German weekly Der Spiegel on Friday published a lengthy retraction, admitting that it “made mistakes” in reporting the alleged death of a 5-year-old Syrian girl while she and other refugees found themselves stranded on a small islet in the middle of the Evros River, on the Greek-Turkish border.
Household deposits in Greece fell by 409 million euros in November, compared to an increase of €121 million the previous month, according to data the Bank of Greece released on Thursday.
The city of Athens will welcome the New Year with live music at Syntagma Square on Saturday night and an all-night party with DJs at the Varvakeios Municipal Market.
Renowned professor Manolis Andronikos had once called it the “national archaeological museum of northern Greece.” He wasn’t far wrong either.
With its threat to Greece about not extending its territorial waters south of Crete, Ankara is attempting to prevent its looming exclusion from the Mediterranean.
Even by the standards of Turkey’s and Greece’s frequently strained relations, it was a remarkable escalation. Speaking to youths in a Black Sea town, Turkey’s president directly threatened his country’s western neighbor: Unless the Greeks “stay calm,” he said, Turkey’s new ballistic missiles would hit their capital city.
Three ports in northern Greece are the focus of intense interest by international maritime transport firms, highlighting the country’s strategic location and role as a stable country on the outskirts of Europe.
Zoo Radio has rallied some of the northern port city’s top DJs to play at the City of Thessaloniki’s New Year’s Eve party in Aristotelous Square on Saturday night.
European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety Stella Kyriakides has stressed the need to protect the EU against the worrying rise in Covid-19 cases in China and the potential impact of travel from that country in a letter to the health ministers of member-states.
Ankara will “never accept” any extension of Greece’s territorial waters, Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar has warned, accusing the neighboring country of “hostile acts.”