Greece’s main opposition party SYRIZA said it will vote in favor of a government bill allowing same-sex couples to marry, noting however that the legislation is “incomplete”. “SYRIZA’s parliamentary group has been ready for a long time to take this step,” spokesman Sokratis Famellos told the government and wondered if the Conservatives are equally ready,…
Authorities in Thessaloniki, northern Greece, have retrieved the body of a man whose car plunged into the sea on Thursday.
A 62-year-old man died following an explosion at the warehouse of an abandoned mine at the foot of Korylovos mountain, near Drama, northern Greece. The incident happened at 11.30 a.m., police said, adding that authorities are investigating the circumstances of the explosion. Local media said the warehouse was used to store explosives.
Students and teachers rallied in central Athens on Thursday to protest against the establishment of private universities in Greece. Despite the rain, protesters gathered at Propylaia and are expected to mark towards the Parliament. Critics of the bill, which sets the terms for foreign, non-profit universities to open branches in Greece and to forge partnerships…
A former Thessaly regional governor, Kostas Agorastos, invoked his right to remain silent on Thursday at the parliamentary investigative committee tasked with probing the fatal train accident in Tempe, central Greece, on February 2023, citing his status as a defendant in the ongoing case. “I declare to you that I exercise, according to article 104…
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Thursday that a bill granting same-sex couples equal rights in marriage would make their families “visible”. “People who have been invisible will finally be made visible around us. And with them, many children will finally find their rightful place,” he told lawmakers during a debate on the draft legislation.…
Defence Minister Nikos Dendias will sign an agreement for Greece’s accession to the NATO missile-defence project European Sky Shield initiative on Thursday in Brussels. The Sky Shield air defense system, initiated by Germany, intends to bolster NATO’s protective capacity over Europe. Dendias also announced that he will have the opportunity to meet with his Turkish…
Greece’s economic growth is expected to remain broadly stable at 2.3% in 2024 and 2025, broadly as expected in autumn, the European Commission said in its Winter 2024 Economic Forecast published Thursday.
New regulations combating fuel smuggling and adulteration are set to go into effect next month. The legislation foresees that gas stations will be closed for two years if inspectors determine that they are selling adulterated fuel, engaging in smuggling, or tampering with tax receipt issuing procedures.
Twenty years ago, during my mandate as European commissioner for employment, social affairs and equal opportunities, the European Council adopted a directive to eliminate discrimination based on nationality, religion, sexual orientation and disability in employment and the economy. I had proposed this directive to the European Commission and the European Parliament, and after long consultations…