More than a dozen legislators from Turkey’s pro-Kurdish party staged a demonstration in parliament on Tuesday to denounce the arrest and expulsion from office of a newly elected mayor, Turkish media reported. On Monday, authorities detained Mehmet Siddik Akis, mayor of Hakkari province, over alleged links to Kurdish militants and replaced him with the province’s…
The cost of rebuilding a region in central Greece after last year’s destructive floods, which killed 17 people, will reach 3.5 billion euros, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said Tuesday.
Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said on Tuesday his country is interested in joining the BRICS group that includes China and several emerging economies such as Brazil, Russia, Iran and India.
Cyprus and Egypt have signed a new bilateral agreement to help Egyptian workers find work in Cyprus.
Temperatures on Tuesday topped 39 degrees Celsius in three areas of Greece, setting a new all-time record for the first week of June, the Meteo weather service said.
Fire Service agents are certain that the fire that destroyed installations of a company whose packaged lunches led to widespread poisoning among pupils in the city of Lamia was due to arson.
Carlos Alcaraz halted a mid-match fightback by ninth seed Stefanos Tsitsipas to secure a 6-3 7-6(3) 6-4 win on Tuesday and set up a blockbuster French Open semi-final with incoming world number one Jannik Sinner.
The global shadow fleet, numbering up to 850 oil tankers, not only circumvents sanctions on countries such as Russia, Iran and Venezuela but also poses environmental risks.
Grape growers and wine producers have long sought certifications testifying to their sustainable farming methods or their commitment to protecting the environment. Far less attention has been paid over the years to how wineries treated the people who are doing the actual farming and production work.
Personal responsibility needs to come in somewhere when it comes to protecting the environment and preventing natural disasters. The state cannot be everywhere at once, in every field and garden. That said, the rules need to be simple and easy to implement, not bogged down in red tape.