Two individuals, a lawyer and an interpreter, were arrested at the port of Thessaloniki in northern Greece following the discovery of four migrants and refugees inside a small truck that had arrived from Turkey.
The Cypriot government remains silent over an alleged thwarted attack orchestrated by Tehran on Israeli targets on the island, with the Iranian embassy dismissing the news story and calling it a “Zionist conspiracy” aimed at driving a wedge between Nicosia and Tehran.
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, center, first row, and members of the new government pose for a group photo after their first Cabinet meeting outside the Maximos Mansion in Athens, Wednesday.
Europeans still hope that Ukraine can win the current shocking war. Many also continue to hope that democracy will be a major reason why the Ukrainians will be victorious. I believe that ancient history can help us to decide whether such hopes are reasonable or unrealistic.
Anti-Americanism in Greece seems to be on the wane, as a recent Pew Institute survey in 23 countries showed that 56% of Greeks have a positive view of the United States.
Newly re-elected Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis unveiled his government’s roadmap for the next four years during a speech at the inaugural cabinet meeting held at the Maximos Mansion on Wednesday.
Energy, Commerce, and Industry Minister George Papanastasiou expressed optimism regarding the construction of a pipeline between Cyprus and Israel after a meeting with Eni CEO Claudio Descalzi and President Nikos Christodoulides at the Presidential Palace on Tuesday.
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, who has been newly sworn in for a second term, is set to preside over the inaugural meeting of the new cabinet at 11 a.m. on Wednesday. The event will take place at Maximos Mansion, and the entire cabinet will be in attendance.
New Minister of Citizen Protection Notis Mitarakis vowed to “deal with phenomena of racist violence and protect vulnerable social groups,” during the handover ceremony on Tuesday from the acting minister Charalambos Lalousis.
After an extended pre-election period, which was markedly different from what everyone had anticipated before February 6 and the devastating earthquakes that struck southern Turkey, there is now a government in Athens with a four-year outlook.