Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan and US President Donald Trump discussed bilateral ties, defence industry cooperation, steps to boost trade, and developments in Gaza and Venezuela in a phone call on Monday, the Turkish Presidency said.
From the smoldering wreckage of two catastrophic world wars in the last century, nations came together to build an edifice of international rules and laws. The goal was to prevent such sprawling conflicts in the future.
The issue of housing will continue to be an acute problem in 2026. This is because, as Kathimerini has reported, Greek families express the highest level of concern in Europe about being able to find a home they can afford.
Greece says it is closely monitoring developments in Venezuela and urges all parties to exercise maximum restraint to avoid actions that could worsen the crisis, its deputy permanent representative to the United Nations, Ioannis Stamatekos, said Monday.
Relatives and friends of Giorgos Papadakis will bid him farewell on Thursday at the Ritsona Crematorium, his family has announced.
If Europe was in any doubt about the scale of the challenges facing the continent, the last days of 2025 ought to have settled the matter.
Former deputy prime minister and PASOK leader Evangelos Venizelos said a recent temporary loss of air traffic control over the Athens Flight Information Region (FIR) highlighted a matter of “the utmost importance” for both aviation safety and national security.
For a few tense hours on Sunday morning, Greek skies turned into a communications black hole. Air traffic controllers for Athens airport were guiding planes toward the runway when the usual radio chatter suddenly vanished – replaced by a piercing whistle.
Maria Sakkari defeated Emma Raducanu 3–6, 6–3, 6–1 at RAC Arena in Perth to give Greece a 2–0 lead over Great Britain in the United Cup, sealing qualification for the quarterfinals as winners of Group 5
Traffic restrictions are in effect on sections of the Athens-Thessaloniki-Evzones highway due to ongoing farmers’ protests in Viotia.