The ‘energy transition’ and other balderdash
Across Greece, residents are opposed to the installation of wind farms.
Museum Night & Day | Athens | May 14 & 18
Celebrating the European Night of Museums on May 14 and International Museum Day on May 18, the Acropolis Museum has put together a program of special events.
Authorities announce 4,782 new Covid cases, 18 deaths
Greek health authorities announced 4,782 new cases of Covid-19 during their daily briefing on the course of the pandemic on Thursday. There were also 18 virus-related deaths.
North Macedonia: US leads exercise in NATO’s newest member
US troops joined forces from Britain, France, Italy and allied countries in the region Thursday in a military exercise held in NATO’s newest member, North Macedonia, aimed at displaying deployment readiness along the alliance’s eastern borders.
University guard training to be completed next week
After four months, the training of the 400 newly hired special guards who will staff the university campus police forces will be completed next week on May 17.
Leftist opposition refuses to back US defense deal
Leftist opposition leader Alexis Tsipras has said his SYRIZA party will not support a defense deal between Greece and the United States, while accusing the conservative government of making sweeping concessions to Washington without gaining anything in return.
Greece to extend base access deal with US military
Greece is extending a bilateral military agreement with the United States for five years, with officials from the country’s center-right government arguing that enhanced alliances within NATO will help stabilize the region rattled by Russia’s war in Ukraine and tension in the Eastern Mediterranean.
Prosecutor asks court to uphold life sentences over 2018 Rhodes rape and murder
The prosecutor in the appeal trial against a first-instance court’s verdict on the 2018 rape and murder of 21-year-old Eleni Topaloudi on the southeastern Aegean island of Rhodes, called to judges to uphold the decision, which sentenced two men to life in prison, with an additional 15 years.
ENFIA smiles for four in five
The new payment slips for the Single Property Tax (ENFIA), uploaded on the online platform of the Independent Authority for Public Revenue, show reductions that in some cases reach up to 45-50%.
Defense deal with US a ‘vote of confidence’ in Greece, PM tells House
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis appealed to lawmakers’ sense of patriotism ahead of a vote later on Thursday on the ratification of the Mutual Defense Cooperation Agreement (MDCA) signed between Greece and the United States.