US military assessment team visiting Cyprus this week
A US military assessment team will be in Cyprus this week as part of defense upgrades, a Cypriot government spokesperson announced Tuesday.
Von der Leyen signals EU willingness to work with US in Davos speech
The European Union wants to engage and negotiate with US President Donald Trump, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Tuesday, warning of the risk of a “global race to the bottom” using tools such as tariffs.
Investigation ordered after delay in key pharmacy’s opening
The National Organization for Healthcare Provision (EOPPY) has ordered an investigation after one of its Athens pharmacies, which provides high-cost pharmaceuticals, including for cancer patients, failed to open on Tuesday morning due to staff absences.
Police uncover fertility clinic scandal
Police have exposed a major fertility clinic scandal in Crete involving the theft and misuse of human eggs.
Trump’s Paris climate exit will hit harder than in 2017
A second US withdrawal from the world’s primary climate pact will have a bigger impact – in the US and globally – than the country’s first retreat in 2017, analysts and diplomats told Reuters. One of President Donald Trump’s first acts on returning to office on Monday was to quit the Paris Agreement as part…
Wildcat captured on camera at Lake Kerkini
A wildcat was recently photographed at Lake Kerkini in northern Greece during a waterbird census, the lake’s management authority announced on Monday.
At least 66 dead, 51 injured in a hotel fire at a ski resort in northwestern Turkey
A fire at a hotel at a popular ski resort in northwestern Turkey on Tuesday killed at least 66 people, Turkey’s Interior Minister said.
SYRIZA MP acquitted over alleged recording of call with central banker
A Single-Member Misdemeanor Court in Athens on Tuesday acquitted SYRIZA lawmaker Minister Pavlos Polakis of allegedly taping a private phone conversation with Bank of Greece Governor Yannis Stournaras in February 2019, saying it was not proven that the recording actually happened.
IPTO asks Fulgor, Nexans, Prysmian to bid for undersea power links in Greece
Greece’s power grid operator IPTO has invited Fulgor, Nexans Norway and Prysmian Powerlink to submit binding bids for the supply of undersea cables to link some Greek islands to the mainland grid, it said on Tuesday.
Man hospitalized after Halkidiki domestic shooting
A 42-year-old man has been hospitalized after being shot in the leg at his home in the Halkidiki area of northern Greece by an unidentified assailant.