Greece: Turkish letter ‘a monumental distortion of the facts’
Greece has reacted to Turkey’s recent diplomatic drive aimed at winning support among the EU, the UN and NATO amid an escalating dispute with its Aegean rival.
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The United Kingdom has a new prime minister, and her name is Liz Truss.
House tapping probe begins, with thorns in its side
The Greek Parliament committee set up to examine the politically charged wiretapping issue starts proceedings on Wednesday with not a few problems to contend with.
Turkish UAV flies over Greek islet
A Turkish Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV), commonly known as a drone, flew over the islet of Kinaros in the early hours of Wednesday.
Protest against campus police turns violent
Unknown assailants vandalized turnstiles at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki on Tuesday, apparently in protest at the deployment of the newly created university police force.
Injured climber rescued on Mt Olympus
A climber was injured when he fell while climbing down Mount Olympus, Greece’s highest mountain.
Erdogan on seemingly irreversible course
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan doubled down on his threat to “come suddenly one night” to the Greek islands on Tuesday, appearing to have set himself on an irreversible course of constant intensification of rhetoric and confrontational tactics against the EU as well.
Plan to save trees as beetle devours Athens’ mulberries
Scientists at the Agricultural University of Athens are reportedly closing in on a solution to stop the spread of the tiger longicorn beetle (Xylotrechus chinensis) that has been literally eating away at the mulberry trees lining the streets and neighborhoods of the capital for some three years now.
US says Turkish threats against Greece ‘unhelpful’
The United States on Tuesday decried Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s threats to Greece as “unhelpful,” while stressing that Greek sovereignty over the Aegean islands “is not in question.”
East Med especially at risk as world heats up, report warns
The eastern Mediterranean and Middle East are warming almost twice as fast as the global average, with temperatures projected to rise up to 5 degrees Celsius (9 degrees Fahrenheit) by the end of the century if no action is taken to reverse the trend, a new report says.