Rhodes municipality honors British couple for visiting the island over 100 times
The Municipality of Rhodes awarded a British couple a platinum plaque, honoring them for visiting the island over 100 times, it was announced on Monday.
Gov’t to work with Romania, Bulgaria to fight surging power prices, minister says
The unified EU electricity market was not working for southeastern Europe and the government will work with Romania and Bulgaria towards a permanent solution to soaring power prices in the region, Energy Minister Theodoros Skylakakis has said.
EU buys too much defense equipment abroad, especially from US, a major report says
European Union countries are buying too much of their defense equipment abroad, almost two thirds of it in the United States, and failing to invest enough in joint military projects, a landmark report on EU competitiveness warned on Monday.
Gang jailed in Thessaloniki for smuggling half ton of cocaine
A Thessaloniki court has handed five defendants prison sentences ranging from 8 to 15 years for their role in the smuggling of 585 kilograms of cocaine from Latin America.
Turkey heads to Arab League ministerial meeting for first time in 13 years, source tells Reuters
Turkey will discuss the Gaza war and ties with the Arab League when its foreign minister attends a ministerial meeting of the group in Cairo on Tuesday for the first time in 13 years, a Turkish diplomatic source said on Monday.
SYRIZA political drama in the spotlight
Developments within the main opposition SYRIZA party will be in the spotlight this week after its leader, Stefanos Kasselakis, lost a no-confidence vote over the weekend.
Rama celebrating his own goal
Since midday last Monday, Greek-Albanian politician Fredi Beleri has been free to carry out his duties as a representative of Greece in the European Parliament. Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama, for his part, may believe that he “ended” Beleri politically.
PASOK presidential candidates enter final stretch ahead of Oct 6 election
Candidates for the presidency of PASOK socialists are entering the final stretch ahead of the October 6 election.
Mitsotakis sets the agenda in Thessaloniki as SYRIZA descends into further turmoil
Nick Malkoutzis, the co-founder of Macropolis.gr, joins Thanos Davelis with the key takeaways from Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’ keynote address at the Thessaloniki International Fair, and break down the latest turmoil in SYRIZA that saw its leader Stefanos Kasselakis lose a no-confidence vote.
Arms race with Turkey a Sisyphean trial
When, a few days ago, Turkey took delivery of its first German-built T-214 submarine with air-independent propulsion system, there was much anxious talk about how Greece is further falling behind in capability compared to its neighbor and nominal ally.