USS Gerald Ford sails from Crete to East Med as diplomacy dims
After a refueling stop in Souda in Crete, the USS Gerald R. Ford set course for Israel, signaling a sharper American posture in a region on edge.
After a refueling stop in Souda in Crete, the USS Gerald R. Ford set course for Israel, signaling a sharper American posture in a region on edge.
Residents of Arkitsa were surprised Thursday to find a young seal stranded on a road in the coastal town in central Greece, prompting a swift response to guide the marine mammal back to the sea.
The rift between Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and former prime minister Antonis Samaras has escalated into an open public clash over a government agreement with Chevron, with both sides trading pointed accusations over national sovereignty and foreign policy.
Turkey has reiterated its longstanding positions in the Eastern Mediterranean in a letter to the United Nations, placing the defense of the 2019 Turkish-Libyan memorandum at the forefront.
Inflation in Greece came to 2.9% in January, according to the revised data that Eurostat released on Wednesday.
Eurobank, Greece’s largest lender by market value, posted a 4.9% drop in adjusted net profit for 2025 on Thursday, but said loan expansion, rising customer deposits and operations outside Greece had helped it exceed its other targets.
A single-judge court has concluded Greece’s trial over illegal surveillance after 39 hearings, handing down heavy prison sentences to four private businesspeople and ordering the launch of five new investigations.
A series of statistical figures pointed to a positive course for the Cypriot economy over the last few months.
As a country, Greece is an advocate of religious freedoms. We apply them at home, albeit not perfectly – no country does everything always correctly – and we express our concern about cases where they are violated abroad.
Panathinaikos eliminated host Viktoria Plzen in the shootout on Thursday and advanced to the last 16 of the Europa League.