Exporters and other domestic businesses are particularly concerned about the situation in Eastern Europe, with fruit and vegetables being the first victims among Greek exports from the outbreak of war in Ukraine, as their exports to the region have halted since last Thursday.
As a member of NATO, Greece “has specific obligations in terms of forces which, from time to time, are reserved under NATO command, as is done for all Alliance countries,” government spokesperson Giannis Oikonomou said on Tuesday.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy urged the European Union on Tuesday to prove that it sided with Ukraine in its war with Russia and a day after signing an official request to join the bloc.
EU lawmakers will call Russia a “rogue state” and urge the 27-nation bloc to agree even tougher sanctions, in an emergency debate on the war on Tuesday during which Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will address lawmakers via video-link.
A team of doctors, nurses and others welcomed the first buses of refugees from war-torn Ukraine in the Athens district of Metaxourgio on Monday night.
Firefighting efforts continued on the Euroferry Olympia passenger ship in the western Greek port of Astakos on Tuesday, after a fresh conflagration in the second garage deck hampered efforts the previous day.
Police in Athens are looking for two armed men who robbed a cash delivery and stole a car from passing motorist in the central district of Pangrati on Tuesday morning.
Electric cars have not yet made big inroads into the Greek market. At the end of 2021, there were just 1,248 fully electric cars and 2,964 plug-in hybrids.
The Hellenic Police said on Monday it has arrested two individuals in connection with a device that exploded in the entrance of an apartment building in September 2021.
The Greek government and main opposition SYRIZA are expected to clash in Parliament on Tuesday during the debate on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and Greece’s strategy.