European Council President Charles Michel is certain that member-states will soon adopt the sixth package of EU sanctions against Russia in response to its invasion of Ukraine, including a ban on oil imports.
“We are increasing routes and opening new destinations in Greece for visitors from the US,” Tourism Minister Vassilis Kikilias stated on Tuesday, following the successive teleconferences he had held on Monday with senior executives of all three American companies conducting flights to Athens this year.
Turkish philanthropist Osman Kavala, who was sentenced to life in prison for trying to overthrow the government by financing protests in 2013, said on Wednesday that the ruling violated legal standards and reflected political pressure on the court.
Authorities are investigating after a homemade explosive device was found outside SYRIZA’s local organization in the Athens suburb of Patissia on Wednesday.
Cypriot Minister of Finance Constantinos Petrides said on Monday the next few years would be difficult for Cyprus and the entire European Union.
Cyprus is hoping to begin exporting its natural gas from the Aphrodite gas field by 2026, Minister of Energy, Commerce and Industry, Natasa Pilides, has said.
This year, the Athens Photo Festival will present an exhibition dedicated to the medium of the photobook, and is now inviting artists and publishers worldwide to submit their books for consideration.
A decision on whether to lift indoor masking mandates will be made on June 1 depending on Covid-19 burden, Health Minister Thanos Plevris told Skai radio on Wednesday.
The European Union’s chief executive on Wednesday proposed a phased oil embargo on Russia over its war in Ukraine, as well as sanctioning Russia’s top bank and banning Russian broadcasters from European airwaves, in a bid to deepen Moscow’s isolation.
Hungary and Slovakia will be able to continue buying Russian crude oil until the end of 2023 under existing contracts, an EU source told Reuters on Wednesday, benefitting from exemptions from an oil embargo proposed by the European Commission.