Appeals court upholds sentences in Topaloudi case
An Athens appeals court on Friday upheld the convictions for two men over the rape and murder of 21-year-old Eleni Topaloudi on the southeastern Aegean island of Rhodes in 2018.
Aegean to launch Athens-Eindhoven service
Aegean Airlines is enriching its summer schedule with a new destination, Eindhoven Airport in the Netherlands, bringing its total to more than 140 in 44 countries.
Erdogan blackmail over F-16s and F-35s
Turkey’s opposition to Sweden and Finland joining NATO under the pretext they harbor terrorists is seen in Athens as a cynical attempt to blackmail the US into agreeing to the lifting of all sanctions against the Turkish defense industry.
With NATO expansion spat, Turkey grabs limelight once again
If Western leaders were surprised to see Turkey throw a diplomatic wrench into plans to admit Finland and Sweden into NATO, they should not have been.
Stuttgart complete permanent signing of Arsenal’s Mavropanos
Arsenal defender Dinos Mavropanos has joined Bundesliga side Vfb Stuttgart on a permanent deal, the clubs said on Thursday.
Jordan offers to station firefighting aircraft in Cyprus
Jordan’s King Abdullah II has offered to station firefighting aircraft in Cyprus through the summer fire season, the Cypriot foreign minister said Monday. Minister Ioannis Kasoulides thanked the Jordanian monarch following talks with his Jordanian counterpart, Ayman Safadi. King Abdullah’s offer comes two weeks after Kasoulides pitched to his Greek and Israeli counterparts the creation…
‘I will not forget!’: Commemorating the Pontian Genocide
Professor Alexander Kitroeff joins Thanos Davelis to commemorate the 103rd anniversary of the Pontian Genocide, discuss the efforts to achieve its international recognition, and explore how to overcome Turkey’s continued denial of this crime.
Omicron BA.5 identified
A more contagious form of the Omicron variant of Covid-19 has been identified in Greece, according to the National Public Health Organization (EODY).
Ankara miffed as leaders mark anniversary
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias took to social media on Thursday to mark the 103rd anniversary of the systematic extermination of some 353,000 ethnic Greeks living on the shores of the Black Sea by the Ottoman Turks between 1916 and 1923.
Vangelis, composer of ‘Chariots of Fire’ score, dies at 79
Vangelis, the Greek composer whose rousing electronic theme music for the Oscar-winning 1981 film “Chariots of Fire” became one of the most loved movie scores, has died at the age of 79.