Hundreds of firefighters on Wednesday battled a wildfire that raged for a second day in mountains near Athens, burning homes and cars and forcing the evacuation of at least nine settlements and a hospital.
US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin intends to contact his Turkish counterpart, Hulusi Akar, in the coming days over the tensions in Aegean, while urging both sides, according to Pentagon press secretary Todd Breasseale, to explore “pragmatic solutions to long-standing disputes.”
European Parliament will hold an event in remembrance of Manolis Glezos, marking the 100th anniversary of his birth.
This weekend North Macedonia’s parliament gave the government the green light to resolve a dispute with Bulgaria that paves the way for EU membership talks to begin.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday it is the West’s own fault that the flow of Russian natural gas to European customers has dwindled and warned that it could continue ebbing.
An anti-establishment group calling itself “Thousands of Night Suns” has claimed responsibility for an arson attack against the offices of a Greek radio station and newspaper in the northern Athens suburb of Maroussi on July 13.
Turkey’s fourth drill ship, the Abdülhamid Han, will launch operations in the Mediterranean Sea next month, the country’s Vice President Fuat Oktay said on Wednesday.
Firefighters have resumed efforts to contain a wildfire that broke out in the mountainous region of Penteli near Athens on Tuesday.
It was not a matter of instinct, he did not suddenly feel that danger was imminent. Alexandros Simeoforidis was going by the facts – and they were loud and clear.
Cyprus’ Harmonized Index of Consumer Prices (HICP), or the cost of consumer goods and services, increased by 9% in June, when compared to the index of June 2021, setting a new record high, while continuing its upward course for the 16th consecutive month due to the continuous increases in energy prices.