Opposition bracing for defeat, says PM
The main opposition party is bracing for a defeat in the May 21 polls and PASOK has gone back to the “bad unionist” days of the 1980s, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Tuesday.
As key votes loom, Turkish parties vow to send migrants home
For Nidal Jumaa, a Syrian from Aleppo, life in Turkey is tough. He works part-time at a furniture workshop and collects plastics and cardboard from trash cans that he sells for recycling, but can hardly afford rent.
Animal protection group hails record fine for donkey’s abuse death
An animal rights group that specializes in protecting Greece’s donkeys has hailed the decision by an Athens prosecutor to slap a fine of 30,000 euros on a man who allowed his donkey to die of shock and exposure.
Five suspects in racist attack on art show identified
Authorities in Thessaloniki, northern Greece, said on Tuesday that they have identified five individuals from among a larger group that barged into an art gallery and demanded, with the use of threats, that the exhibition it was showing be taken down.
RES are not enough for energy needs
The conclusions from the energy crisis put the debate on the energy transition on a more realistic basis at the European level and within the country.
Chasm between ND and PASOK widens
With the election campaign entering the final stretch, the confrontation between ruling New Democracy and PASOK has also intensified, with Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, in all his recent interviews, having particularly harsh words for Nikos Androulakis.
DEFEA 2023 opens in Athens on Tuesday
The international defense and security exhibition DEFEA 2023 will open its doors on Tuesday with 346 exhibitors from 28 countries at Metropolitan Expo Athens.
Turkey’s Erdogan doesn’t flinch in fight for political life
With his two-decade rule in the balance, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan has pulled out all the stops on the campaign trail as he battles to survive his toughest political test yet and shield his legacy from an emboldened opposition.
Teen hospitalized after downtown Athens brawl
A 16-year-old boy was rushed to hospital on Monday night after being stabbed in a brawl in the downtown Athens district of Monastiraki.
GNTO picks up Best Booth Content award in Seoul
The Greek National Tourism Organization (GNTO) collected the Best Booth Content award at the 38th Seoul International Travel Fair (SITIF), held on May 4-7, it was reported on Monday.