Greek police have announced that as part of an operation to dismantle criminal organizations involved in fuel smuggling and meter tampering, officers raided offices of two computer programming companies, 44 gas stations, and seven homes early Tuesday.
Egypt’s Petroleum Minister Karim Badawi and Philipp Steinberg, the German director-general for economic stabilization, energy security, gas, and hydrogen infrastructure, also discussed Germany’s possible purchase of Cypriot gas that flows through Egypt’s liquefaction facilities.
The ongoing rift between the EU and the US – centered on NATO defense spending and the new US administration’s stance on Ukraine – has pushed the EU toward charting a path to strategic autonomy and the development of a common European defense.
EmTech Europe 2025, the leading conference of MIT Technology Review, was held in cooperation with Kathimerini last week in Athens, hosting prominent guests with a global perspective who shape developments in the sectors they represent.
Traffic restrictions will apply on Thursday in downtown Athens from 10.30 a.m. due to the swearing-in ceremony of the new president, Konstantinos Tasoulas.
A public prosecutor has filed six felony charges and one misdemeanor against 61 individuals arrested in a large-scale police operation targeting dozens of petrol stations involved in fuel smuggling and meter tampering.
The prosecutor in the case of the deadly Mati wildfire, which claimed 104 lives seven years ago, has delivered a scathing assessment of the management of the fire by the authorities in an appeal of the case.
Authorities have seized a large quantity of cocaine hidden in a banana shipment at the port of Piraeus.
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said he asked Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan to take the greatest responsibility possible for regional stability during a visit to Ankara on Wednesday. [Reuters]
Newly elected President Konstantinos Tasoulas will be sworn in before Parliament on Thursday.