Turkey’s main opposition party has applied to the top court to annul an article added to the penal code that sets jailtime for spreading “disinformation” as part of a new media law, a party official said on Tuesday.
The recent excavation of the sanctuary at Despotiko, an uninhabited islet lying just 700 meters southwest of Antiparos (itself just southwest of Paros), some 28 nautical miles south of Delos, has yielded the water collection system, a small temple-shaped structure, pottery and a seated archaic statue depicting Cybele, among other artifacts.
Turkey test-fired a short-range ballistic missile over the Black Sea on Tuesday, to the surprise of military analysts regarding Ankara’s intentions, while Turkish presidential spokesman Ibrahim Kalin called for the withdrawal of all military forces from the Greek islands and threatened that otherwise there would be consequences.
Cypriot Finance Minister Constantinos Petrides said on Tuesday that no new taxes will be imposed on fuel taxes, an obligation that should be met by the end of the year.
The Iranian-made drones that Russia sent Monday to divebomb Ukraine’s capital delivered the most emphatic proof yet that Tehran has become a rare, increasingly close ally to the Kremlin, offering both weapons and international support that Russia sorely lacks.
The Competition Commission has turned its attention to a meeting the development minister had on October 5 with the representatives of four supermarket chains and their agreement on the “household basket,” a selection of basic goods offered at fixed prices.
Police in northern Greece arrested 14 people, including seven police officers, on Monday on suspicion of involvement in a criminal group that sold bogus papers to foreign nationals to enter and remain in the country illegally.
In the latest incident involving the sexual abuse of a minor, police arrested a 54-year-old man accused of raping his 14-year-old daughter.
Turkey is ruled by an authoritarian leader who follows in the footsteps of Russian President Vladimir Putin. Authoritarian regimes always try to make up for their failure to modernize and democratize their country by pursuing a policy of territorial expansion, provocation and conflict.
As a record year for tourism comes to a close, local communities are considering whether their infrastructure will be able to withstand another such test.