Turkey must lift a 30-year old war threat against Greece if it wants Athens to consent to Ankara accessing European Union defense funds, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Thursday.
Independent Cypriot MEP Fidias Panayiotou is facing increasing criticism over his controversial remarks and actions concerning Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, with detractors accusing him of pushing pro-Russian talking points.
More than 14,000 residents have signed a petition calling for the Thessaloniki International Fair (TIF) grounds, located in the heart of the city, to be converted into a metropolitan park dedicated to green space and cultural use, organizers said at a press conference Thursday.
An Athens court has acquitted 25 members of the anarchist group Rouvikonas (“Rubicon”) who were arrested for hanging a protest banner stating “Murderers” from the roof of the headquarters of Hellenic Train in February.
A 49-year-old man was arrested Thursday for dangerous driving and fleeing the scene of a traffic accident that injured three people in the Kaminia district of Piraeus.
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Thursday indicated that the government is mulling constitutional changes that will overturn civil servants’ right to job permanency, and called on support from the opposition for such a revision.
The government is deploying a record number of firefighters and nearly doubling its drone fleet this summer to address growing wildfire risks driven by climate change, officials have said.
Opposition parties are firing sharp criticism at the government for its handling of the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, accusing it of failing to take a stronger stand.
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Thursday condemned the latest strikes on Gaza as “unjustifiable and unacceptable,” and called on ally Israel to “stop the operations” so food and medical assistance can reach the enclave’s civilian population.