Request for more EU financing
Greece intends to submit a request for additional loans from the Recovery Fund totaling 5 billion euros, in the context of REPowerEU (which concerns energy transition projects), probably by March 15.
Greece intends to submit a request for additional loans from the Recovery Fund totaling 5 billion euros, in the context of REPowerEU (which concerns energy transition projects), probably by March 15.
Last Tuesday’s deadly rail crash was a major test for the government’s crisis management capabilities, even though it has spent most of its nearly four years in power responding to such crises, from the coronavirus pandemic to major wildfires.
Saudi Arabia said Monday it deposited $5 billion into the Turkish central bank, likely helping Ankara firm up its long-weakening currency, the lira, after last month’s massive earthquake that struck southeast Turkey and northern Syria.
Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) accepts a proposal for the party’s Istanbul and Ankara mayors to serve as vice presidents if the opposition wins the May presidential election, a senior CHP official told Reuters on Monday.
Recovery crews in northern Greece cleared the final sections of wreckage from a deadly train collision from the tracks on Monday, as protests and political fallout from the country’s worst ever rail disaster continued.
Almost a week after Greece’s deadly rail crash, EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen tweeted Monday she discussed with Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis “further technical support that the EU can provide to Greece to modernize its railways and improve their safety.”
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has written to Supreme Court Prosecutor Isidoros Dogiakos to ensure that an investigation into last week’s deadly rail collision is given the highest priority.
The government is trying to plan for the difficult days ahead, following the national tragedy in Tempe, central Greece, where two trains collided, killing dozens and injuring scores of passengers.
Up-and-coming Bulgarian pianist Plamena Mangova and famed conductor Michel Tilkin join the Athens State Orchestra at the Athens Concert Hall.
Police are looking for two suspects after three teenagers were threatened and robbed of their mobile phones.