Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday he told colleagues to no longer hold bilateral talks with Greece, the latest reversal after having resumed talks last year to address their differences in the Mediterranean after a five-year hiatus.
Prices in Greece jumped again in May, in line with the soaring inflation in the rest of the eurozone, as Eurostat on Tuesday reported a 10.7% annual increase in the European Union-harmonized index of prices in this country.
Greece has said it will not be drawn into an escalation with Turkey, however adding that the country remains committed to defending its national interests.
Only one in four Greek small enterprises has an electronic store or is hosted on an online marketplace, even though that was the only way to make sales over long periods of time in the first couple of years of the pandemic.
Fully vaccinated individuals who get infected with the coronavirus spread the infection to fewer people and are contagious for less time compared to people who are partially vaccinated or unvaccinated, a small study from South Korea suggests.
Consumer confidence may be suffering due to price hikes across the market, but demand for store rentals in popular locations has been continuing its steady recovery in recent months.
Dr Lisel Hintz joins Thanos Davelis to look at Turkey’s recent foreign policy decisions – from blocking Sweden and Finland’s bids to join NATO, escalating its provocations against Greece, and threatening a new incursion into northern Syria – and break down how they also intersect with domestic politics inside Turkey.
Greece secured reduced interest rates for its 15- and 20-year bonds it reopened on Monday, eventually raising 400 million euros.
Greece has welcomed an agreement between Croatia and Italy on the delimitation of exclusive economic zones (EEZ) in the Adriatic Sea, emphasizing that the deal earns its legitimacy from the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) of 1982.
Police are investigating after they say a suspect stole an unoccupied mini bus in Thessaloniki in northern Greece and struck a vehicle before fleeing the scene.