Prominent SYRIZA MP Elena Akrita submitted her resignation on Friday following backlash over a controversial Facebook post. However, her resignation was not accepted by the head of the SYRIZA parliamentary group, Nikos Pappas.
Ahead of the UN General Assembly in a few days, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis highlighted the necessity of coordination between Greece and Cyprus during his meeting on Thursday with visiting Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides.
The summer transfer window in Greece’s Super League this year was almost reminiscent of the era of seemingly boundless (albeit fragile, as it turned out) economic prosperity, with soccer clubs collectively spending some 50 million euros on new signings.
Beef and chicken glisten as they rotate slowly on vertical spits before they are carved off in razor-thin strips. Two cooks slide from a sizzling griddle to a warm toaster in a practiced dance. Mounds of fresh tomatoes, cabbage and red onions shine in a colorful tableau.
A large operation by the Greek Police (ELAS) took place Friday morning at a Roma settlement in Fyli, northwestern Athens.
Greek citizens and legal entities will soon be able to request access to public documents, both administrative and private, as the Tromso Convention will be voted for by Parliament on Friday.
Turkey’s trade ministry imposed strict conditions on the import of plug-in hybrid vehicles from some countries, including China, according to a notice published in the Official Gazette on Friday.
Rescue teams evacuated the remaining 10 tourists from the UK, the Netherlands and Belgium who had to spend the night inside a mountain gorge in Crete, after a rockfall killed a German tourist on Wednesday.
They may be Tigrinya speakers fleeing the authoritarian Eritrean government’s indefinite military service policy. Or Rohingya people escaping ethnic violence in Myanmar. But refugees navigating resettlement often face a shared hurdle: poor machine translations and a short supply of interpreters knowledgeable in their less-serviced languages.
Attica Governor Nikos Hardalias conducted an inspection of the Marathon stream in East Attica on Friday morning, raising concerns about the region’s flood preparedness ahead of the winter season. The area had previously suffered severe damage from a massive wildfire that reached the northern suburbs of Athens in August.