Halkidiki: Gorman tourist found dead in the sea
Coast guard officers recovered the body of a 64-year-old German tourist from the sea near Ouranoupoli in Halkidiki, northeastern Greece, on Monday.
Conspiracy theories about forest fires rampant, study finds
Conspiracy theories concerning forest fires chime with a large part of society, according to a survey conducted for the Climate Crisis and Civil Protection Ministry.
ATHEX: Traders face another bull trap
For yet another day the Greek stock market proved a bull trap on Monday, as it once again started off with gains, boosted by the strong showing of markets in Hong Kong and Shanghai, but as the day went on growth gave way to losses, with the benchmark eventually yielding significant ground.
Kikilias: Growing US investment in local tourism sector
The visit of Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis to Washington last month has played a major part in attracting new US investment in Greek tourism, which is expected to come during the summer and “will be here to stay,” Tourism Minister Vassilis Kikilias said.
Irish Wings | Paxos | July 8
Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and songwriter Paul Muldoon presents Muldoon’s Picnic, a jamboree of Irish music and poetry featuring virtuoso fiddle player Martin Hayes, legendary Irish Celtic rock band Horslips and Athens-based traditional Irish music band Iernis.
Sweden, seeking to win over Turkey, says it won’t be haven for terrorists
Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson, seeking to win over Turkish support for her country’s bid to join NATO, pledged on Monday not to let Sweden become “a safe haven for terrorists.”
Greece looks to neighbor Italy for gas storage
Greece has been in talks with Italy to see whether it can store gas in the neighboring country as part of efforts to secure supplies if Russian flows are disrupted, Greece’s energy regulator said on Monday.
Ukraine is the latest neocon disaster
The war in Ukraine is the culmination of a 30-year project of the American neoconservative movement. The Biden Administration is packed with the same neocons who championed the US wars of choice in Serbia (1999), Afghanistan (2001), Iraq (2003), Syria (2011), Libya (2011), and who did so much to provoke Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Experts appeal to individual responsibility
Amid the latest jump in coronavirus cases, health experts are renewing their appeal to people to act responsibly.
Erdogan vows to protect ‘rights’ in Mediterranean and Aegean
Turkey “will take all necessary steps to protect our rights in the Mediterranean and Aegean,” its president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, said on Monday.