“Diplomacy is a job for the children of the elite, dear boy; it’s not for our class,” the renowned novelist and Athens Academy member Elias Venezis told his nephew Petros Molyviatis when he heard of the young man’s plans to try for the diplomatic service.
Serbia remains committed to its plan to join the European Union and wants to speed up its membership bid, President Aleksandar Vucic has said after his recent trip to Moscow drew Western criticism.
Police have arrested seven individuals in connection with a violent incident at the Athens Law School on April 30, during which a student was beaten.
Greece’s Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis raised the risk of Turkey’s potential participation in the European defense during a meeting with the new German Chancellor Friedrich Merz in Berlin. Mitsotakis was the first European leader to be received by the new chancellor since Merz assumed office.
Turkey is closely monitoring any attempts to undermine its peace initiative with the PKK, a senior official has said, following the militant Kurdish group’s announcement that it is dissolving and ending its decades-long armed conflict with the Turkish state.
Police in Hania, Crete, have busted a human trafficking ring involved in systematic labor exploitation, arresting three suspects – a 48-year-old man already in prison and two women, aged 42 and 51.
The 21-year-old man who confessed to killing his mother at their home in Larissa has been charged with intentional homicide, drug possession and illegal use of a weapon. He is expected to testify this Friday.
An estimated record number of 1.4 million Turkish tourists will travel to Greece this year, supercharging the country’s tourism industry with an unprecedented surge, according to new report by the Turkish Hoteliers Association (TÜROB).
JPMorgan plans to withdraw its 900-million-euro lawsuit against Greek fintech Viva Wallet in the UK — but will continue pursuing legal action in the startup’s home country, website Sifted reported on Tuesday.
The “freezing” of the pensioners’ solidarity contribution (EAS) will apply retroactively at the level of the initial pension for those pensioners employed from May 2016 onward, according to a Labor Ministry provision.