Russia’s unexpected invasion of Ukraine represents the “undoing of the regime of peace and security” and has ushered in “a new cold war that no one knows how it will end,” Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Thursday.
The Supreme Court fired seven judges on Wednesday after finding shortcomings in the performance their duties, such as failing to issue court decisions. In one case, a judge had failed to issue decisions for about 400 cases that were heard in 2012.
Over 15 countries, including Greece, have called for a special meeting with the UN’s shipping agency to discuss the safety of ships and their crews sailing through the Black Sea and Sea of Azov after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and growing dangers to vessels.
Kosovo’s parliament approved a resolution on Thursday asking the government to start negotiations on NATO membership following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Greece is making every possible effort to ensure the protection of the Greek community in Ukraine in very difficult conditions said Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias on Thursday during joint statements with visiting Czech Republic Foreign Minister Jan Lipavsky after their meeting in Athens.
Former Citizen Protection Minister Michalis Chrysochoidis, and former MP and minister of the socialist political party PASOK, met with Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Thursday, with the two men stating that Chrysochoidis will be on the next electoral ballot of conservative ruling party, New Democracy.
The American Hellenic Institute (AHI) has appointed retired Vice Admiral Vasileios Kyriazis as the Chapter President of AHI-Athens. He assumed his role on March 1, succeeding George Economou who had held the post since 2009.
The Academy of Athens has released a statement on Thursday condemning the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine and calls for an immediate cessation of hostilities, a peaceful settlement, and respect for the fundamental rules of human rights law.
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis had an online meeting with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi on Thursday to discuss the further implementation of an agreement signed in October for an undersea cable that would link the Greek and Egyptian energy infrastructure, a strategic priority for both countries.