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Iran to take ‘punitive action’ against Greece over seizure of oil, Iranian TV reports
Iran has decided to take “punitive action” against Greece over the seizure of Iranian oil off the Greek coast, the semi-official Nour News reported on Friday. Nour News, which is close to a top Iranian state security body, did not say what kind of action Iran would take.
Iran seizes 2 Greek tankers in Persian Gulf, tensions spike
Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard seized two Greek oil tankers on Friday in the Persian Gulf, just after Athens assisted the US in seizing an Iranian oil tanker over alleged sanctions violations in the Mediterranean Sea.
Is anyone at the wheel?
The annual World Economic Forum at Davos provided heads of state and government, businesspeople, academics and members of “civil society” with the opportunity to tackle the world’s most pressing issues at this critical time.
Gov’t will ratify North Macedonia memorandums when ‘national interest’ allows, Dendias says
The government will table memorandums of cooperation with North Macedonia in Parliament for ratification only when the “national interest and parliament’s agenda permit,” Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias said on Friday.
Cyprus caps VAT on electricity, increases pensions to cushion inflation blows
Cyprus said on Friday it would extend a lower value added tax (VAT) on electricity bills and a fuel price cap and also boost pensions to cushion the impact of runaway prices that have pushed inflation to its highest rate in more than 40 years.
City center fire in Thessaloniki brought under partial control
A fire in the building housing the Chamber of Industry in the center of the northern city of Thessaloniki has been partially brought under control, firefighters said on Friday afternoon. The fire broke out at around 3 p.m.
Turkey’s talks with Sweden, Finland made little progress on NATO concerns, say sources
Talks between Turkish officials and delegations from Sweden and Finland have made little headway overcoming Ankara’s objections to their NATO membership bids, and it is not clear when further discussions will take place, according to two sources.
Covid: 3,727 new cases, 14 deaths, 133 intubated
Health authorities announced 3,727 new coronavirus infections for the 24-hour period ending 9 a.m. Friday, a drop on Thursday’s figure of 4,048. The National Organization for Public Health (EODY) also announced 14 deaths, one more than on the previous day. There were 133 patients on ventilators.
Three injured in shop blast in central Athens
A man is being treated for burns in hospital following an explosion in a butchers and mini market in central Athens on Friday. Two more people suffered slight injuries in the blast, which occurred on the busy Ioulianou Street shortly before 1 p.m.