The European Union needs a new sanctions systems targeting people smugglers and traffickers, Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Wednesday, adding it should be part of measures allowing the bloc to manage migration “effectively.”
Greece is expected to receive about €788 million in loans through the European Union’s new SAFE financing tool, aimed at strengthening defense spending across member-states, the European Commission announced on Tuesday.
Athens will host the EuroLeague Final Four in 2026, returning the basketball showpiece to the Greek capital for the first time in 19 years, organizers said on Wednesday.
Nottingham Forest have appointed former Tottenham Hotspur manager Ange Postecoglou as head coach after Nuno Espirito Santo was sacked, the Premier League club said on Tuesday.
Seismologists urged calm Tuesday after a magnitude 5.2 earthquake struck just after midnight in the South Evia Gulf, shaking Athens and sending residents into the streets.
A plan to transform the Holy Monastery of Axion Estin in Northcote, Melbourne, into a landmark Greek cultural precinct has entered a critical stage, with the proposal formally lodged under Victoria’s Development Facilitation Program, project leaders said.
Egypt’s ongoing surveys in maritime areas along its western borders mark a practical rejection of the maritime boundary accord signed between Turkey and Libya, as well as of agreements between Ankara and Tripoli on hydrocarbon exploration south of Crete.
Taxi drivers in Athens launched a 48-hour strike Tuesday, protesting a new government policy allowing private vehicles with drivers to transport passengers.
A growing number of Britons support returning the Parthenon sculptures to Greece, with nearly one in three saying all looted or disputed artefacts in British collections should be sent back, The Times reported, citing a new poll.
“Without Greece’s leadership, the Vertical Gas Corridor would not have been possible,” Josh Huck, the new charge d’affaires of the US Embassy in Athens, told the Athens-Macedonian News Agency on the sidelines of his visit to Thessaloniki and the 89th TIF.