Turkey on Monday resumed its practice of allowing boats packed with migrants to depart from its coast for the Greek islands in the eastern Aegean. There was also a large number of airspace violations by UAVs and naval cooperation aircraft.
The Interior Ministry and the Athens Municipal Authority on Tuesday announced an agreement that seeks to elevate the role of the Municipal Police force.
Greece will be able to acquire the advanced F-35 aircraft starting in 2029, since outlays for other defense procurements leave no space in the country’s budget.
A telephone call threatening that a bomb was about to go off at a school in Thessaloniki, northern Greece, turned out to be a hoax, the police said on Tuesday.
Despite the Greece’s pro-Western policy, everyday Greeks remain wary of both the US and Russia. John Psaropoulos joins Thanos Davelis to break down Greek public opinion on this issue, and look at the questions it raises as Greece looks to address key security concerns.
Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias said on Monday that the procedures for the referral of the issue of the delimitation of the exclusive economic zone (EEZ) and the continental shelf between Greece and Albania to The Hague should be expedited.
Ecumenical Patriarch Vartholomaios is due to pay a two-day visit to Mount Athos, home to the oldest surviving monastic community in the world, as Russia’s ongoing incursion into Ukraine has created a rift in the worldwide Orthodox Church.
“Next year will be the first year of increasing pensions for the first time, after 12 years,” Deputy Labor and Social Affairs Minister Panos Tsakloglou said in an interview with the Athens-Macedonian News Agency on Sunday.
In an interview on Open TV, Tourism Minister Vassilis Kikilias highlighted the significant effect of tourism in reducing unemployment, as shown by the latest data from the Ergani system.
For the first time, Greece has an organized and institutional presence at the World Economic Forum this week through Greek House Davos.