The leader of main opposition SYRIZA has called on the Health Ministry to take immediate action to increase the number of anesthesiologists at an Athens children’s hospital, where shortages have created a backlog of 3,000 surgeries.
A 56-year-old teacher who was arrested for possession of a large number of child sexual abuse images has been released on restrictive conditions after testifying before an investigating magistrate in Thessaloniki.
A recent march in Istanbul was the biggest anti-LGBTQ demonstration of its kind in Turkey, where civil rights for a community more commonly referred to there as LGBTI+ have been under assault in the years since an estimated 100,000 people celebrated Pride in Istanbul in 2014.
The metro stations Nikea, Korydallos and Agia Varvara will be closed on Saturday and Sunday so that tests can be carried out from Aghia Marina to Dimotiko Theatro, ahead of the upcoming opening of the extension of the line to Piraeus.
Greece has cut Russian gas imports by more than half this year thanks to increased deliveries from other producers to its sole liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal near Athens, gas grid operator DESFA said on Thursday.
EU data protection watchdog EDPS has asked Europe’s top court to scrap amended rules allowing Europol to retroactively legalise its processing of personal data of people with no links to criminal activity, saying the rules undermine its authority.
A lawyer in Crete was lightly injured in a knife attack outside a courthouse in the city of Chania on Friday morning.
What will Erdogan and Turkey be like a year from now? We try to include the effect that the upcoming elections may have. Among others, we want to give emphasis to relations with the European Union and Greece, of course.
Increasing oppression, prohibitions and tendency towards violence paint a frustrating picture as we approach the elections. The state of both Erdogan and Turkey in a year certainly depends on the nearing elections and the effects of their outcome.
One year from now, Turkey will not be a very different country than it is today. It will continue to be a country with problematic democracy, no rule of law, not recognizing the sovereignty rights of its neighbors, and causing suffering to its people.