The Balkans’ grim demographics
It’s a great day for Kevi, a young waiter at a cafe that’s popular among the diplomats working at the foreign embassies flanking Skenderbeu Street in downtown Tirana.
Mitsotakis demands expulsion of dissenting MP from ND parliamentary group
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has demanded the expulsion of New Democracy MP Marios Salmas, a frequent critic of his government, from the ruling party’s parliamentary group.
Surge seen in births by women over 40
Despite a significant decline in overall births since 1990, Greece has seen a fivefold increase in the number of births by women aged 40 and older.
Samaria Gorge: Experts assess safety risks following fatal rockfall
In the aftermath of last week’s rockfall that claimed the life of a 35-year-old Ukrainian woman, experts are analyzing data and exploring a range of interventions to mitigate risks from severe natural events in western Crete’s Samaria Gorge.
Turkey calls on West to take ‘deterrent steps’ against Israeli action
Attacks on Lebanon this week showed that the Israeli government planned to spread the war to the region, Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday, calling on Western countries to take “deterrent steps” against Israel’s actions.
PM: We will persist in battle for tax justice
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Friday welcomed a European Commission report showing that value-added tax evasion in Greece had already dropped by about half, in a post on social media.
Sale of NBG stake proceeds
The government will dispose of approximately 10% of the 18.39% stake held by the state in the National Bank of Greece.
PM braces for busy week in New York
The next steps in Greek-Turkish relations will be at stake in a meeting on Tuesday between Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in New York, on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly.
EU member Cyprus calls on Lebanon, Israel to show restraint in Middle East
Cyprus’s president called for restraint over escalating tensions in the Middle East in separate telephone conversations with the Lebanese and Israeli prime ministers on Saturday, his spokesperson said in a statement.
Saving the post-Byzantine legacy of Imbros and Tenedos
The European Center for Byzantine and Post-Byzantine Monuments (ECBCMM) completed one of its most important projects over the summer: the conservation of the ecclesiastical equipment of two churches of Imbros (Gokceada in Turkish), the birthplace of Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, and 42 portable icons from the Church of the Virgin Mary of Tenedos (Bozcaada in Turkish).