Pope Leo XIV has arrived in Turkey on his first foreign trip, fulfilling Pope Francis’ plans to mark an important Christian anniversary and bring a message of peace to the region at a crucial time in efforts to end the war in Ukraine and ease Mideast tensions.
The electrical interconnection of Crete with Attica will premiere at the beginning of 2026 with smoke continuing to billow out of the chimneys of PPC’s oil-fueled units in Crete.
Athens Mayor Haris Doukas will light the Christmas tree on Syntagma Square on Thursday afternoon, at the annual event kicking off the holiday season.
A request by public water utility EYDAP to declare Attica in a state of emergency to allow for the faster tendering and licensing of projects that will upgrade the network will be examined on Thursday by the Regulatory Authority for Waste, Energy and Water (RAAEY).
Turkey escalated its rhetoric toward Greece and Cyprus following recent regional developments that Ankara interprets as hostile, including Cyprus’ signing of an EEZ delimitation agreement with Lebanon on Wednesday.
Turkey’s Foreign Ministry said on Thursday a maritime delimitation agreement signed between Lebanon and Cyprus disregards the rights of Turkey and the Turkish Cypriots on the island.
The cross-border alliance between Alpha Bank and UniCredit aims to support large Greek companies in the energy, infrastructure, industrial, logistics and consumer goods sectors, operating in Italy, Germany and Cyprus.
Bank sources told Kathimerini on Wednesday evening they had not received another bid by Cooke yet.
“We view Greece as a potential infrastructure hub for energy” is the message communicated to Kathimerini by US Under Secretary of State for Economic Growth, Energy and Environment Jacob Helberg.
Europe’s challenge needs to achieve deeper economic integration through co-ordinated execution, Greek Finance Minister Kyriakos Pierrakakis said in an opinion piece published in the Financial Times on Thursday.