Greece is seeking a safe road to smoothly continue the country’s supply of Russian natural gas and preserve its energy sufficiency, in a cacophony within the European Union caused by Moscow’s demand to change the way it is paid.
Belgium’s King Philippe and Queen Mathilde will be paying a three-day official visit to Greece at the invitation of Greek President Katerina Sakellaropoulou.
Greek schools will reopen following the Easter break on Tuesday adhering to an updated set of Covid-19 guidelines.
After the devastating wildfires last year, mainly in Evia and Varybobi in Attica and other parts of southern Greece, the government, also wary of the huge political cost of a repeat this summer, has drafted contingency plans which include the deployment of the country’s armed forces.
Energy ministers from European Union countries hold emergency talks on Monday, as the bloc strives for a united response to Moscow’s demand that European buyers pay for Russian gas in rubles or face their supply being cut off.
Metro trains ground to a halt and ships were docked in ports as thousands of workers joined May Day rallies in the Greek capital to protest against soaring energy and food prices.
Greece lifted Covid-19 restrictions on Sunday for foreign and domestic flights, its civil aviation authority said, ahead of the summer tourism season that officials hope will see revenues bouncing back from the pandemic slump.
Greece’s Maria Sakkari returns the ball to Daria Kasatkina during their match at the Mutua Madrid Open tennis tournament in Madrid, Sunday, May 1.
Endy Zemenides, HALC’s Executive Director, joins Thanos Davelis to break down the significance of Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’ upcoming visit to Washington, DC, and look at this week’s hearings in the Senate and House with Secretary of State Antony Blinken.
For two years, in 2016-18, Susan Thornton was the acting US assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs. Today she a senior fellow at Yale University Law School’s Paul Tsai China Center.