The European Union marks its annual Europe Day on Thursday, but instead of the humdrum celebrations, all eyes are on the EU elections in a month’s time, which portend a steep rise of the extreme right and a possible move away from the bloc’s global trendsetting climate policies.
Expert Tugba Tanyieri Erdemir joins Thanos Davelis to look at what the latest decision by Turkey’s government to convert the monastery of Chora, a former Byzantine church and UNESCO World Heritage Site in Istanbul, into a mosque will mean for the site, and look at the message it sends on religious freedom, especially in light…
Baykar, the Turkish defense contractor run by the son-in-law of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Selcuk Bayraktar, has referred to Ankara’s controversial expansionist doctrine in a press release hailing a firing test at sea with its newly developed “Bayraktar Akinci” unarmed combat aerial vehicle.
A small decline has been recorded in new applications for residence permits through the Golden Visa program in the first quarter.
It was just a few days after “Zari” was unveiled as the song that would represent Greece at the Eurovision song contest in Malmo, Sweden, on April 11, and we were at a house party in Thessaloniki, northern Greece.
Residents planning to put a sparkle on their cars ahead of the weekend may as well put away the bucket and sponge, as a combination of rain and dust from the Sahara will be casting a muddy pall over Greece’s sunny skies starting on Thursday afternoon.
The US Department of State is aware of Turkey’s conversion of another historical Byzantine church into a mosque, and urges the government to “respect” the “diverse histories” of heritage sites that have hosted different religious communities.
The internal investigation by the Hellenic Police (ELAS) into the murder of Kyriaki Griva outside a police precinct by her ex-partner on April 1 has reportedly revealed a litany of errors by officers on duty on the fateful evening.
The US ambassador to Cyprus between 2019 and 2022, Judith Garber, passed away on May 4 at the age of 63, it has been announced.
North Macedonia elected its first woman president Wednesday as the governing Social Democrats suffered historic losses in twin presidential and parliamentary elections.