Thanos Davelis is joined by former US ambassador to Greece, Geoffrey Pyatt, as we look at how energy is driving US-Greece relations forward, and how it’s giving the 3+1 partnership of Greece, Cyprus, Israel and the US a new boost.
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides agreed on Wednesday to update the financial and technical parameters of the Great Sea Interconnector, a major electricity cable project linking Cyprus to the European grid, following talks in Athens.
Chestnuts did not grow on Mount Pelion this year due to drought, forcing producers to let them rot on the ground. It is not the only crop threatened by the climate crisis.
Aaron David Miller, a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and expert on the Middle East, joins Thanos Davelis do discuss Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa’s transformation from a wanted terrorist to a guest at the White House, and break down the message this meeting sends about US priorities in the region.
Government spokesman Pavlos Marinakis on Wednesday dismissed criticism of the ruling New Democracy party by former prime minister Antonis Samaras, saying the government would only respond if Samaras decided to form a new political party.
Traffic authorities in Hania, Crete have confiscated 3,123 driver’s licenses over the past ten months, including 935 for drink-driving and 750 for mobile phone use while driving, as part of intensified traffic law enforcement efforts.
An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.3 rattled Cyprus on Wednesday, in a tremor also felt in parts of Lebanon, with no immediate reports of damage.
Finance Minister Kyriakos Pierrakakis will be in Brussels on Thursday and Friday to participate in meetings of the Eurogroup and the Economic and Financial Affairs Council (ECOFIN).
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides on Wednesday expressed mutual commitment to deepen coordination between Athens and Nicosia, ahead of the 3rd Intergovernmental Greece-Cyprus Conference held in Greece’s capital.
Police have identified four individuals connected to illegal street racing on the New National Highway Schimatari-Halkida last Sunday.