Turkey detains 304 people over suspected Islamic State ties
Turkish authorities have detained 304 people suspected of having ties to militant group Islamic State in operations across 32 provinces, Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said on Friday.
Public divided over same-sex marriage
Citizens are divided on same-sex marriage, and more negative on legal recognition of their children, according to a nationwide opinion poll by Pulse on behalf of Skai.
Holocaust Museum in Thessaloniki gets approval
The urban planning authority of Thessaloniki in northern Greece announced Wednesday that permission for the construction of a Holocaust museum in the city has been granted, and that construction will begin early next year.
Albania’s parliament lifts the legal immunity of former prime minister Sali Berisha
Albania’s parliament voted Thursday to lift the legal immunity of former prime minister Sali Berisha, who leads the opposition Democratic Party and is accused of corruption.
Gov’t says it stands by same-sex marriage pledge even after opposition from the Church
Greece’s center-right government said Thursday it would fulfill a commitment to legalize same-sex marriage, sidestepping staunch opposition from the country’s influential Orthodox Church.
Avoiding Suez will have knock-on effect on costs, says official
Piraeus Chamber of Commerce and Industry President Vassilis Korkidis warned on Thursday that with 90% of world trade carried by sea, the effect on transit prices from the attacks on commercial ships passing through the Red Sea and the Suez Canal, not only on trade but also on fuel costs, is inevitable.
Tentative step taken in Beleri case
In a move on Thursday that, under certain circumstances, might open the door to a compromise in the case of jailed ethnic Greek Fredi Beleri, Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama referred to him as the “elected mayor of Himare” for the first time, even though he backed as correct the ruling by the Special Court…
Greek frigate to join Prosperity Guardian
Defense Minister Nikos Dendias announced Greece’s participation with a Hellenic Navy frigate in the multinational Operation Prosperity Guardian, for the protection of merchant ships, the lives of seafarers and the global economy.
Cyprus loans vulnerable to rate shifts
Half of the loans in Cyprus are vulnerable to shifts in the Euribor and the European Central Bank’s (ECB) key rates.
Does social media perpetuate inequality?
For some people, social media is inconsequential – a cat photo here, a banana slip TikTok there. For others, it’s all-consuming – a helpless catapult into a slurry of anxiety, self-harm and depression.