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Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu has reiterated Turkey’s support for a two-state solution to the division of Cyprus, while accusing Greece of trying to rally international support against his country.
The war in Ukraine – one of the world’s biggest exporters of grain – is fuelling food shortages around the world and pushing millions of people into famine, raising fears of new waves of refugees toward southern Europe.
Athens has reacted to the latest allegations by Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu who on Monday accused Greece of seeking to rally international support against his country.
Culture Minister Lina Mendoni expressed her “real pain” at the loss of Marina Lambraki-Plaka, the art historian and director of the National Gallery in Athens for almost 30 years, who passed away in hospital on Monday morning at the age of 83.
Greek Finance Minister Christos Staikouras will meet his German counterpart Christian Lindner in Athens on Tuesday, the finance ministry said.
An apparent drive-by shooting took place in west Attica on Monday morning, though no injuries were immediately reported, according to state-run broadcaster ERT.
New coronavirus infections have been on the rise in Greece in the past few days but there is no reason for concern yet, a health official said on Monday.
Marina Lambraki-Plaka, an art historian and the director of the National Gallery in Athens for almost 30 years, died in hospital on Monday morning at the age of 83.
The National Blood Donation Center is appealing to volunteers to come forward to bolster the country’s dwindling blood banks, which have been hit by the combination of reduced supply and increased demand during the pandemic.