The influential chairman of the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee criticized Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday for failing to condemn Turkey’s decision to convict philanthropist Osman Kavala to life imprisonment, a verdict seen as symbolic of President Tayyip Erdogan’s crackdown on dissent.
A 3.5-magnitude earthquake rattled the city of Kalamata in the southern Peloponnese on Wednesday.
Culture Minister Lina Mendoni met in Sydney with the two national committees of Australia that have been working systematically for the return of the Parthenon Sculptures to Greece.
Health experts are not ruling out the possibility of acute cases of a hepatitis syndrome identified in Europe, the UK and the US afflicting children in Greece.
Greek Defense Minister Nikos Panagiotoulos reiterated Greece’s condemnation of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, calling it a blatant violation of international law that undermines European security and the foundations of the international legal order.
A strong earthquake jolted the Greek island of Kythera on Wednesday. There were no reports of serious damage or injuries.
Dr Elizabeth Prodromou, a leading expert on issues of religion and human rights, joins our host Thanos Davelis to look into the disturbing act of vandalism at Hagia Sophia last week and the broader impact that Hagia Sophia’s conversion into a mosque is having on the world heritage site.
Tourism performed extremely well over the Easter holidays across Greece and more than 325,000 cars departed from Athens during that period, Tourism Minister Vassilis Kikilias said on Tuesday in an interview with Open TV.
Internaftiki, a Piraeus-based trader of marine and industrial products and marine service provider, will use its 11th Posidonia participation in June to unveil new products and services targeting the shipping and yachting sectors.
The Greek state is reopening its seven-year April 2020 bond issue, most likely on Wednesday barring any major unforeseen market circumstances, on the back of the Greek economy’s recent credit rating upgrades.