The United States warned Turkey’s largest business group of possible sanctions risks this week if its companies do business with Russian entities and individuals targeted by Washington over Moscow’s war in Ukraine.
Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias on Friday reacted to a barrage of Turkish provocations, saying that Greece will not be lured into an escalation of tensions with its Aegean neighbor.
More than 3,500 foreign universities from 114 countries are on the list of tertiary educational institutions recognized by Greece.
Turkey’s finance minister said Friday there was no reason for Turkish businesses to be concerned by a warning about possible US sanctions on companies dealing with already sanctioned Russian businesses.
Greece’s prime minister on Thursday defended the workings of the country’s intelligence service in the face of a wiretapping scandal, saying its operation is essential to the country’s security despite what he described as the misstep of tapping an opposition politician’s phone.
The fifth successive discovery of natural gas deposits in Cyprus’ exclusive economic zone – this time at a well named Cronos-1 – is the prize for the persistence shown by the Cypriot state in spite of an increasingly aggressive stance from Turkey.
Greek lawmakers are discussing a wiretapping scandal that has roiled the government ahead of elections due to be held next year, in a parliamentary session called following revelations that the intelligence service had bugged an opposition politician’s phone.
Who was surprised by the official opposition party’s violating the principle of confidentiality in Parliament’s Standing Committee on Institutions and Transparency meeting on Wednesday?
Conservative Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Friday again admitted that the surveillance by Greece’s secret service of Nikos Androulakis, leader of the PASOK opposition party and an MEP, was a “mistake,” adding that it is up to his socialist rival to take legal action if he deems that the wiretapping was unlawful.
The Castle of Ioannina in northwestern Greece is now wheelchair accessible after the implementation of necessary interventions approved by the Central Archaeological Council (KAS).