Yacht catches fire from festive lanterns
A yacht anchored at the port of Volos, in central Greece, caught fire Tuesday afternoon when festive Christmas lanterns fell on it.
Turkish parliamentary committee OKs Sweden’s NATO accession
The Turkish parliament’s foreign affairs committee gave its consent to Sweden’s bid to join NATO on Tuesday, drawing the previously nonaligned Nordic country closer to membership in the Western military alliance.
Panathinaikos swaps coach Jovanovic with legendary Turkish manager Terim
Panathinaikos announced on Tuesday the sudden departure of manager Ivan Jovanovic.
SNFCC New Year’s Eve Party | Athens | December 31
Welcome 2024 with a bang at the Stavros Niarchos Cultural Center’s New Year’s Eve extravaganza on December 31, where the action gets under way at 10.30 p.m.
Building on 2023 progress
Despite being an election year, 2023 did not see any turbulence in Greek-Turkish relations. Indeed, it was probably the calmest year since the abortive coup in Turkey in 2016.
Gains and failures in an unstable world
The past year confirmed in many ways that we are living in an era of great change and insecurity. We saw that the certainties of past decades no long apply, that the way our country functions is not good enough for us to meet the challenges of the time.
Turkish parliamentary committee resumes debate on Sweden’s NATO bid
The Turkish parliament’s foreign affairs committee was poised on Tuesday to resume deliberations on Sweden’s bid to join NATO, days after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan linked the Nordic country’s admission on US approval of Turkey’s request to purchase F-16 fighter jets.
Suspected migrant smuggler arrested on Kos
Police on the Dodecanese island of Kos arrested a 25-year-old man on suspicion of smuggling migrants on a speedboat on Christmas Day. When a coast guard patrol boat pursued the vessel after spotting it off the northeast of the island, the skipper refused to stop the speedboat and attempted to ram the patrol boat.
Warm spell to last until Friday
Temperatures will reach up to 21 degrees Celsius on Tuesday, with the unseasonal warm spell forecast to run until Friday, the Meteo weather service has said. Conditions will be generally clear, with localized rain expected mainly in some island areas.