Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias said his talks Albanian Foreign Minister Olta Xhacka on Wednesday had focused on accelerating dialogue in Tirana on the basis of the existing political agreement, in order to find a compromise that will allow them to draw up an agreement for referring the issue of delimiting the two countries’ maritime zones…
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is to carry out a planned visit to Himare, Livadhja and Dervician in southern Albania on Thursday, the prime minister’s press office said.
The body of an infant was found near the area of Ag. Ermogenis on the island of Lesvos on Wednesday. According to the Hellenic Coast Guard, the infant was most likely travelling aboard a vessel that sank near the island in early December.
Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias, who is visiting Tirana on Wednesday, met his Albanian counterpart Olta Xhacka.
The 39-year-old Greek citizen of Russian origin Alexandros S., who according to the Austrian Ministry of Interior was working as a spy for Russia, had reportedly been under surveillance by the Austrian intelligence services.
Unauthorized flights over the eastern Aegean continued on Wednesday, the Hellenic National Defense General Staff (GEETHA) said, reporting that a pair of Turkish F-16 fighter jets conducted five overflights between 11.07 a.m. and 11.23 a.m.
Main opposition SYRIZA-Progressive Alliance leader Alexis Tsipras announced on Wednesday that MP Fotini Bakadima, who was elected with Yanis Varoufakis’ Mera25 party before becoming independent in October, has joined the SYRIZA parliamentary group.
Professor Angelos Chaniotis joins Thanos Davelis to discuss the significance of Pope Francis’ recent decision to donate fragments of the Parthenon sculptures held by the Vatican to Greece, and looks at whether this serves as an example for the British Museum to take similar action that would finally reunite the Parthenon sculptures in Athens.
There has been no letup in viral infections during the Christmas holidays, with the seasonal flu outbreak, which started early this year, and the respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) plaguing young children and adults alike.
The drilling rig of the ENI-TotalEnergies consortium in Cyprus’ exclusive economic zone (EEZ) has discovered a new gas field at the Zeus 1 target. This is a larger field than the one discovered by the Italian-French consortium on August 22 in the same block (Block 6).