An old quote has regained chilling relevance: “Democracy is like a streetcar. When we reach our destination, we get off.” So said Recep Tayyip Erdogan in the 1990s, when he was mayor of Istanbul.
Eleven New Democracy MPs have submitted a question in parliament asking what measures the government intends to take against what “aggressive real estate and business purchases in remote areas by Turkish capital appearing in the form of Greek or European businesses.”
The European Commission has issued formal notices to Greece and other member states for failing to transpose three key European directives on energy and the economy into their national legislation.
Greece saw a 54% surge in active tuberculosis (TB) cases in 2023 compared to 2022, reflecting a global trend following the Covid-19 pandemic, according to the National Public Health Organization (EODY).
The western port city of Patra was rattled by a succession of three moderate earthquakes on Thursday, the largest of which had a magnitude of 3.4.
A Turkish national and doctoral student at Tufts University has been detained by US Department of Homeland Security agents without explanation, her lawyer said Wednesday.
Europe should enhance stockpiling of critical equipment and encourage the public to maintain sufficient supplies for at least 72 hours in case of emergencies, the European Commission said on Wednesday.
When Greek police raided the apartment of a 49-year-old planning officer suspected of bribery on the tourist island of Rhodes last week, they found thousands of euros stashed in her pots and pans and even the cooker hood.
Turkish authorities deported a BBC News correspondent on Thursday after detaining him for 17 hours and branding him a “threat to public order.”