Erdogan promises more rate cuts, plays down inflation
Turkey will continue cutting interest rates rather than hiking them in the face of high living costs, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday.
Revithoussa and Alexandroupoli are key for gas supply to Balkans
Natural gas from the Revithoussa storage facilities and the LNG terminal off Alexandroupoli will soon reach as far away as Kyiv and Budapest through the Greek gas grid and the abandoned Trans-Balkan Pipeline, the latter resuming operation with the opposite transmission flow.
‘Thalassa Quarry’: A performance in Tinos’ marble landscape
The aejaa team has used, for the first time ever, a remarkable marble landscape made up of gigantic bolders and high walls, at the Koumela’s Quarry in Tinos, as the natural “mise en scene” for a music, theater and dance performance titled “Thalassa Quarry.”
Ukraine: 100 days of brave resistance
“Greetings to the peoples of the indomitable country!” These are the words that every Ukrainian has been hearing daily since the beginning of the full-scale invasion of the Russian Federation into the territory of our sovereign state.
Firefighters battling blaze in Corinthia
Firefighters were on Monday battling to contain a wildfire that broke out in Perachora, in Corinthia regional unit. Some 45 firefighters with 14 fire engines and two ground teams were assisted by two water-bombing aircraft and two helicopters. Early reports said the fire was started by a lightning bolt.
Head of Greek navy oversees construction of Belharra frigate
Chief of the Hellenic Navy General Staff Stylianos Petrakis was briefed on the progress of the construction of the first French-made FDI HN or Belharra-class frigate during a recent four-day visit to France, the Hellenic Navy said in a press release Monday.
ND determined to secure one-party rule
With the government of conservative leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis entering its third year, the country is expected from July onward to move into a pre-election period, which has informally already started with the completion of all the parties’ congresses.
Authorities announce 2,501 new Covid cases, 10 deaths
The National Organization for Public Health (EODY) on Monday announced 2,501 new confirmed cases of coronavirus and ten Covid-related deaths.
Man accused of raping partner’s children jailed pending trial
A 52-year-old man accused of sexually abusing his partner’s two children, aged 26 and 14, with whom he lived with in a village in southern Crete, was ordered to remain in prison until his trial after testifying before an investigative magistrate on Monday.
What’s behind the statements and letters
The Greek-Turkish relationship is back in troubled waters as a mutual promise for calm founders on Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s usual tactic of unproductive confrontation.