum in Athens was taken on Friday after the Museum Council of Greece approved the technical criteria upon which relevant architectural studies will be drafted.