Athens delivers demarche to Ankara over Greek official’s entry ban
Greece delivered a demarche to Turkey on Wednesday to protest the denial of entry to a regional governor in Izmir last Saturday.
Eight protesters who clashed with police to appear before prosecutor
Eight people who clashed with police after a march through central Thessaloniki, northern Greece, against surging inflation on Wednesday will be led before a prosecutor on Thursday.
Exxon Mobil started seismic surveys off the Peloponnese, Crete
Exxon Mobil has started conducting seismic surveys in two blocks southwest of the Peloponnese peninsula and the island of Crete on Thursday, Greek Environment and Energy Minister Kostas Skrekas announced on Thursday.
Greek-Americans to have strong representation in Congress
The results of the US mid-term elections will allow the Greek-American diaspora to have, once again, a strong presence in Congress as well as in state and local levels, state-run news agency AMNA reports.
Erdogan’s network of clientelism, the economic crisis, and the upcoming elections
Turkey’s worsening economic crisis has eroded President Erdogan’s popularity ahead of elections in 2023, threatening to oust him from power for the first time in two decades.
Thousands march as Greeks strike over ‘suffocating’ inflation
Greek workers went on a day-long strike on Wednesday, demanding higher wages to cope with surging inflation, as Europe’s soaring energy prices and living costs trigger industrial action and protests across the continent.
Death toll from migrant shipwreck increases to 27
The confirmed number of dead from last week’s shipwreck of an overloaded migrant smuggling boat in the western Aegean Sea has increased to 27 after another body was found on an island just east of Athens, Greek authorities said Wednesday.
Cyprus MPs launch inquiry into spyware development on the island
Cyprus’s parliament opened an inquiry on Wednesday into the development of spyware on the island, after a draft European Parliament committee investigation report said it was an important export hub for the surveillance industry.
Turkish UAV intrudes into Greek air space
A Turkish unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), commonly known as a military drone, flew over the islet of Kandelioussa, in the eastern Aegean, on Thursday.
Real benefit
Greek ports had been unused for decades. The current geopolitical juncture has highlighted their immense importance and the government is rightly making the most of it.