Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan told US President Joe Biden in a phone call on Thursday that it was past time to lift all “unjust” sanctions on Turkey’s defense industry.
Athens is continuing efforts to evacuate the country’s consul general Manolis Androulakis from Ukraine’s besieged city of Mariupol.
“We are fighters and we are trying to bring every last visitor to the country,” Tourism Minister Vassilis Kikilias said on Thursday in an interview with Open TV.
The Unites States Senate has confirmed the appointment of Democratic fundraiser George Tsunis as the country’s next ambassador to Greece following a voice vote late Thursday.
In view of the severe weather impacting large parts of the country, including the capital, the Attica Traffic Police banned heavy vehicles on Thursday night from parts of the Athens-Lamia national highway, the Attiki Odos ring road, the Western Peripheral Highway of Ymittos and the Peripheral Highway of Egaleo.
European Union leaders meeting in France on Thursday ruled out fulfilling Ukraine’s demand for a fast-track integration with the bloc, as they discussed ways to help the country that’s been invaded by Russia.
The war in Ukraine has focused the world’s attention on the plight of millions fleeing the country. But migrants from sub-Saharan Africa, Asia and elsewhere continue to reach ethnically divided Cyprus, where authorities say they’re overwhelmed.
Expert and employer associations are expressing fear that the possibility of a significant raise to the minimum wage would lead to the consolidation of inflationary pressures and have a negative effect on productivity.
Behind a set of imposing metal doors in an easy-to-miss office building in a New York City suburb, a small team manages billions of dollars for a Russian oligarch.