Markets signal a ceasefire
If nothing else, US President Donald Trump knows how to “read” the markets – and adjust his policies based on the signals sent by the stock exchanges.
If nothing else, US President Donald Trump knows how to “read” the markets – and adjust his policies based on the signals sent by the stock exchanges.
Cyprus has moved to the center of the recent debate over Europe’s ability to defend its territory, highlighting broader questions about the security of the Republic of Cyprus, which since 1974 has faced a complex security environment because the island’s northern part is occupied by Turkey’s armed forces.
Authorities in the northeastern town of Komotini have arrested a woman suspected of being behind a bomb hoax that disrupted the local court complex, police said Wednesday.
Turkey has called on NATO and is installing a second Patriot missile battery in the city of Malatya near the alliance’s radar site in Kurecik, after what officials describe as a second attack from Iran two days ago.
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday that the war in Iran must be stopped before the whole region is “thrown into the fire”, and added that this would be possible if diplomacy is given an opportunity.
Turkey has no natural gas or fuel supply problems and currently does not foresee any, Energy Minister Alparslan Bayraktar said on Wednesday, despite worries about supply constraints pushing prices higher.
One more shepherd has been arrested in northern Greece for allegedly letting his sheep graze outdoors despite a ban due to the sheep and goat pox epidemic that’s battering the country’s livestock breeding industry.
The music video for “Ferto,” Greece’s entry in this year’s Eurovision Song Contest 2026, was unveiled Wednesday.
The center-right government will impose a three-month profit cap for supermarkets and petrol stations to soften the impact of the Middle East crisis on Greek cosnumers, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said.
Romanian President Nicusor Dan has convened the EU and NATO nation’s top defence council on Wednesday to discuss whether to allow US aircraft access to its military bases for support linked to its Tehran operations, political sources said.