Bail set for policeman who shot Roma teenager
A Greek court has decided that a police officer accused of fatally injuring a Roma teenager during a car chase over an allegedly unpaid gas station bill should be released on bail pending trial.
State-sponsored growth is slowing down
The sharp slowdown in Greece’s gross domestic product in the third quarter came as a surprise.
Alexia & El Sistema | Athens | December 19-26
Multi-award-winning singer, composer, songwriter and social activist Alexia joins forces at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center with the Greek branch of El Sistema.
Learning from a top ambassador
Foreign policy epitomizes the will, determination and clout of a state in the international sphere. Politicians possess the capacity for making decisions and diplomats have the privilege of paving the way toward those decisions.
EU makes final push for gas price cap deal this year
European Union nations’ energy ministers meet in Brussels on Monday in an effort to agree a cap on gas prices, an emergency measure that has split opinion across the bloc as it seeks to tame the energy crisis.
Greece passes 2023 budget, forecasts primary surplus
The Greek Parliament has approved the country’s first budget in 13 years not to be drafted under the supervision of the country’s creditors.
Regulation for 10% subsidy on food bills to be tabled in Parliament Tuesday
The subsidy program for household food expenses announced by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis will be tabled in Parliament Tuesday, government spokesman Yiannis Oikonomou said Sunday.
Dendias in Belgrade for talks with Serb counterpart
Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias will meet with his Serbian counterpart Ivica Dacic in Belgrade Monday.
Ankara’s Cairo opening falls by the wayside
Egypt’s unilateral declaration of its western maritime border with Libya in a decree signed by President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi is, in addition to being another strong signal against the purported strength of the Turkish-Libyan memorandum, a very serious indication of a setback in the diplomatic efforts of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Aftershocks in Athens from Qatargate
Qatargate and the involvement of socialist MEP Eva Kaili is bringing sweeping changes to the geometry of the ongoing electoral period, though whether these will be temporary or of a permanent nature remains to be seen. What’s more, against the backdrop of the wiretapping affair, party staffs are eagerly awaiting the results of public opinion…