“When I think about the Mediterranean, I think about a region with vast potential and opportunities, but also challenges that should be commonly addressed,” Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias said on Monday on the occasion of the Day of the Mediterranean.
The Hellenic Police financial crimes squad raided two homes of Ark of the World founder Father Antonios Papanikolaou in the Attica suburbs of Rafina and Kolonos on Monday.
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The 27-year-old man arrested last week in the “Prosfygika” police operation has been remanded in custody following his hearing with a prosecutor on Monday.
The Greek authority to counter money laundering has ordered the freezing of the personal bank accounts of Father Antonios Papanikolaou, the founder of the children’s charity “Kivotos tou Kosmou” (Ark of the World), as well as the accounts of his spouse and family members.
The Greek government, the country’s Hydrocarbons and Energy Resources Management Company (EDEYEP) and the companies involved in exploring for hydrocarbons – mainly natural gas, but also oil – west and southwest of the Greek coast, have to balance the need for quick results with the geopolitical realities of the region.
So far, everything shows that we are heading toward the general elections with a consolidated correlation of political forces, which will now be very difficult to overturn. Little time remains and a lot of time has passed in which dramatic events have occurred both in Greece and worldwide.
Turkey and Egypt may restore full diplomatic ties and re-appoint ambassadors mutually “in coming months,” Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Monday.
Since 1973, Turkey has been systematically building a list of “Greek-Turkish disputes.” The issue of delimiting the continental shelf was first raised in November of that year. In 1974 we had the threat of war if Greece extended its territorial waters and the questioning of the limits of the Athens Flight Information Region.
A teenage rower in Thessaloniki in northern Greece on Monday sued her coach over sexual harassment.