President summons party leaders
Greek President Katerina Sakellaropoulou has summoned the leaders of the five parties represented in the new Parliament to a meeting in the Presidential Palace at 11 a.m. Wednesday.
PASOK’s Androulakis turns down mandate to form gov’t
Nikos Androulakis, the socialist PASOK leader, has turned down the third exploratory mandate to form a government in a meeting with President Katerina Sakellaropoulou.
National Bank quarterly profit drops on lower trading income
National Bank, the country’s second-largest lender by market value, has posted a 28% drop in earnings for the first quarter on lower trading income and one-off items.
Monemvasia divided over castle town’s illumination
The illumination of the castle town of Monemvasia, southern Greece has divided locals, with some saying the project will highlight the landscape and monuments, while others insist it will alter the area’s character and increase its touristification.
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Turkey’s sultan Erdogan is not going anywhere
Turkish strongman Recep Tayyip Erdogan is … strong. Despite most opinion polls predicting a win for main-opposition candidate Kemal Kilicdaroglu, a soft-spoken technocrat who leads the secularist Republican People’s Party (CHP), President Erdogan received 49.5% of the votes in Sunday’s presidential election compared to Kilicdaroglu’s 44.9%. Erdogan’s Islamist Justice and Development Party (AKP) and its…
Tax declaration deadline extended to July 31
The deadline for the filing of income tax returns for 2022 has been extended to July 31, following a decision by the Deputy Minister for Taxation Policy and Public Property Apostolos Vesyropoulos. Moreover, the payment deadline for the first tax instalment remains July 31.
Man arrested for revenge porn and rape
Police in Athens have apprehended and arrested a 35-year-old man who is wanted on charges of rape, revenge pornography, threats, insults, bodily harm and domestic violence.
Turkish opposition calls Erdogan a ‘fabricator’ over doctored video
The man challenging for the Turkish presidency has accused President Tayyip Erdogan of being a “fabricator” after he cited a doctored video to allege opposition links to an outlawed militant Kurdish group ahead of a runoff election on Sunday.
SYRIZA’s central committee to meet on Wednesday
SYRIZA’s central committee will convene on Wednesday following the main opposition’s bruising performance in the general election.