Semaphore Greek Festival 2025: A vibrant celebration of Greek culture
The Semaphore Greek Festival 2025 is fast approaching, taking place on January 18 and 19 at Semaphore Foreshore, South Australia, The Greek Herald reports.
Rizes Fest | Athens | January 18
The winter edition of the folk music festival Rizes (Roots) will take place at the Technopolis complex on January 18.
Turkey detains pro-Kurdish mayor in southern district
Turkish police in the southern province of Mersin said they had detained a pro-Kurdish mayor on Friday, along with five other managers of the municipality, as part of a terrorism-related investigation.
Christodoulides, Tatar to meet on Jan 20 for talks on new checkpoint crossings
Cyprus President Nikos Christodoulides and Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar will meet on January 20 to discuss opening new crossing points on the ethnically-split island, diplomats and officials said on Friday.
Development Minister: Hikes of 15% in health premiums are unacceptable
Change in the index used for policy charges, and review by the competition watchdog.
US asks Turkey to provide clarifications on ‘TurkAegean’ trademark
In what is seen as a procedural yet significant development, the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has requested further clarifications from Turkey regarding its choice of the term “TurkAegean” to promote local tourism, Kathimerini has learned.
Is Erdogan preparing to invade Syria?
Sinan Ciddi, a non-resident senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and an expert on Turkish politics, joins Thanos Davelis to look into Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s intentions in Syria, what an attack on the SDF would mean for the anti-ISIS coalition, and what the dangers are if Washington fails to act.
Herzog visits Cyprus amid regional diplomacy and East Med shifts
Israeli President Isaac Herzog’s surprise visit to Cyprus follows a pivotal trilateral diplomacy summit between Greece, Cyprus and Egypt in Cairo, addressing stability in the Eastern Mediterranean after the Assad regime’s fall.
Greek Parliament committee recommends suspending funding for far-right Spartans party
The Greek Parliament’s ethics committee has overwhelmingly recommended suspending state funding for the far-right Spartans party.