The European Parliament moved on Monday to strip one of its members of her role as vice president after she and others faced criminal charges over allegations Qatar lavished them with cash and gifts to influence decision-making.
The Greek Armed Forces and security forces have never been immune to partisan rivalry, which is the fault of all governments. They all want to control the critical functions of the state.
Greek MEP Eva Kaili and another three individuals arrested by Belgian authorities on charges of corruption will appear before a preliminary investigating magistrate on Wednesday, the federal prosecutor’s office said on Monday. Kaili and the others were arrested on Friday and are being detained.
As time rolls by we’re having to say goodbye to the last representatives of a dwindling generation. They are the grandparents and parents who were there in some of the most turbulent chapters of the country’s history: war, occupation, civil war, dictatorship.
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis underlined Greece’s continued interest in Bosnia and Herzegovina, with an emphasis on its stability, security and its EU accession path, in his meeting with the newly elected president of the tripartite presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Zeljka Cvijanovic, at the Maximos Mansion in Athens on Monday.
The United States Department of State responded on Monday to the latest threats by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who threatened a missile strike on Sunday night, by stating its regret over provocative statements.
The European Commission approved Greece’s extension by 20 years of the concession granted to the Athens International Airport managers AIA SA on Monday, as the latter “receives no undue economic advantage or aid.”
The European Union’s top official called Monday for the creation of an independent ethics body covering all of the bloc’s institutions and said allegations of corruption targeting a vice president of the EU legislature were of “utmost concern.”
An elderly woman died in a house fire in Komotini, northern Greece, on Monday. The Hellenic Fire Service located the woman’s body while putting out the blaze.