Greek ships warned to leave Black Sea
Greece recommended all Greek ships immediately leave Ukraine and Russia territorial waters in the Black Sea, shipbrokers and a senior Greek Maritime Affairs Ministry official said late last week.
Handing out cash
There are two dangers lurking in the global trend of rising interest rates: One is that it will halt the post-Covid economic recovery (this worries European Central Bank head Christine Lagarde, as recovery in the eurozone is still weak), and another that it will cause great damage to heavily indebted countries, companies and individuals. Greece…
Ukrainian flag adorns Parliament facade
The Greek Parliament has illuminated part of its facade with the Ukrainian flag to express its solidarity with the suffering Ukrainian people.
Moment of awakening
Athens has always found it difficult to gain the attention of its partners whenever it needed to explain what it is like to face a threat from a revisionist country, which wants to “correct” the “mistakes” of history by force.
The jungle and Europe as Disneyland
The moment of truth about what the West can and cannot endure is near. The Russian invasion of Ukraine forced the leadership of Europe and the United States to face real dilemmas.
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the West: Is this the end of pax Americana?
Endy Zemenides, the Executive Director of the Hellenic American Leadership Council, joins our host Thanos Davelis to discuss what Russia’s invasion of Ukraine means for the West and wether it marks the end of the pax Americana era.
Cartoon by Ilias Makris (26/02/2022)
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Four more ethnic Greeks dead in Ukraine
Four more ethnic Greeks were killed in eastern Ukraine on Saturday, raising the number of fatalities to six, state-run broadcaster ERT reported.
Greece ‘appalled’ by death of ethnic Greeks in Ukraine, summons envoy
Greece said on Saturday it was appalled by the death of two ethnic Greeks in a Ukrainian village on Saturday during a Russian bombardment and summoned the Russian envoy for a meeting at the Foreign Ministry on Sunday.
New Covid-19 infections, deaths drop
Health authorities announced 11,883 new coronavirus infections for the 24-hour period ending 3 p.m. Saturday, a decrease on Friday’s figure of 15,909.