Police in Crete arrested two women for causing a disruption to a flight from Manchester to Iraklio in Thursday night. The woman, aged 55 and 24, were detained at the city’s Nikos Kazantzakis airport upon arrival.
A European Union decision on whether to authorize the use of the controversial chemical herbicide glyphosate in the 27-nation bloc for at least 10 more years was delayed for a month after member countries failed to agree on Friday.
Citizens will return to the polls on Sunday in six of the country’s 13 regions and in 84 of its 332 municipalities in run-off elections to elect regional governors and mayors who failed to reach the 43% threshold in the first round.
The field of modern Greek studies is in decline worldwide.
Military sources have dismissed BBC reports that a Greek warship has been dispatched to the Israeli-Lebanese border. State broadcaster ERT said that Defence General Staff and navy sources underlined that while there is a vessel in the region, it is part of UNIFIL, the UN’s peacekeeping mission for Lebanon.
The Ministry of Infrastructure disbursed 85 million euros a few days ago for a project that was never carried out.
Canada’s foreign minister will also visit Greece and Jordan as part of a trip to Israel, her office has said in a statement. Melanie Joly departs for Israel on Friday to reaffirm her nation’s support for the country and to discuss humanitarian aid and other issues in the wake of Hamas’ attack, her government said.
The Greek national soccer team lands in Dublin for the Friday encounter with Ireland for the UEFA Euro qualifiers.
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis took part in an emergency teleconference with leaders of the European People’s Party (EPP) to address the terrorist attacks carried out by Hamas in Israel and the situation in the Gaza Strip.
Almost the entire cabinet, party representatives, Parliament Speaker Konstantinos Tasoulas, Archbishop Ieronymos, military leaders and US Ambassador George Tsunis attended a memorial service at the Beth Shalom Synagogue of Athens on Thursday for the victims of the Hamas attack on Israel.