Well-known children’s charity Ark of the World (Kivotos tou Kosmou) issued a statement on Thursday saying it had no knowledge of allegations of child sexual abuse in one of its structures but would assist in the investigation of them.
An amendment which temporarily establishes the reimbursement of part of the windfall profits of electricity suppliers in Greece was approved in Parliament on Wednesday. The Environment and Energy Ministry’s bill was approved in the plenary session by the votes of ruling New Democracy alone.
Local authorities and the rest of the public sector had supposedly made a commitment to put together – and implement – a plan so they could save energy during the difficult winter that lies ahead.
Libya on Thursday recalled its ambassador to Athens and the foreign ministry summoned the Greek chargé d’affaire in Tripoli to protest the Greek foreign minister’s decision to cancel his meeting with the head of the country’s Presidency Council.
Thousands of Greeks marched through central Athens on Thursday to mark the anniversary of a violently quashed student uprising in 1973 that helped topple the military junta which then ruled the country.
A Greek court has acquitted three activists detained in October 2021 after unfurling banners at the Athens Acropolis opposing the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, their lawyer and activists said on Thursday.
The foreign minister of ethnically divided Cyprus offered a bleak outlook Thursday for resuming stalled peace talks any time soon even though a senior United Nations official affirmed the commitment of the world body’s chief to remain engaged in resolving one of Europe’s most intractable conflicts.
Greece is the ninth most favored destination for US citizens studying abroad, although the numbers are well below pre-pandemic levels.
A 32-year-old Turkish national was arrested early Wednesday for trafficking migrants, police announced on Thursday.
Thousands of police have been deployed in Athens and the northern city of Thessaloniki on Thursday for commemorative marches to mark the anniversary of a 1973 student uprising that was brutally crushed by the military dictatorship then ruling Greece.