Greece sending letter to UN in response to Turkish claims
Greece is sending an official letter to the United Nations, countering, in detail, Ankara’s “unfounded claims” concerning the islands of the Aegean, diplomatic sources said on Thursday.
Meth lab seen behind East Attica house fire
Police called in by the Fire Service to look into several suspicious findings at the scene of a house fire in the East Attica town of Markopoulo on Wednesday night suspect the property may have been used as meth lab.
FM holds ‘fruitful talks’ on Skopje leg of West Balkans tour
Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias hailed “fruitful talks” during a trip to North Macedonia on Wednesday that is part of the Greek official’s ongoing tour of the Western Balkans.
EU adopts firmer stance on Ankara rhetoric
The European Commission’s initial lackluster response to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan saying that he no longer recognizes Kyriakos Mitsotakis became firmer later on Wednesday, with one high-ranking official saying that the EU demands respect for its leaders and member-states.
First quarter’s retail turnover exceeds that of Q1 2019
First-quarter retail commerce turnover in Greece not only exceeded that of the previous year but also that of January-March 2019, according to figures released by the Hellenic Statistical Authority on Wednesday.
Androulakis and PASOK’s second chance
Not even PASOK’s warmest supporters had anticipated that the party’s congress would pan out so smoothly – without whining, clashes and personal stratagems.
Nick Waterhouse | Athens | May 26 & 27
Hailed for his contemporary take on classic rockabilly, garage rock, jazz and soul, American singer-songwriter Nick Waterhouse is stopping in Greece for two gigs.
The Anatolian Greeks who settled in the US
“There was Antonis, a man who emigrated to America from Greece, who thought he was a ‘real Greek’ and that everyone from Alatsata [present-day Alacati] and Asia Minor were inferior. Antonis worked in a restaurant, and he made a point of letting people like my uncle and other ‘Ottoman Greeks,’ as he called them, in…
Amendment on power suppliers’ windfall profits
An amendment for the introduction of an emergency subsidy of up to 600 euros for energy consumers and an emergency levy on electricity producers was tabled in Parliament late on Tuesday.
Mitsotakis talks investment at Davos
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis met on Tuesday with several high-level officials of investing firms and large companies on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum at Davos, to discuss investing in Greece.