The airport at the southeastern Aegean island of Kastelorizo, where Olympic Air operates, remained out of service last weekend because the sole employee working the control tower was ill.
Expert Steven Cook joins Thanos Davelis to look at Tuesday’s summit in Tehran, where Russia’s President Vladimir Putin will meet with the leaders of Iran and Turkey to discuss Syria and other issues. Putin’s trip comes just days after President Biden’s own tour of the Middle East.
Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar on Tuesday attacked Greece and the Greek American lobby in the United States for seeking to put the brakes on the sale of 40 Lockheed Martin-made F-16 fighter jets to Turkey, however expressing his confidence that the process will not be disrupted.
A pair of Turkish F-16 fighter jets flew over the islet of Zourafa, also known as Ladoxera, east of the northern Aegean island of Samothraki on Tuesday at 10.31 a.m., the Hellenic National Defense General Staff (GEETHA) said in a statement.
Albania and North Macedonia began membership talks with the European Union on Tuesday, overcoming a series of obstacles thrown up by EU governments despite an original promise to begin negotiations in mid-2018.
Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades has tested positive for Covid-19, authorities said on Tuesday.
The controversy surrounding the Iranian-flagged Lana tanker, seized in April by Greece for carrying Iranian oil, will continue on Tuesday at Greece’s Supreme Court.
Greece’s population has decreased to 10,432,481 – by 384,005 people or 3.5 percent – compared to 2011, according to the preliminary results of the 2021 census, the Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) said on Tuesday.
European Investment Bank (EIB) President Werner Hoyer welcomed on Monday the Hellenic Development Bank (HDB) as a new member of the D20 Long-Term Investors Club.
US Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin met with Greek Minister of Defense Nikos Panagiotopoulos on Monday at the Pentagon to discuss the growing defense partnership between Washington and Athens and the close cooperation between the two NATO allies on basing, defense modernization and collective defense – particularly amid Russia’s war in Ukraine. During the…