IOC names outgoing boss Bach as honorary president for life
Outgoing International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach was named honorary president for life on Wednesday, with the German due to step down in June after 12 years in charge.
Outgoing International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach was named honorary president for life on Wednesday, with the German due to step down in June after 12 years in charge.
The deputy director of the Rhodes urban planning office, along with four employees and two private engineers, is among those arrested for their alleged involvement in a corruption network.
A heated political confrontation erupted in Parliament on Wednesday over former minister Christos Triantopoulos’ decision to waive his parliamentary immunity and request that a parliamentary committee refer him directly for trial.
The leader of the far-right Niki party has taken legal action in an Athens court to demand the removal of a video projection from the National Gallery, denouncing it as “obscene material.”
One of Greece’s most promising emerging artists, Zisis Bliatkas, presents his second solo exhibition, “Forecasting: Days as Surfaces,” at the Rebecca Camhi Gallery (9 Leonidou) from March 19 to May 23
The European Union on Wednesday announced a new drive to break its security dependency on the United States, with a focus on buying more defense equipment in Europe rather than from suppliers across the Atlantic.
Juan Antonio Samaranch Jr is one of the front runners to become the next president of the International Olympic Committee but the Spaniard knows the unpredictability of the election by elimination that will take place on Thursday.
The Council of Europe said on Wednesday it “strongly condemned” the detention of Istanbul Mayor and President Tayyip Erdogan’s main political rival, Ekrem Imamoglu, as a move against the will of the people.
Protesters near Istanbul’s main police headquarters on Wednesday said the detention of President Tayyip Erdogan’s main political rival and the city’s mayor Ekrem Imamoglu was a blow to Turkish democracy.
Turkish main opposition leader said President Tayyip Erdogan had strayed from democracy speaking after the detention of Ekrem Imamoglu, Istanbul’s mayor and Erdogan’s main political rival.