As summer approaches and cruise ships have begun to make their appearance en masse in Greece, the experts who speak of a disproportionately high negative impact on the environment, infrastructure and destinations in relation to the revenue they leave are increasing.
If I told you 25 years ago that Finland, the country that was absolutely synonymous with the concept of strict geopolitical neutrality, would joined NATO; that in Switzerland, the country that was considered for decades the safest banking destination on the planet, one of its two largest banks would collapse;
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has told President Volodymyr Zelenskyy that Ukraine can count on Greece’s firm position in support of its right to defend its sovereignty and territorial integrity.
A man has been handed a life sentence and 13 additional years’ imprisonment for the murder of a 41-year-old natural gas company employee in a northeastern Athens suburb in October 2021.
Turkey’s foreign minister has said there are islands in the Aegean “whose sovereignty has not been determined” and where there are “violations,” in an apparent return to the questioning of Greek sovereignty over its islands in the region.
Bus and trolleybus workers will stage a new work stoppage on Tuesday, in continuation of their demand for safe and quality public transport. The work stoppage will last from the start of the shift until 8.30 a.m. and from 10 p.m. until the end of the shift.
Greece “should be optimistic but also careful and not naive” as regards Greek-Turkish relations, Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias has said. “It would be wrong for Greece not to reach out a hand corresponding to that which Turkey is extending,” Dendias said in an interview with private broadcaster SKAI television.
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has appealed to all democratic forces to agree and vote in favor of a fresh government measure to ban a far-right political party from participating in next month’s general election.
A vice president at Greece’s Supreme Court resigned Monday in a legal dispute over an attempt by the government to ban a far-right political party from participating in a general election next month.
Hasija, the four-month-old white tiger cub found under a garbage bin outside Attica Zoological Park in late February, has been put down, the zoo has said.