Winds hampering search for missing seamen
Strong winds are hampering the ongoing search for 12 seamen who have been missing since the freighter they were sailing on went down near the northeastern Aegean island of Lesvos on Sunday.
Level 4 storm warning issued for western Greece
The islands of the Ionian and western parts of mainland Greece and the Peloponnese should brace for strong showers and gale-force winds on Tuesday and Wednesday, according to weather forecasts.
Rural communities of isolated elders growing
Greece has one of the highest percentages of elderly residents in rural and remote areas in the EU, experiencing insurmountable difficulties, according to a study by the Care Policy and Evaluation Center of the London School of Economics.
UN’s Cyprus force keeping eye on Turkish Cypriot moves in buffer zone
UN peacekeepers on the ethnically divided island of Cyprus are reportedly keeping a close eye on recent Turkish Cypriot activity in the buffer zone between the internationally recognized Republic of Cyprus and the Turkish-occupied north.
Greece prepares for upcoming Erdogan visit to Athens
Expert Constantinos Filis joins Thanos Davelis to break down what we should expect from the upcoming meeting between Greek Prime Minister Mitsotakis and Turkish President Erdogan in Athens on December 7th, and look at what Turkey’s distancing from the West means for Greece.
British Museum loans ancient Greek hydria for Athens exhibition
An ancient Greek red-figure vase is to be loaned from the British Museum to the Acropolis Museum, leaving London for the first time in 250 years.
British PM’s snub ‘disrespectful’ to Greece, says gov’t spokesman
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s decision to cancel a meeting with his Greek counterpart in London just hours before Kyriakos Mitsotakis was expected at 10 Downing Street, is “unprecedented” and “disrespectful,” the government spokesman in Athens said on Tuesday.
National Museum of Denmark to keep Parthenon fragments
In a public statement last week, the National Museum of Denmark announced that it will be keeping three sculptural fragments from the 2,500-year-old Parthenon, currently on display in its permanent collection in Copenhagen.
EU to unveil new legislation on migrant smuggling
The European Commission is expected to present its latest legislation on countering migrant smuggling in Brussels on Tuesday, which sets out a new “legal, operational and international cooperation framework.”
Counting hotel losses from Rhodes fires and Thessaly floods
The direct effects on the hotel businesses of Thessaly and Rhodes from the summer floods and fires, respectively, are calculated at 95 million euros.