Athens bracing for decisive EU energy council
With the energy crisis in full swing, the government is focusing its attention on the unfolding debate at the European level, ahead of the July 26 Council of EU Energy Ministers.
Terror threat cancels Iranian opposition’s summit in Albania
Iranian dissidents in Albania on Friday said they had canceled a summit following warnings from local authorities of a possible terrorist threat. Some 3,000 Iranian dissidents from the Mujahedeen-e-Khalq, best known as MEK, live at Ashraf 3 camp in Manez, 30 kilometers west of Albania’s capital, Tirana.
New framework for muftis in Thrace put to House
A new framework regarding the status and function of the Muslim community’s muftis in Thrace, northeastern Greece, was tabled to Parliament on Friday by the Education Ministry.
EU debates revised plan to reduce gas use after opposition
European envoys debated revisions on Friday to a proposal by the EU executive that all bloc members cut natural gas use to prepare for potential Russian supply cuts, hoping for a compromise by next week after some governments, including in Greece, balked at the plan.
Saudi crown prince to visit Greece to sign energy, telecoms deals
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman will visit Greece on July 26 to meet Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, the Greek foreign ministry said on Friday, in his first visit to an EU country since the 2018 killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
Deal between Ukraine and Russia aims to ease global food crisis
Russia and Ukraine signed an agreement in Istanbul on Friday to free more than 20 million metric tons of grain stuck in blockaded Black Sea ports in Ukraine, a deal aimed at bringing down soaring grain prices and alleviating a mounting global hunger crisis.
Cyprus grid prepares for high demand
Despite high temperatures in the last few weeks in Cyprus, ongoing electricity demand in the country has remained lower than last summer.
Doubling of ‘Tourism for All’ 2022 program
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced the doubling of both the funding and of the beneficiaries for the “Tourism for All” 2022 state subsidize holiday program.
Dadia forest fire burning out of control
Emergency crews were for a second day on Friday battling to contain a wildfire raging in the Dadia National Park, the country’s largest Natura 2000 site and home to the only blackbird colony in the Balkans, in the northeastern border region of Evros.
Greece prepares as Turkey announces new drilling operation in the East Med
Vassilis Nedos, Kathimerini’s diplomatic and defense editor, joins Thanos Davelis to look at what’s at stake as Turkey prepares to launch new drilling operations in the Eastern Mediterranean, and break down the key takeaways from the Greek Defense Minister’s visit to the US.