Athens eyes key role in Mideast aid
The role that Greece can play as a key hub for the transport of humanitarian aid by sea to the Middle East has been at the center of the government’s recent contacts.
The role that Greece can play as a key hub for the transport of humanitarian aid by sea to the Middle East has been at the center of the government’s recent contacts.
Greek police and intelligence services are monitoring activity at the country’s borders for the possible arrival of neo-Nazi and other far-right demonstrators responding to a call from local like-minded groups planning a rally in Athens on Wednesday.
Tourists wishing to visit Hagia Sophia in Istanbul will have to pay admission starting in January 2024, the country’s culture minister announced on Tuesday.
Three people were arrested in the downtown Athens district of Exarchia on Monday night during skirmishes with police on the sidelines of a march in protest at the injury of a 16-year-old girl during clashes that broke out at an anti-fascism concert in the capital’s suburb of Neo Iraklio over the weekend.
Greece is in a position to talk to all sides involved in the Mideast conflict except Hamas, which is a “terrorist organization that does not represent the Palestinian people,” Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Monday, adding that there can be no solution to the crisis without its “strategic defeat.”
With channels of communication between Athens and Ankara open due to the agreed summit in Thessaloniki on December 7 in the presence of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the Greek government is closely watching his latest statements with concern, as he once again ups the ante with Israel and the West.
A bonus of up to 3,000 euros is promised to taxpayers who identify tax dodgers by scanning receipts through the “appodixi” cellphone app and discovering that it is either not genuine or has not been forwarded to the Independent Authority for Public Revenue (AADE).
Northern Europe has turned its eyes to Greece for the operation of offshore wind farms, having deemed that the framework for the market has matured. Denmark’s Copenhagen Offshore Partners (COP), a global leader in the offshore wind market, is opening its offices in Athens on Thursday, November 9.
The Southeast Europe Connectivity Forum is taking place at Thessaloniki’s Makedonia Palace Hotel on Tuesday and Wednesday.
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