The whirlwind of geopolitical reordering
Only days ago, at the beginning of the war, in these pages of Kathimerini, I wrote about the moment when geopolitics stopped being an abstraction and became lived reality.
Former French PM calls for a ‘Eurodefense zone’
Europe needs to create a union similar to the eurozone for defense in order to achieve a more coherent policy faster in this area, as well as in foreign policy, Gabriel Attal tells Kathimerini.
Another migrant boat reaches Crete from Libya
Authorities on Crete have rescued another 34 migrants crossing over from Libya, officials said Monday, after hundreds of people reached the southern island in recent days using the increasingly popular Mediterranean route.
Macron stops on Crete en route to aircraft carrier
French President Emmanuel Macron has made a brief stopover on Crete on his way back from Cyprus to visit a French aircraft carrier in the Mediterranean.
Justice minister to form working group for Greece’s EU presidency
Justice Minister Giorgos Floridis said Monday he will soon announce the members of a working group tasked with preparing justice-related priorities for Greece’s presidency of the Council of the European Union from July 1 to December 31, 2027.
Man, 80, held for bank protest over seized home
An 80-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly driving his car into the glass front of a bank branch near Thessaloniki in an apparent protest over the seizure of his home.
Retired doctor in Patra detained in child abuse material probe
An 82-year-old retired doctor in Patra, western Greece, has been detained after appearing Monday before an investigating magistrate over allegations of distributing child sexual abuse material online, police said.
Macron says an attack on Cyprus is an attack on Europe
The leaders of France and Greece, meeting with the Cypriot president on Cyprus, pledged Monday to defend the European Union island republic against any attack amid the US and Israeli bombardment of Iran.
Court acquits 15 in €43 million highway overpricing case
Fifteen defendants were acquitted in a case involving an alleged €43 million overpricing of works on the Egnatia Odos highway, running across northern Greece, a court said.
Three held for trying to sneak drugs, knife, into top-flight soccer match
Three people have been arrested at a weekend top-flight soccer match in Athens for trying to get into the stands with drugs and a knife, police said Monday.