Blinken in Athens to talk Ukraine, bilateral ties
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will be in Athens on February 20-22 to meet with the country’s leadership and launch the fourth round of the US-Greece Strategic Dialogue.
Trust ‘can be lost in 24 hours’
Greece’s economy is in a good place, recovering from the pandemic and the war in Ukraine thanks to tourism and cutting its debt through fiscal efforts and with the contribution of inflation, but significant challenges lie ahead, central banker Yannis Stournaras stresses.
Greece fears a new migration wave
Government officials are greatly concerned about a new spike in migration as a result of the devastating earthquakes in southern Turkey and northern Syria.
Cyprus seeks peer support on shipping
Cyprus is speaking to other European Union states to shore up support for the shipping industry hit by sanctions on Russia, its shipping minister said on Friday.
Biennale | Thessaloniki | March 4 – May 21
“Being as Communion” is the main exhibition of the ongoing 8th Thessaloniki Biennale of Contemporary Art (biennale8.gr), organized in cooperation with the MoMus network of museums and it opens on March 4.
Irresistible Olympiakos wins another Greek Cup
Olympiakos won its 11th Greek Cup in basketball, and the second in a row, after seeing off Panathinaikos in the semis and Peristeri in the final at the tournament’s Final Eight held in Iraklio over the weekend.
Concerns over Greek ‘amnesty laws’ for structures without permit
The devastating earthquakes that hit both Turkey and Syria have turned renewed attention to hundreds of thousands of structures legalized after the fact in Greece and how structurally sound they are.
PAOK’s win over AEK confirms Panathinaikos’ lead
PAOK put an end to AEK’s winning streak as Panathinaikos consolidated its lead at the top of the Super League with a home win over Volos.
Moisis Elisaf, first Greek-Jewish city mayor, is buried in Ioannina
Moisis Elisaf, the first Greek-Jew to hold a mayoral post in the country, was buried Sunday afternoon in the city of Ioannina.
Blinken tours Turkey’s earthquake zone, pledges $100m in aid
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken took a helicopter tour Sunday of one of the provinces worst-affected by the Feb. 6 earthquake in southern Turkey and northern Syria and pledged a further $100 million in aid.