Greece is closely monitoring developments in the Middle East with great concern following Iran’s retaliatory attack on Israel late on Saturday, amid escalating fears of a major escalation in the Middle East conflict.
Hundreds of Greek Americans and guests braved the rain as they gathered along Manhattan’s Fifth Avenue in New York to partake in the annual Greek Independence Day Parade, which commemorates the anniversary of the Greek War of Independence against Ottoman rule.
Divisions have emerged within the Hellenic Police (ELAS) after the relocation in recent weeks to Attica and Thessaloniki of hundreds of officers, who are being paid an additional allowance of 4,200 euros per month, in an attempt to boost visible policing in the country’s two largest urban centers.
The Olympic flame lighting ceremony in Ancient Olympia for the Paris 2024 Games will take place on Tuesday.
The combination of unseasonably warm temperatures, low rainfall and strong winds has prompted authorities to declare wildfire season open as of Monday, April 15, the earliest Greece has ever started implementing fire prevention measures.
The Republic of Cyprus is entitled to request from ADMIE an updated report on the interconnection’s cost-benefit analysis.
Ahead of the Our Ocean conference in Athens this week, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis stressed that Greece is quietly but methodically playing a leading role in defending itself against dramatic climate change.
AEK and Panathinaikos scored home wins for the Super League playoffs.
Greece ‘unequivocally condemns the attack against Israel’ and calls for ‘restraint from all sides,’ government spokesman Pavlos Marinakis said Sunday evening.
Stefanos Tsitsipas swept aside Casper Ruud 6-1, 6-4 on Sunday to win the clay-court Monte Carlo Masters for the third time in four years, and then wept in his chair.