Attica’s first smoke-free beach
Gone are days that you’ll see cigarette butts in the sand or smell wafts of smoke in the air at Marikes beach in Rafina, a destination popular for its port, wind- and kitesurfing action and summer residences.
Culture minister tests positive for coronavirus
Culture Minister Lina Mendoni, 62, has tested positive for Covid-19, the ministry said in a statement Wednesday.
Turkey is not powerful enough to guarantee Ukrainian grain exports, says traders union
Turkey, which is negotiating with Russia to secure safe routes for grain exports from blocked Ukrainian seaports, is not powerful enough to act as a guarantor, the director of Ukrainian grain traders union UGA Serhiy Ivashchenko said on Wednesday. He told an online grain conference in Kyiv that it could take at least two-to-three months…
Plan to foil mass migrant entry from Turkey
Amid rising acrimony with Turkey, plans are being drafted to deal with the possibility of an attempted mass entry of migrants into Greece at the instigation of Ankara in a repeat of the spring 2020 incident at the Evros land border.
Erdogan, Bahceli to attend EFES-2022 military exercise
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his nationalist coalition partner Devlet Bahceli will on Thursday attend the EFES-2022 military exercise near the Aegean port city of Izmir, local media reported on Wednesday.
Hybrid deterrence in an age of uncertainty
The evidence that Greek-Turkish relations have entered a new phase of hostility are unfortunately proliferating.
Greece taking steps to stop population decline, PM says
Greece’s rapidly aging population and declining birth rate pose significant threats to country’s ability to grow, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis warned Wednesday, as he announced the creation of a national council tasked with reversing the negative demographic trends.
Foreign Ministry reacts to desecration of chapel in Jerusalem
The Greek Foreign Ministry has expressed “deep concern” over the trespassing by members of a Jewish seminary into the Greek Garden on Mt Zion in Jerusalem, property of the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem.
Stylianides tests positive for Covid-19
Climate Crisis and Civil Protection Minister Christos Stylianides tweeted that he tested positive for Covid-19 on Wednesday.
Lavrov in Turkey to discuss plan to ship Ukrainian grain
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov is due to hold talks Wednesday with Turkish officials on a plan that could allow Ukraine to export its grain through the Black Sea to global markets amid an escalating food crisis.