The latest poll on voting intentions suggests that while center-right New Democracy is still ahead of left-wing SYRIZA, the lead has narrowed since the deadly train collision on February 28.
Turkey has appeared to halt the transit of sanctioned goods through its territory to Russia, the Russian business paper Kommersant reported on Thursday, citing executives of Russian logistics companies.
The head of the Bank of Greece, Yannis Stournaras, is adamant that 2023 will be the year when Greece finally regains investment grade.
Ever since Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took over, both he and his coalition partners as well as the country itself have come under unprecedented and vicious attacks, with accusations of radicalism, right-wing extremism and apartheid being thrown their way without any evidence and without any due process, let alone facts.
The official documents of the case file on the tragic train collision in northern Greece on the night of February 28 highlight in the most damning way the sequence of mistakes and omissions as well as the lack of communication between railway employees and, in one case, lack of experience.
As part of the effort to maintain open channels of communication between Greek and Turkish officials, the defense ministers of both countries, Nikos Panagiotopoulos and Hulusi Akar, spoke on the phone on Thursday, with both agreeing to develop an agenda based on good-neighborly relations and international law.
Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias and his new Cyprus counterpart Constantinos Kombos during a press conference in Athens Thursday.
The former metropolitan of Kalavryta and Aigialeia, Amvrosios, has sparked public outrage after claiming that the deadly train crash in northern Greece was God’s punishment for the annual three-day Carnival. which he called “the devil’s feast.”
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis put an end to speculation of early elections in April before the Orthodox Easter holiday, government sources said on Thursday, as the cabinet met to discuss the implications of the deadly train collision in central Greece last week.
The Hellenic Police (ELAS) has vehemently denied a report doing the rounds on social media about a woman injured by officers during Wednesday’s mass rally in central Athens to protest the horrific train accident on February 28 in northern Greece.