Greek F-35 pilot training set to begin by September
The Hellenic Air Force is set to begin training its first F-35 pilots by September, with 14 pilots and 60 technicians heading to the United States this summer.
The ‘butterfly effect’ of the US president’s tariffs
It all started with a can of olive oil from Messenia, in southwestern Greece. Anastasios Doukas immigrated to the United States in 1974, studied chemistry and opened a pizzeria in Connecticut.
Fake taxi driver arrested
A 55-year-old taxi driver was arrested in central Athens by police for forgery and driving without a valid license.
How Pope Francis touched a migrant’s heart, saying ‘we’re all the same people’
Pope Francis, himself the son of Italian immigrants in Argentina, placed the plight of migrants and refugees at the heart of his moral agenda during his 12-year papacy, personally intervening to assist asylum seekers and pushing governments to do much more to help.
Patient suffers burns during surgery
A patient at Alexandra Hospital in Athens suffered burns immediately after gynecological surgery due to a malfunction in the diathermy system, which is used for cauterization and hemostasis.
Mitsotakis to attend papal funeral
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, accompanied by his wife Mareva Grabowski-Mitsotaki, will attend the funeral service of Pope Francis at the Vatican on Saturday.
Kosovo in political stalemate as parliament fails to elect speaker
Kosovo’s parliament has failed to elect a new speaker for the fourth time, prolonging a legislative crisis that has prevented efforts to form a new government more than two months after an inconclusive election.
Social security boosted budget
The Labor Ministry made a significant contribution to the creation of a budget surplus for 2024, as employment growth, unemployment reduction, salary raises and extensive use of the digital labor card contributed to the state’s revenues increasing by at least 850 million euros.
New digital service makes switching telecom providers easier
A new digital service is making it simpler for consumers to switch their fixed and mobile telephony, internet and pay TV providers.
If Article 16 existed in the US
Who would have imagined that American universities would come under such an attack? As The New York Times wrote, “the government said it wanted the Harvard faculty’s power reduced, and demanded that Harvard embrace ‘merit-based’ admissions and hiring policies.