Popi Tsapanidou sworn in as SYRIZA’s state deputy
Former SYRIZA spokesperson Popi Tsapanidou was sworn in as state deputy of the main opposition party at the beginning of Friday’s session of the Plenary of the Parliament.
IELKA survey records negative inflation in supermarkets in August
A survey by the Consumer Goods Retail Research Institute (IELKA) recorded negative inflation in supermarkets in August for the fourth consecutive month.
HALC reiterates support for Cyprus power link
The Hellenic American Leadership Council (HALC) called on Thursday for the expedited completion of the planned Cyprus-Greece (Crete) electricity interconnection, the Great Sea Interconnector (GSI), saying it represents “the great potential of the Eastern Mediterranean as a political, economic and energy region.”
Frank Mckenzie: ‘We are in a very dangerous period of the war’
He was the commander who oversaw the withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan, a move he later described as “doomed from the start.”
Banks’ high profit potential
JPMorgan remains positive about the prospects of Greek banks in a research report reflecting their second-quarter results.
Doctor says migrant was shot in the head
New information has emerged about the circumstances of the bloody chase by a port authority patrol boat of a speedboat with undocumented migrants in the sea area off the southeastern Aegean island of Symi last Friday morning which led to the death of a 39-year-old Kuwaiti national.
Turkey’s FM attends first EU meeting in five years in bid to boost ties
Turkey’s foreign minister hopes to make progress on improving Ankara’s rocky ties with the European Union on Thursday as he attends a meeting of EU ministers in Brussels for the first time in five years, a source from his ministry said.
Toxic confrontation over dead fish
An operation has begun to remove the hundreds and thousands of dead fish from Lake Karla and the Pagasetic Gulf in Volos, central Greece.
Building licenses suspended in Santorini’s caldera zone
A clause that imposes suspension on building in the wider zone of the caldera on the islands of Santorini and Therasia was included in draft legislation put out for public consultation by the Environment Ministry on Thursday.
Gerapetritis raises Kasos issue with Fidan
Foreign Ministers George Gerapetritis raised the issue, among others, of Ankara’s reactions to the investigations conducted by the special Italian-flagged ship Ievoli Relume south of Kasos for the electrical interconnection project between Greece and Cyprus during a bilateral meeting on Thursday in Brussels with Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan and the informal working lunch of…