Turkey’s Foreign Ministry has accused “certain politicians in Greece” of “distorting historical data” for making references to the Pontian Genocide. In a statement, it said the claims of a genocide are based on “baseless claims … from some radical groups against Turkish history [that] fuel hostility towards Turkey.”
Greece should advocate a new approach to genocide remembrance. Currently genocides are memorialized on a parochial basis.
Someone once said that “if you don’t know where you’re going, you’ll end up someplace else.” That’s where SYRIZA finds itself right now, mired between governments of winners, losers, “special purpose” and anything else that may crop up by July.
Greece heads for what is likely to be an inconclusive parliamentary election on Sunday, paving the way for wrangling between parties to forge a ruling coalition in a deeply divided political landscape.
After three years of pandemic travel restrictions and rocketing energy costs, tourism is back with a vengeance to boost the economies of southern Europe as sun-seekers make up for lost time.
The anniversary of the Pontian Greek Genocide “reminds the international community of the importance, for the peaceful coexistence of peoples, of recognising crimes against humanity in order to prevent their repetition in the future,” President Katerina Sakellaropoulou has said.
As Greeks prepare to cast their vote in general elections on Sunday, none of the likely alliances that had been discussed in previous weeks between different parties appears feasible, making a runoff that much more likely.
The soaring retail prices of milk have led to a further decline in the consumption of the commodity this year, by 5.3% in sales volume terms in the year to April, following the drop registered for the first time in 2022.
The Special Court of Tirana will decide on Monday whether Fredi Beleri, the recently-elected ethnic Greek mayor of Himare in southern Albania, and his aide Panteli Kokavesi will be released or if their pretrial detention will continue, sources in the Albanian capital said on Friday.
A 52-year-old man has been apprehended in a village near Kavala in northern Greece, accused of sexually assaulting his intellectually disabled daughter over a period of 18 years. Law enforcement officials from the Hellenic Police (ELAS) carried out the arrest.