EU: Will it become a power or will it stay a pygmy?
The European Union has always been a geopolitical pygmy. But it used to comfort itself that it was an economic giant: It accounted for 29% of global output in 1992.
The European Union has always been a geopolitical pygmy. But it used to comfort itself that it was an economic giant: It accounted for 29% of global output in 1992.
Based on the projections by Europe Elects, the outcome of the 2024 European elections seems set to follow a similar pattern to recent national elections, with a surge in right-wing parties.
The Interior Ministry’s Secretary General of Public Administration, Dimitris Kirmikiroglou, asked on Monday for disciplinary measures to be taken against an employee of Meteora Municipality who was on sick leave for 13 years.
A 43-year-old Chinese woman drowned in a paragliding accident in Lefkada on Monday.
Temperatures are expected to rise again from Tuesday, with the mercury forecast to hit up to 43 degrees Celsius in places until Friday.
The port authority is set to acquire 11 boats that will be used to transfer patients from islands to hospitals, under an agreement signed on Monday.
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis contacted the newly elected MEP Freddy Beleri in jail, on Monday, to congratulate him on his election in the European Parliament for his New Democracy party.
I admit that I don’t understand why these European elections were so over-dramatized and why some kind of bar was set for the ruling party’s performance.
Sunday’s European Parliament election reflected discontent with the conservative New Democracy government in Greece, but without pointing to an alternative.
Panathinaikos has named Diego Alonso as the soccer team’s new manager. The 49-year-old Uruguayan signed a two-year contract with the option to extend it for a third year.