Hikes on already high prices
Food prices are almost 22% higher today than in 2022 – the year the previous energy-inflationary crisis started.
The geopolitical cards are in the air
The Iranian regime’s unexpectedly strong resistance and the apparent lack of US strategy is expressed in the most visible way by the scores of ships stranded in the Strait of Hormuz.
Taxi drivers plan indefinite strike, may block airport access over contentious bill
Taxi drivers in Greece plan to launch an indefinite strike starting Tuesday, as Parliament prepares to debate controversial legislation they say threatens their livelihoods.
The struggle to secure the Strait of Hormuz
The European Union is discussing the possibility of extending its naval operation Aspides (“Shields”) – currently deployed in the Red Sea – to the Strait of Hormuz, with the aim of ensuring the safe passage of ships.
EU weighs action to keep Strait of Hormuz open
The European Union said on Monday it will consider how to help keep the Strait of Hormuz open as energy and commodity prices rise in the third week of war between Iran, Israel and the United States.
January-February primary surplus excceeds target
Preliminary budget execution data for the first two months of the year show a larger than forecast primary surplus despite a shortfall in tax revenue, mostly from the energy sector.
Turkey’s F-16 move in occupied northern Cyprus violates US arms export rules
Turkey’s decision to deploy F-16 fighter jets to occupied northern Cyprus, taking advantage of the wartime environment and the broader redeployment of military forces in the region, raises serious political and legal concerns, according to sources with deep knowledge of the legal and regulatory framework governing the issue, who spoke to Kathimerini. The move conflicts…
Australian artist creates LEGO tribute to late director of Acropolis Museum
A LEGO minifigure portrait of the late former director of the Acropolis Museum, Dimitris Pandermalis, has gone on permanent display at the museum in Athens, honoring the scholar widely credited with shaping the institution and championing the return of the Parthenon sculptures to Greece, The Greek Herald reported.
84-year-old detained to serve outstanding life sentence
An 84-year-old man has been detained in northern Greece to serve an outstanding life sentence in prison for drug trafficking, police said Monday.
Promitheas hosts tribute to late Byzantine scholar Glykatzi-Ahrweiler
Eleni Glykatzi-Ahrweiler, the late scholar of the Byzantine Empire and the first woman to serve as rector of Paris’s Sorbonne University, was honored Saturday in a tribute organized by Promitheas, a Washington-based social and cultural organization promoting Greek heritage.