Greek MEP Eva Kaili and another three individuals arrested by Belgian authorities on charges of corruption will appear before a preliminary investigating magistrate on Wednesday, the federal prosecutor’s office said on Monday. Kaili and the others were arrested on Friday and are being detained.
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis underlined Greece’s continued interest in Bosnia and Herzegovina, with an emphasis on its stability, security and its EU accession path, in his meeting with the newly elected president of the tripartite presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Zeljka Cvijanovic, at the Maximos Mansion in Athens on Monday.
The United States Department of State responded on Monday to the latest threats by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who threatened a missile strike on Sunday night, by stating its regret over provocative statements.
As time rolls by we’re having to say goodbye to the last representatives of a dwindling generation. They are the grandparents and parents who were there in some of the most turbulent chapters of the country’s history: war, occupation, civil war, dictatorship.
The European Commission approved Greece’s extension by 20 years of the concession granted to the Athens International Airport managers AIA SA on Monday, as the latter “receives no undue economic advantage or aid.”
The European Union’s top official called Monday for the creation of an independent ethics body covering all of the bloc’s institutions and said allegations of corruption targeting a vice president of the EU legislature were of “utmost concern.”
An elderly woman died in a house fire in Komotini, northern Greece, on Monday. The Hellenic Fire Service located the woman’s body while putting out the blaze.
Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias will travel to Paris on Tuesday to attend a conference on solidarity with Ukraine. The conference will be chaired by French President Emmanuel Macron and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
Former European Commissioner for Migration Dimitrios Avramopoulos announced on Monday that he resigned from the honorary board of the non-governmental organization Fight Impunity founded by detained former MEP, Pier Antonio Panzeri.