Greece will spend more than 25 billion euros in arms procurements by 2036, including new submarines, drones, satellites and fighter jets, under a 12-year plan to be submitted to parliament in the coming weeks, three officials with knowledge of the plan told Reuters.
Nikolaos Papadopoulos, an MP from the ultra-Orthodox nationalist party Niki, has been charged with unparliamentary conduct after vandalizing artworks at the National Gallery – Alexandros Soutsos Museum in Athens, claiming they “offend religion.”
A 28-year-old construction worker lost his life after being electrocuted in a workplace accident on Wednesday morning in Voula, southern Athens.
New information has surfaced regarding the activities of two criminal organizations involved in fuel smuggling and fraud at gas stations using tampered pumps.
New Democracy MP Dora Bakoyannis, who is also the sister of Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, commented on former Prime Minister Antonis Samaras’ speech in Parliament during the no-confidence debate in an interview with SKAI on Wednesday morning.
Seven years after Greece’s deadliest wildfire, which claimed 104 lives in the coastal town of Mati, east of Athens, the prosecutor at the Three-Member Misdemeanor Appeal Court in Athens will recommend whether the 21 defendants should be convicted as their case is retried from the beginning.
The parliamentary debate on the planning of defense armaments, during which Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is expected to unveil a 12-year, €28 billion defense procurement program, has been rescheduled for Thursday, March 27, according to a recent letter from Mitsotakis to the President of Parliament, Nikitas Kaklamanis.
The Ministry of Climate Crisis and Civil Protection has imposed a nationwide ban on open burning, effective Wednesday, in response to escalating wildfire threats.
Archbishop Elpidophoros of America met with Greece’s ambassador to the United States, Ekaterini Nassika, in Washington to discuss preparations for upcoming events commemorating the country’s 1821 War of Independence against Ottoman rule, observed on March 25.
The European Union wants to increase deportations and is opening the way for “return hubs” to be set up in third countries for rejected asylum-seekers , according to a new migration proposal unveiled Tuesday.