A 44-year-old man was arrested on Saturday after surrendering to police and admitting to the fatal shooting of a 50-year-old fellow villager in the Etoloakarnania region of western Greece. He reportedly cited personal reasons related to a romantic dispute.
Thousands of people rallied Saturday in Serbia as university students announced a new stage in their struggle against President Aleksandar Vucic’s tenure. They have led more than a year of mass demonstrations that shook his autocratic government in the Balkan country.
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, in his weekly Sunday morning post, described the official integration this week of the first FDI Belharra frigate into the Hellenic Navy as a “historic milestone” for the country’s defense, emphasizing that it ensures Greece’s deterrent power “is not questioned by anyone.”
Shops will be open on Sunday, marking the first Sunday of the winter sales period. Recommended operating hours are from 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., while department stores are typically expected to remain open for longer, approximately from 11:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Increased cloudiness with local rain or sleet is forecast on Sunday across western and central Macedonia, Thessaly, the northern Aegean islands, Evia, eastern central Greece, and the eastern Peloponnese. Light snowfall is expected in mountainous areas, as well as in semi-mountainous regions of western and central Macedonia and Thessaly.
Formulating a bilateral agreement between Cyprus and Israel on the management of the Aphrodite-Ishai natural gas field appears to be at the final stages, sources told Cyprus News Agency last week.
Piraeus Bank and the European Investment Bank, the European Union’s lending arm, have signed an agreement to provide up to €100 million of funding to small- and medium-sized defense companies.