Turkish Parliament Speaker calls Greece a national threat
The Speaker of the Turkish Parliament Mustafa Sentop referred to Greece as a national threat in a speech with his Maltese counterpart on Tuesday.
New Sept. 22 bid deadline set for Alexandroupoli port
Greece’s privatization agency has set September 22 as the new deadline for binding bids for a majority stake in the northern port of Alexandroupoli, two sources close to the matter said on Tuesday.
A national tragedy, an artist’s loss
“The loss of his work in Asia Minor is something he mourned deeply,” says the curator of the Teloglion Fine Arts Foundation’s collection of a traumatizing chapter in the life and career of esteemed Greek artist Spyros Papaloukas.
Legal debate after woman set on fire, dies
A 55-year-old woman died in northern Greece after her husband allegedly doused her in gasoline and set her on fire ‒ the latest in a series of killings that have revived a debate on whether stronger legal measures are needed to protect women from violence.
First crew member of seized Greek tankers in Iran returns home
Iran has agreed to release the crews of the Greek tankers it seized in May, the MT Prudent Warrior and Delta Poseidon, in response to the confiscation of oil by the United States from an Iranian-flagged tanker in Greece.
JPMorgan upbeat on Greek banks, upgrades Piraeus to ‘overweight’
JPMorgan upgraded Piraeus Bank to “overweight” and said it was positive on Greece’s four big banks in a research report published on Tuesday.
Fire breaks out on Thasos
A fire has broken out on the island of Thasos in the north Aegean Sea on Tuesday afternoon. According to information from the Hellenic Fire Service, the blaze is burning a wooded area near Rachoni.
Coronavirus subvariant Centaurus identified in Greece
The National Organization for Public Health (EODY) announced on Tuesday that it had identified the Centaurus subvariant of the Covid-19 virus in Greece.
PM meets North Macedonia counterpart Kovacevski for energy talks
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Tuesday received the Prime Minister of North Macedonia, Dimitar Kovacevski, at the Maximos Mansion in Athens for a meeting dominated by the energy crisis that is currently affecting Europe.
Child injured at shopping mall play area
A 7-year-old boy was injured early on Monday evening while playing in a children’s area in a Western Attica shopping mall.