Vassilis Nedos, Kathimerini’s diplomatic and defense editor, joins Thanos Davelis to discuss the Greek response to last week’s deadly earthquake and the new perspective it gives to Greek-Turkish relations.
Holiday operator TUI has seen a slowdown in bookings to Turkey since the earthquake but expects this trend to be temporary, CEO Sebastian Ebel said on an earnings call on Tuesday.
The father of a 12-year-old girl told police his daughter was kidnapped and sexually abused by two people in central Athens on Monday afternoon.
The former lawyer for Salah Abdeslam, who had a major role in the 2015 Paris terrorist attacks, has taken over the defense of Greek MEP Eva Kaili in the European Parliament corruption investigation, according to Politico.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s need for “calm waters” in the Aegean is becoming a forced option, as the situation inside Turkey following the earthquakes in the country’s south has made his political survival a difficult gamble.
The European Commission upgraded its forecasts for growth and inflation in Greece in its winter report, amid a more general assessment that the European Union economy will avoid recession and that “the peak of inflation is behind us.”
Ioannis Kasselakis was sworn in as the new lawmaker representing Chania, Crete, in Greece’s parliament on Tuesday, taking the place of Manousos Voloudakis who died of lung cancer on February 8.
Visiting the town of Ptolemaida on Monday, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and the ministers involved presented the government’s vision for growth in Western Macedonia, which envisages works amounting to 4 billion euros.
The Hellenic Police are conducting an administrative investigation ordered by Citizens’ Protection Minister Takis Theodorikakos into allegations made in several publications concerning the signing of fictitious civil partnerships by young border guards.
The election of Nikos Christodoulides to the Presidency of the Republic of Cyprus is a new development in the island nation’s political scene as it was done, for the first time, without the the support of the two major parties – Democratic Rally (DISY) and communist-rooted AKEL.