Police foil suspected contract killing plot
Police announced the arrest of a 37-year-old man and seized a cache of weapons in Attica allegedly intended for an assassination, officials said.
Teen stabbed, suspects boast
A 14-year-old boy was injured in a knife attack in the Athens suburb of Holargos after peers allegedly lured him through social media, authorities said.
Productive, competitive economy the goal, minister tells Invest in Greece Forum in NY
In his speech at the 27th Annual Capital Link Invest in Greece Forum in New York, Minister of Development and Investment Takis Theodorikakos outlined Greece’s key priorities for a more secure and sustainable future.
Turkey is in talks to buy small nuclear reactors from Bill Gates-backed TerraPower
Turkey is in talks with US-based TerraPower, founded by Bill Gates, to introduce small modular reactors (SMRs) as part of Turkey’s nuclear energy goal of 20,000 megawatts by 2050.
Climate crisis potentially a systemic threat
Climate change may not constitute a systemic threat yet, but it will “tend to become” one if no measures for transition and adaptation are taken in time, Bank of Greece (BoG) Yannis Stournaras said in an address at the Greek Engineers and Public Works Contractors Fund (TMEDE) on Tuesday.
Affordable houses for Cyprus youth
Cyprus is set to get hundreds of new affordable homes, with the government announcing plans to build around 500 residential units.
Energy deals boost Greece’s geopolitical significance
The recent agreements of Greek companies to import American liquefied natural gas (LNG) to Greece for export to Central and Eastern Europe are changing Europe’s energy future, Deputy Premier Kostis Hatzidakis stressed in an interview to Bloomberg TV in New York on Monday.
Exports stagnant in January-October
According to ELSTAT data, the value of exports in October was, including petroleum products, 4.25 billion euros, up by 5.8%.
US ambassador highlights strengthening shipping ties with Greece
The United States intends to deepen its partnership with Greece in the shipbuilding and shipping sectors, US Ambassador to Greece Kimberly Guilfoyle said on Tuesday after meeting with Shipping and Island Policy Minister Vassilis Kikilias.
Ignorance isn’t bliss, it’s indifference
They were invisible until they mounted their tractors and blocked the country’s highways, though the problems that compelled them to take the streets did not appear overnight.