The increase in the monthly minimum wage by 9.4% as of April 1 “is a far cry from the demands of the poorest of workers and does not allow them to cover basic living needs,” the country’s biggest private-sector trade union federation has said.
President Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday that Turkey’s parliament will begin ratifying Finland’s NATO bid, but not that of Sweden, removing the biggest remaining hurdle to enlarging the Western defense alliance as war continues to rage in Ukraine.
Opposition MeRA25 party leader Yanis Varoufakis has called for the removal of Citizen Protection Minister Takis Theodorikakos from office.
The meeting of Parliament’s Institutions and Transparency Committee on Monday morning is seen as the latest chapter in the acrimonious exchanges between Greece’s political parties as to who was responsible for the deadly train crash on February 28 in northern Greece.
A 19-year-old man arrested on suspicion of assaulting former finance minister Yanis Varoufakis has been released on condition that he report to a police station once a month.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is meeting his Finnish counterpart in Ankara on Friday, raising hopes that the talks will lead to Turkey’s approval of Finland’s NATO membership bid.
Expert Steven Cook joins Thanos Davelis to break down whether the China-brokered deal between Saudi Arabia and Iran actually upends Mideast diplomacy and challenges the US, explore Washington’s options moving forward, and look at what ripple effects it could have for the broader region – from the Middle East to the Eastern Mediterranean.
Students and pupils are expressing anger over the train collision in Tempe, northern Greece on February 28 with occupations and mobilizations at universities nationwide.
Albania has designated the Vjosa River (Aoos in Greek) in the southern part of the country as a national park, marking a victory for environmentalists who have been fighting for years against plans for hydropower plants along the waterway.
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu will visit Egypt, his ministry announced Friday, the first such high-level trip in more than a decade as the countries repair relations damaged in the wake of the 2011 Arab Spring.