A group of 19 European Union countries, including Greece, has called on the European Commission to adopt a tougher stance on migration beyond the bloc’s borders, following last week’s EU deal on asylum and returns.
A new outbreak wave of sheep and goat pox has emerged in Rodopi and Xanthi since early December, with 13 and 17 recorded outbreaks respectively.
Greek prosecutors have filed felony charges against an alleged Greek cocaine trafficker and four others in connection with the drug-laden fishing vessel Ourania, authorities said.
A farmer on the Cycladic island of Amorgos has expressed solidarity with nationwide farmer mobilizations by setting up a roadblock in the port settlement of Aegiali, local media outlet CycladesLive.gr reported.
Athens will be without most buses on Wednesday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. as workers participate in a general assembly, the union representing OASA, the organization responsible for public transportation in the Athens metropolitan area, said.
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said he expects farmer blockades across Greece to ease in the coming days during his regular monthly briefing with President Konstantinos Tassoulas at the Presidential Palace on Wednesday.
One day after Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced additional support for farmers, protesters remained steadfast in their blockades at key border crossings with North Macedonia and Bulgaria.
Greece’s Hellenic Film and Audiovisual Center (EKKOMED) has withdrawn its approval for state cash-rebate funding for an upcoming Skai TV documentary after it emerged that the film includes an interview with a convicted member of the now-dismantled terrorist group November 17. The move has prompted accusations of censorship from the broadcaster.
Entertainment Weekly has released exclusive images from Christopher Nolan’s highly anticipated epic action fantasy “The Odyssey,” an adaptation of Homer’s ancient poem, showing Matt Damon as Odysseus, Anne Hathaway as Penelope, Tom Holland as Telemachus, Robert Pattinson as Antinous, and Himesh Patel as Eurylochus.
The US State Department has reiterated that Washington’s position on Turkey’s acquisition of the Russian-made S-400 air defense system remains unchanged, stressing that any transfer of advanced US fighter aircraft must fully comply with American law.