University of Nicosia planning medical school in Athens
CVC Capital Partners and the University of Nicosia (UNIC), Cyprus’ largest educational institution, have inked a joint venture deal to construct a branch of the university in Athens.
Firefighters in Greece discover another body, bringing this week’s death toll from wildfires to 21
Authorities battling a major wildfire in northeastern Greece that has been described as the European Union’s largest single recorded fire have recovered another body, the fire department said Friday, bringing the total death toll from wildfires in Greece this week to 21.
Kremlin: Putin, Erdogan expected to meet soon
Russian President Vladimir Putin is expected to hold talks in person with Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdogan soon, the Kremlin said on Friday, as Ankara attempts to persuade Moscow to return to the Black Sea grain deal.
Greece wildfire ‘worst on European soil in years,’ Copernicus says
Blazes in Greece burned for a seventh day on Friday, destroying tens of thousands of hectares of land in the northeast alone, in what the EU-backed Copernicus Climate Change Service said was the largest recorded wildfire on European soil in years.
Firefighters discover another dead body amid raging wildfires
Three days following the discovery of 18 deceased individuals, presumed to be migrants or refugees, in the Dadia forest situated in the northeastern Evros region, firefighters discovered the charred remains of another man, also suspected to be an asylum seeker, on Thursday, it was announced Friday.
On a charred migrant trail, Greek firefighters find 18 bodies
In the charred Greek landscape close to the border with Turkey, a group of blackened corpses lay amid the ashes of what was once a lush forest that offered migrants the perfect cover to cross into the European Union. Two of 18 dead were children.
Modi lays wreath at Tomb of Unknown Soldier
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi lays a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Athens, Friday.
A new relationship that’s 2,500 years old
Greece and India are bound by historic ties of friendship dating back thousands of years. As ancient civilizations, our peoples interacted with and influenced each other in a wide variety of fields.
‘Great opportunities’: Modi speaks to Kathimerini about his historic visit to Greece
The visit of Narendra Modi to Athens Friday holds special significance for Greece’s foreign policy, as it marks the first official visit by an Indian prime minister to Greece in four decades.
Cyprus will ‘not accept’ any change to buffer zone status
Nicosia reiterated on Thursday that it will not stand for any moves that cast doubt on the status of the UN-controlled buffer zone through which the Turkish Cypriots illegally tried to build a road last week and physically assaulted international peacekeepers who tried to obstruct them.