Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard seized a Panamanian-flagged oil tanker in the strategic Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday, the second such capture by Tehran in under a week amid heightened tensions over its nuclear program.
The Berlin-based, convention-defying opera company Novoflot is traveling to Athens to appear in the Elefsina European Capital of Culture program.
A 17-year-old from Crete, who was imprisoned in a youth detention center in Volos, central Greece, for about six months, told police he was gang raped and beaten throughout his incarceration.
Turkey’s Defense Minister Hulusi Akar expressed “hope” on Wednesday that “the Greeks will find the right path and come to the right place” during an interview where he proposed the joint exploitation of the natural wealth of the Aegean.
Foreign citizens and Greeks living abroad will be able to pay any tax obligations with credit and debit cards issued by foreign banks from late 2023.
As part of the moves to strengthen the European defense industry, based on the increased need for defense equipment resulting from the war in Ukraine, Hellenic Defense Systems (EAS) will, sources say, receive €60-80 million in funding from the European Defense Fund to increase production of 155mm projectiles.
Since 2020, the EU has suffered two large shocks – the pandemic and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine – that have increased longer-term fiscal pressures through higher debt and higher public investment needs.
A rare Greek icon named Axion Esti from the all-male monastic community of Mount Athos was transported on Wednesday to Athens, where it will be exhibited for public veneration over the next two weeks.
In a letter to the United Nations secretary-general, Greece’s permanent representative to the UN, Evangelos Sekeris, expressed Athens’ complete opposition to Libya’s claims regarding the limits of its maritime zones.
The Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund (HRADF), a member company of GROWTHFUND – The National Fund of Greece, received today, Wednesday May 3, four (4) binding offers for the development of the property in Nea Herakleia, Halkidiki. For more information, please refer to the attached document