Defense Minister Nikos Dendias said on Wednesday that Greece will propose taking command of a forthcoming EU naval mission in the Red Sea aimed at safeguarding ships from attacks by Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi militia.
The legal adviser to the Hierarchy of the Greek Church is reportedly drafting a letter that will be sent to lawmakers regarding the legal ramifications of same-sex marriage and, according to well-informed sources, it will be completed after the relevant government bill is made public.
Greek authorities on Tuesday located 57 migrants and recovered the bodies of two individuals on a rocky shore along the northeastern coast of Lesvos in the eastern Aegean. One person was said to remain missing.
Waste management on Corfu is at a dead end again after the tender for the construction of a processing plant and landfill was canceled for a third time.
PASOK socialist opposition leader Nikos Androulakis has raised concerns about Greece potentially getting entangled in an arms race with regional rival Turkey, at the expense of the country’s social spending.
A Greek court on Tuesday acquitted a group of 16 aid workers and volunteers of charges connected with their efforts to rescue migrants making the dangerous sea crossing in small boats from neighboring Turkey.
EU member states want to launch a Red Sea naval mission by mid-February to protect ships from attacks by Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi militia and could decide its command structure on Wednesday, foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said.
Washington has reopened the window for Ankara’s return to the F-35 co-production program, on the well-known condition that it removes its Russian S-400 missile defense system from Turkey.
Despite Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’ announcement on Tuesday of a payment of up to 10,000 euros, the farmers of Thessaly in central Greece said they are ready to continue their mobilizations.
The course of GDP and private consumption in the main Greek tourism source markets is expected in 2024 to fluctuate at the same levels as in 2023.