The 44-year-old port authority official who fired shots last Friday at a speedboat smuggling migrants near the southeastern Aegean island of Symi, which led to the death of a 39-year-old Kuwaiti national, has testified that it was in response to their repeated attempts to ram the Greek patrol boat.
A joint US-Turkey naval exercise in the Eastern Mediterranean, which was never announced by Ankara, and the statements of outgoing US Ambassador Jeff Flake published by Politico, who stressed that Turkey in times of turmoil is even more important, are seen as signs of cooperation and re-engagement between the two countries.
Once again, the Athens Stock Exchange posted mild gains on low turnover, with buyers driving the market through most of Monday’s session.
Greece ranks 16th among European Union member states in terms of household net disposable income, the Economy and Finance Ministry has said.
A brawl between taxi drivers broke out on Monday afternoon at the Kifisos intercity bus terminal in western Athens, resulting in one person being injured and gunshots being fired.
An archaeologist was attacked and punched by a contractor on the island of Kos last month, organizations representing archaeologists and culture ministry employees have charged.
Police in Turkey have arrested four people in relation to the desecration of Greek community cemetery in Istanbul last week.
The Israeli company New Med, part of the consortium holding exploitation rights for the offshore Aphrodite gas field, reportedly informed the Tel Aviv stock exchange that Cyprus’ Energy Minister Giorgos Papanastasiou, sent a letter on Sunday to the consortium, notifying them of violations of the terms of the 2019 contract.
Yorgos Lanthimos’ “Poor Things” has been chosen as film of the year 2024 by the International Federation of Film Critics (FIPRESCI), in a first by a Greek director.
Under the pressure of Greece’s creditors, in the days of the financial crisis, three major pieces of legislation were passed to simplify the way businesses could start their activity.