The European Commission announced on Monday that its provisional assessment on Greece’s progress regarding the 15 milestones the country had to reach in 2021 has been positive, giving its nod to the disbursement of the first tranche of the Next Generation EU fund resources amounting to 3.6 billion euros. As Alternate Finance Minister Thodoros Skylakakis…
From the very beginning, Greece has linked its membership in the European family with the prospect of creating a common foreign and defense policy.
Greek authorities are drafting plans to host refugees from Ukraine, especially ethnic Greeks, if the need arises. Some 2,000 members of the Greek minority, whose population stands at about 20,000, are estimated to hold a Greek passport.
Large enterprises – employing more than 50 staff each – offer their employees far better salaries than small, family companies – family members and up to 10 workers – according to data from the Labor Ministry’s Ergani employment database.
The government and the Greek police will ease the entry of Ukrainian refugees into the country, in close cooperation with the Ukrainian embassy, Minister of Civil Protection Takis Theodorikakos said on Tuesday.
European Union finance ministers will discuss the economic impact of the war in Ukraine on Wednesday and seek to coordinate to minimise the fallout from the crisis, EU officials said.
A large group of people has gathered in Syntagma Square on Tuesday to protest the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine and to demonstrate solidarity with the Ukrainian people. According to information, by 6.30 p.m. the square was already full of people waving Ukrainian flags and calling for an end to hostilities.
“How to Survive a Pandemic” by Academy Award-nominated director David France will open the Thessaloniki Documentary Festival (TDF), taking place March 10-20, organizers announced Tuesday.
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday called on the EU to show the “same sensitivity” for Turkey’s application to join the bloc as it showed for Kyiv’s membership bid, slamming member states for being “not sincere.”
When considering how fluid and fast-moving the situation has become in Ukraine, the possibility of the worst-case scenario materializing, or something bordering on it, remains within the realms of reality and the possible. Predictive analysis grows increasingly more unpredictable and daunting.