Citizens will return to the polls on Sunday in six of the country’s 13 regions and in 84 of its 332 municipalities in run-off elections to elect regional governors and mayors who failed to reach the 43% threshold in the first round.
Military sources have dismissed BBC reports that a Greek warship has been dispatched to the Israeli-Lebanese border. State broadcaster ERT said that Defence General Staff and navy sources underlined that while there is a vessel in the region, it is part of UNIFIL, the UN’s peacekeeping mission for Lebanon.
The field of modern Greek studies is in decline worldwide.
The Ministry of Infrastructure disbursed 85 million euros a few days ago for a project that was never carried out.
The Greek national soccer team lands in Dublin for the Friday encounter with Ireland for the UEFA Euro qualifiers.
Canada’s foreign minister will also visit Greece and Jordan as part of a trip to Israel, her office has said in a statement. Melanie Joly departs for Israel on Friday to reaffirm her nation’s support for the country and to discuss humanitarian aid and other issues in the wake of Hamas’ attack, her government said.
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis took part in an emergency teleconference with leaders of the European People’s Party (EPP) to address the terrorist attacks carried out by Hamas in Israel and the situation in the Gaza Strip.
Tensions flared up on the Greek island of Leros late Thursday as around 120 migrants, originally from Syria and Palestine, departed from the reception center they were staying at, seeking to be relocated to Athens.
Almost the entire cabinet, party representatives, Parliament Speaker Konstantinos Tasoulas, Archbishop Ieronymos, military leaders and US Ambassador George Tsunis attended a memorial service at the Beth Shalom Synagogue of Athens on Thursday for the victims of the Hamas attack on Israel.
The US Mission in Greece has issued a notice to American citizens regarding planned pro-Palestinian rallies on Friday and Saturday.