Hatzidakis threatens banks with intervention unless they lower fees
The government has treatened banks with state intervention unless they reduce the fees they charge clients for various banking activities.
The government has treatened banks with state intervention unless they reduce the fees they charge clients for various banking activities.
The Greek police denied reports that they allowed suspects in the Hydra fire case to escape, stating they were never instructed to prevent their departure from the country.
Athens Mayor Haris Doukas, in a letter to PASOK’s central committee on Tuesday, called for a party leadership election in November.
A wildfire broke out near a residential area in Nea Artaki, central Evia, on Tuesday afternoon alerting the 112 emergency number for evacuation.
A court of appeals in Tirana on Tuesday rejected an appeal by Fredi Beleri, the mayor-elect of the ethnic Greek city of Himare and an elected MEP for Greece, who ran as a New Democracy candidate in this month’s European Parliament election.
The Hellenic Police (ELAS) on Tuesday announced the arrest of two more suspects in connection with a campaign targeting symbols of the “establishment,” including a court, a bank and a company, with makeshift explosives and grenades.
With a new nationalist government in place in North Macedonia, Professor James Ker-Lindsay, who has worked extensively on the EU, the Balkans and Southeast Europe, joins Thanos Davelis to look into the mixed signals Skopje is sending about the Prespa agreement, and discuss the broader risks this poses for the region.
Diplomatic sources in Athens on Tuesday were quick to respond to comments by Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, in which he warned Greece and Cyprus to “stay away” from matters related to the ongoing war in the Middle East, while further suggesting that any involvement would put them in the line of “fire.”
The body of a man, believed to be in his early 50s, has been recovered by firefighters putting out a blaze at a factory on the outskirts of the western Greek of Agrinio on Tuesday morning.
Matthew Nimetz, who acted as US and UN mediator in the “name” dispute between Athens and Skopje for 25 years, highlights the significance of proper implementation of the Prespa Agreement, not only for Greece and North Macedonia, but also for regional stability.