In a display of skill and leadership, Greece’s Chief of General Staff, General Dimitrios Houpis, jumped from a CH-47D Chinook helicopter during a static line parachute exercise off the coast of Nea Peramos near Megara in Attica.
An operation to transfer approximately 150,000 tons of crude oil from the Greek-flagged Suezmax tanker Sounion to Delta Blue, using portable equipment, is under way at a safe anchorage point in the port of Suez.
Municipal police shut down a Thessaloniki club on the city’s coastal road Thursday morning after three underage patrons were hospitalized from consuming alcohol and falling ill.
“The result was rather expected based on the performance of Kamala Harris, who did not manage to separate her stance from Joe Biden’s politics, which had caused dissatisfaction,” Dr George Tzogopoulos tells Kathimerini.
Six Greek-Americans have been elected to the US House of Representatives in Tuesday’s presidential election, evenly representing the Democratic and Republican parties and strengthening the community’s voice in Congress by one.
A day before he is expected in Athens for much-anticipated talks Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan hailed the “positive momentum” in Greek-Turkish relations, but also reiterated Ankara’s push for “comprehensive solutions.”
The Migration and Asylum Ministry is facing a severe funding crisis, with unpaid bills reaching nearly €65.8 million. The financial shortfall has severely impacted the country’s asylum system.
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, speaking shortly after Donald Trump’s victory in the US elections, addressed Greek Americans in a scheduled event focused on a new strategy for the Greek diaspora.
A year after splitting from SYRIZA, New Left, established by 11 influential members of the main opposition’s parliamentary group, is holding its inaugural congress in Athens, starting on Thursday.
For the second year in a row, Earth will almost certainly be the hottest it’s ever been. And for the first time, the globe this year reached more than 1.5 degrees Celsius of warming, the European climate agency Copernicus said.