The appellate prosecutor Panagiotis Meidanis filed an appeal on Tuesday against the decision by the Athens Council of Criminal Procedure regarding the imposition of criminal charges for the deadly fire in Mati in eastern Attica in 2018 that left 103 dead and dozens injured in its wake.
Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar has accused Greece of instigating tensions in the Aegean and the Eastern Mediterranean, adding that the country’s naval forces are equipped to defend against perceived external threats.
Greece’s Tourism Minister Vassilis Kikilias joins Thanos Davelis to talk about the role of tourism in the US-Greece bilateral relationship, Greece’s expectations for this summer, and the efforts to make tourism a significant year round enterprise for Greece.
The existential questions of American fashion – what is it? can it be defined? how does it relate to shifting American identity? – were thrust into the cultural conversation in September with the Metropolitan Museum’s fall Costume Institute show.
Efforts to assign members to a transparency commission are said to be stalling in Cyprus, with opposition politicians crying foul over connections between some candidates and the country’s disgraced Golden Passports program.
Two men received 10-year prison sentences after being convicted of causing fatal bodily harm in the killing of Zak Kostopoulos, a gay rights activist, during an altercation in a jewelry shop in downtown Athens on September 21, 2018.