Factbox: The European Parliament’s cash-for-influence scandal
Belgian authorities have charged four people linked to the European Parliament over allegations World Cup host Qatar lavished them with cash and gifts to influence decision-making.
Belgian authorities have charged four people linked to the European Parliament over allegations World Cup host Qatar lavished them with cash and gifts to influence decision-making.
A 60-year-old woman was found dead in her apartment in the northern port city of Thessaloniki on Wednesday by police officers responding to a call about a disturbance at approximately 5.30 p.m.
A 29-year-old man who was detained after his mother was found dead in Thessaloniki on Wednesday has allegedly confessed to killing her. According to available information, the man suffers from serious mental health problems.
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.
A consortium made up of energy companies Eni of Italy and France’s Total is expediting plans to develop natural gas deposits off Cyprus following the discovery of a third field containing 2-3 trillion cubic feet of the hydrocarbon inside the same licensed exploration area, the Cypriot energy ministry said Wednesday.
Greece is more expensive in a range of standardized products, both domestically produced and imported, even without factoring the value-added tax in.
A workplace accident at a fertilizer factory in Kavala, northern Greece, led to the death of one man on Wednesday.
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…
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.