Foreign Ministry congratulates Pyatt on energy appointment
The Foreign ministry on Friday congratulated Geoffrey Pyatt, former US ambassador to Greece, on his nomination as US Assistant Secretary of State for Energy Resources.
EU wants to ensure independent media, tougher media mergers rules
Media groups seeking to take over smaller rivals will have to make sure that their deals ensure media pluralism and safeguard editorial independence under draft rules announced by the European Commission on Friday.
Exarchia metro station will only take up tenth of local square, says minister
The planned metro station on Exarchia Square will take up less than 10% of its surface area, the infrastructure minister said on Friday.
Thessaloniki school teacher convicted in sexual harassment case
A three-member Criminal Court in Thessaloniki handed a suspended two-year jail sentence to a high school teacher accused of sexually harassing a female student.
Russian embassy rejects ND lawmaker’s war comment
The Russian Embassy in Greece rejected a comment by a Greek Conservative lawmaker who said on television that the country is “at war” with Russia due to its support for Ukraine.
Greece sees spike in US tourist arrivals in 2022
The increase in regular flights offered by US airlines to Athens and Thessaloniki has helped to greatly boost tourist flows from the United States, the American Society of Travel Agents (ASTA) for the region of Greece said on Friday.
A series of talks between Greece and Turkey, 1978-81
During a summit that took place in Montreux in 1978 between the prime ministers of Greece, Konstantinos Karamanlis, and Turkey, Bulent Ecevit, it was agreed that bilateral talks between the secretaries-general of both foreign ministries would continue.
Anti-vax abbot, monks to stand trial
The abbot and five monks of a monastery on Mount Pelio, in central Greece, will face trial over charges of spreading fake news about the Covid-19 vaccines and the pandemic.
Register for power consumers
Electricity suppliers are trying to prevent so-called “energy tourism” – i.e. the phenomenon of consumers constantly switching from one provider to another, leading to the accumulation of arrears – by creating a consumers register similar to the Teiresias register of bad debtors.
Greece says it rejects Turkish admonitions on Muslim minority
Athens accused Ankara of trying to intervene in its domestic affairs after Turkey’s Foreign Ministry called on Greece to investigate threats received by a Muslim member of Greek Parliament and expressing support for the country’s “Turkish minority.”