Dendias in Ukraine for meeting with diaspora Greeks
Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias will on Monday visit Mariupol and the village of Sartana in Ukraine’s Donetsk region for a meeting with local officials and members of the Greek diaspora.
How a snowstorm paralyzed Attica
A week after a snowstorm paralyzed the Attica region, Greece’s most populous, a pretty clear picture has emerged as to what caused this, and it was not just the uncommonly harsh weather event.
Scientists on alert over rising cases caused by Omicron cousin BA.2
The highly transmissible Omicron variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus – the most common form of which is known as BA.1 – now accounts for nearly all of the coronavirus infections globally, although dramatic surges in Covid cases have already peaked in some countries.
Perennial problems at grid operator DEDDIE
Once again thousands of households have been left for hours and days without power in difficult conditions as a result of bad weather.
Fuel removed from freighter stranded off Crete
Authorities say all fuel and other hazardous substances have been removed from the Manassa Rose cargo ship in an attempt to mitigate impacts to the environment after the vessel ran aground off Crete a week ago.
Erdogan and Skanderbeg’s ghost
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s latest visit to Albania was unlike others in the past. Sure, Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama gave him the red-carpet treatment, but the excitement of yesteryear was conspicuously absent.
The two systems of government
The country has to choose between two systems of government, especially in times of crisis: the European and the Third World system.
Cyprus Orthodox archbishop suspends 12 unvaccinated priests
The head of Cyprus’ Orthodox Christian Church said Sunday that he will suspend a dozen priests from his diocese because they refused to heed his call to get vaccinated against Covid-19.
ENFIA to have new brackets
The new ENFIA blueprint that the government has presented to its creditors contains changes to the rates and the brackets of the Single Property Tax in a bid to avoid any hikes that the new taxable prices of properties, known as objective values, would generate.
Greece-Cyprus ferry service in the pipeline
A maritime passenger link between Cyprus and Greece is expected to take shape in the coming months as a number of operators have responded to a tender through the e-Procurement System of the Treasury of the Republic of Cyprus, the Shipping Deputy Ministry has announced.