Gardens Festival | Athens | May 26-29
Organized by the Athens Art Network, the Gardens Festival is a fun event featuring free concerts in different public spaces around the Greek capital.
Russian spokesperson lays into Athens over ‘strange analogies’
Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova has taken issue over last week’s remarks by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis during his trip to US for offering “a strange choice of historical analogies.”
Greece should demilitarize islands or Turkey may challenge their sovereignty, Cavusoglu warns
Greece must withdraw its military from the Aegean islands or Turkey “will take matters further,” Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu warned on Thursday, adding that Ankara is prepared to challenge their sovereignty.
Proliferation of purple jellyfish observed in parts of Aegean
Experts in Greece are keeping a close eye on the proliferation of a particularly undesirable species of jellyfish in several parts of the Aegean Sea, warning that rising sea temperatures and over-fishing are exacerbating the phenomenon.
Greece is more than a ‘pillar of stability,’ it is a paradigm
Endy Zemenides, HALC’s executive director, joins Thanos Davelis to look at why, after Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’ visit to Washington DC, Greece is now a paradigm in terms of both geopolitics and values.
Greece sending letter to UN in response to Turkish claims
Greece is sending an official letter to the United Nations, countering, in detail, Ankara’s “unfounded claims” concerning the islands of the Aegean, diplomatic sources said on Thursday.
Meth lab seen behind East Attica house fire
Police called in by the Fire Service to look into several suspicious findings at the scene of a house fire in the East Attica town of Markopoulo on Wednesday night suspect the property may have been used as meth lab.
FM holds ‘fruitful talks’ on Skopje leg of West Balkans tour
Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias hailed “fruitful talks” during a trip to North Macedonia on Wednesday that is part of the Greek official’s ongoing tour of the Western Balkans.
EU adopts firmer stance on Ankara rhetoric
The European Commission’s initial lackluster response to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan saying that he no longer recognizes Kyriakos Mitsotakis became firmer later on Wednesday, with one high-ranking official saying that the EU demands respect for its leaders and member-states.
First quarter’s retail turnover exceeds that of Q1 2019
First-quarter retail commerce turnover in Greece not only exceeded that of the previous year but also that of January-March 2019, according to figures released by the Hellenic Statistical Authority on Wednesday.