Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is “a fundamental challenge” for European security and a system based on international law and territorial sovereignty, Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias has said.
As MPs in Parliament overwhelmingly ratified a new law giving Greeks abroad the right to vote in national elections here back in December 2019, no one had imagined that the uptake would be as disheartening as it is today.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen hailed Ukraine as “the beating heart of today’s European values” in a deeply symbolic visit to Kyiv on Tuesday as Russia marked its World War Two Victory Day.
Eurovision 2023 has kicked off in Liverpool, northern England, where acts from 37 countries are competing to win the 67th edition of the song contest. Greece’s entry Victor Vernicos will perform his original song “What They Say.”
A program to train at least one police officer in every police station in the country in animal rights issues will begin on Wednesday. The officers will be trained to deal with cases related to animal abuse, be they strays, pets, working or game animals, exotic species and others, the police said.
Belgian authorities have released two suspects in the Qatargate corruption scandal from house arrest on conditions. Belgian MEP Marc Tarabella and Francesco Giorgi, the Italian parliamentary assistant of Greek MEP Eva Kaili, had been under house arrest in the case of alleged bribes from Qatar, Morocco and Mauritania to influence European Parliament decision making.
A five-month-old baby died in the northwestern city of Arta after being left in a car for three hours. Local media reported that a parent had forgotten that they had left the baby in the back seat of the car.
A strike called by teacher unions to coincide with the holding of the country’s first-ever testing program aimed at evaluating whether schools are giving youngsters the education and skills they need has been declared illegal by an Athens court.
The Acropolis Museum will mark the European Night of Museums on Saturday, May 13, with extended opening hours from 9 a.m. to midnight and free entry from 8 p.m.
Police have arrested a 45-year-old male Coast Guard officer on suspicion that he planted a live hand grenade outside the home of a female colleague in the southern Athens suburb of Glyfada.