Centre-right lawmakers quit EU talks on nature law
The biggest lawmaker group in the European Parliament on Wednesday walked out of negotiations on a landmark EU law to protect nature, dealing another blow to the contested proposal.
Serious damage to SYRIZA’s political radar
The leader of the leftist SYRIZA party, Alexis Tsipras, along with the party’s senior officials, are busy analyzing the reasons behind their landslide defeat in the legislative elections held on May 21.
Anti-Money Laundering Authority orders freezing of NGO head’s assets
The head of Greece’s Anti-Money Laundering Authority ordered on Wednesday the freezing of all assets of human rights activist Panayote Dimitras, following an investigation into his activities.
Protecting our cultural heritage
The installation of an e-ticketing and access control system at the Acropolis archaeological site, designed to manage high traffic during peak times, can serve as a valuable model for other popular sites facing similar demand.
Momentum in RES market powered by acquisitions
The Greek renewables market is seeing unprecedented business activity, with portfolios of hundreds of “green” megawatts changing hands.
Theodoros Pangalos, outspoken former foreign minister, dies at 84
Theodoros Pangalos, a former Greek foreign minister known for his undiplomatic outbursts and on whose watch Greece suffered one of its most embarrassing foreign policy debacles in 1999, has died. He was 84.
FM to discuss release of Himare mayor with Albanian counterpart
Foreign Minister Vassilis Kaskarelis is on Wednesday expected to meet Albanian counterpart Olta Xhacka, on the sidelines of the informal meeting of NATO Foreign Ministers in Oslo to discuss the release of a jailed ethnic Greek official.
What to expect from an emboldened Erdogan after the elections
Turkey’s President Erdogan officially won re-election this past Sunday. Expert Alan Makovsky joins Thanos Davelis to explore what we should now expect from a newly emboldened Erdogan on both the foreign and domestic front, from Turkey’s relationship with the West and the US to his tightening grip on Turkish society.
Former foreign minister Theodoros Pangalos dies
Theodoros Pangalos, a former foreign minister with Socialist PASOK in the 1990s, died on Wednesday, aged 84. The news was announced by his family on his Twitter account.