Trolley bus drivers call off strike
A work stoppage on the Greek capital’s trolley buses that had been planned for Wednesday has been called off by the union representing workers at operating company ILPAP.
North Macedonia: Police find 44 migrants crammed into truck
Police in North Macedonia have detained 44 Syrian migrants, including 14 minors, found carefully hidden in a truck near the southern border with Greece, authorities said Tuesday.
EU countries seek way out of impasse over gas price caps
The question of how, when and whether to cap gas prices is set to dominate another meeting of European Union countries on Wednesday, as they pursue a joint plan to target high gas prices – a compromise that has eluded them for weeks.
The war in Ukraine, Turkish leverage, and the F-16s
Cliff Smith, the director of the Middle East Forum’s Washington Project, joins Thanos Davelis to look at the latest developments in the #NoJetsForTurkey campaign, and break down why the US should reject Turkish demands that it be allowed to use US technology to antagonize a fellow NATO member.
US Senate drops amendments restricting F-16 sale to Turkey
Two amendments introduced by Democratic Senators Bob Menendez and Chris van Hollen restricting the sale of F-16 fighter jets to Turkey have been dropped from the Senate version of the annual US defense spending bill, reports said Wednesday.
‘We don’t need women to behave like men’
Nanna-Louise W. Linde is the vice president for European Government Affairs at Microsoft. An imposing presence, former model and mother of three, her life looks like something out of an episode of the Netflix series “Borgen” – she is Danish after all.
IMF sees Greece outperforming
With more than a third of the global economy expected to fall into recession this year or in 2023, the International Monetary Fund projected on Tuesday that Greece will keep its gross domestic product in positive territory next year, although not as high as the government expects.
Staikouras to attend IMF summit
Finance Minister Christos Staikouras is in Washington for the International Monetary Fund summit.
Skopje grants strategic status to Mytilineos project
The government of North Macedonia granted the status of strategic investment plan to a project by Greece-based Mytilineos to build a new combined electricity/thermal energy production unit, at its cabinet meeting on Monday.
Nicosia to modernize its websites
Cyprus’ Deputy Ministry for Innovation, Research and Digital Policy announced on Tuesday that a contract has been signed to modernize the state’s websites, which will now be accessible through the new digital platform, Gov.cy, modeled on Greece’s Gov.gr.