At least 30 people have died in Istanbul over the past three days after drinking bootleg alcohol, Turkey’s state-run news agency reported Thursday, as authorities intensified a crackdown on counterfeit drinks.
Authorities in Turkey arrested a mayor from the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) early on Friday, after prosecutors accused him of rigging public tenders, an accusation his party dismisses as politically motivated.
Lena Argiri, the DC correspondent for state broadcaster ERT and Kathimerini, joins Thanos Davelis to look into US President Biden’s decision to include Cyprus in three critical US defense programs, a major development that paves the way for the incoming Trump administration to take the US-Cyprus relationship to new heights.
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is traveling to Berlin on Friday to participate in the European People’s Party leaders’ summit.
Greek Australian artist Eirini Alligiannis is bringing her photography book “Art on the Wall” and a complementary exhibition to Sydney following a successful New York debut, The Greek Herald reports. The event is set for Friday, January 31, at 6.30 p.m. at The Shop Gallery in Glebe, NSW.
Insurers and service providers will soon be obliged to publish their rates and increases.
A woman sentenced to 15 years in prison for throwing acid in the face of another woman has dropped her appeal against the ruling, claiming that this is the only way she can actively show remorse for the 2020 attack that left her victim with debilitating physical and emotional scars.
In the 1970s, German photographer Anna Wich (1949-1998) captured the pulse of Athens with a poetic eye, even in its gritty corners.
Greece’s presidential election process begins Saturday, January 25, with Parliament Speaker Konstantinos Tasoulas expected to secure the post by the fourth round on February 12, requiring a simple majority of 151 votes.
Greece has been chosen as the base of one of two hubs of the European Union’s secure satellite telecommunications program GOVSATCOM.