Significant efforts are under way to ensure that the period of flux between the two expected rounds of voting in Greece’s general elections brings no unpleasant surprises with regard to the easing of tension in Greek-Turkish relations, but also to prepare for any likely upsets from the elections in Turkey.
Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias expressed his gratitude towards EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs Josep Borrell, and the foreign ministers of France, Germany, and Italy upon his arrival at the EU Foreign Affairs Council in Luxembourg on Monday.
It is true that the Greek government did not start the civil war in Sudan, as some conservative lawmakers from ruling New Democracy have said. But by making this statement, they just engage in the “straw man fallacy.”
The payment of retirement lump sums to some 7,500 teachers who received their main pension in the previous period started on Friday and is expected to be completed by the end of the month.
Drawing attention to the ills and pointlessness of mass consumption, the Goethe Institute has invited its in-house “Mr Fix-It” Yiannis and expert tinkerer Roland, a car electrician and DJ, to show people how to mend sundry household items.
As the May 21 elections approach, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and his political rivals are intensifying their campaigns.
The trial of Haralambos (Babis) Anagnostopoulos, the accused in the premeditated murder of his 20-year-old British wife Caroline Crouch, was on Monday interrupted due to the illness of his defense lawyer.
The European Union will keep working for a political settlement to the conflict in Sudan despite the recent evacuation of diplomatic staff and other EU citizens from the country, the bloc’s top diplomat Josep Borrell said on Monday.
Short-term rental accommodation bookings data show an extension of the summer tourism season with the promotion of September as the “new August.”
Greek singer-songwriter Dionysis Savvopoulos has been hospitalized in the past few days after contracting Covid-19 for the third time.