Military parade marks Greek WWII defiance
Greece marked Ochi Day on Tuesday with a major military parade in Thessaloniki attended by President Konstantinos Tasoulas and Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, while school parades took place nationwide.
Greece marked Ochi Day on Tuesday with a major military parade in Thessaloniki attended by President Konstantinos Tasoulas and Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, while school parades took place nationwide.
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is chairing a cabinet meeting at noon, focusing on the new farm subsidies agency, the assessment of the firefighting period and the handling of bureaucracy.
The parliamentary investigative committee looking into Greece’s disgraced farm payment agency, OPEKEPE, is entering its final stage where ministers from the Conservative government and officials appointed in the agency will be called to testify.
Greek National Tourism Organization President Angela Varela attended the World Tourism Communication Forum in Yerevan on “Tourism Talks: Connecting People, Places, and Perspectives (Dialogue for Trust, Inclusion and Sustainability),” as a representative of the Tourism Ministry and GNTO.
Turkey’s decision to purchase 20 Eurofighter Typhoon jets for about €9.2 billion marks its first major combat aircraft acquisition from non-US sources in 75 years and signals a significant diplomatic and industrial realignment within Europe’s defense landscape.
Greece’s farm payment agency, OPEKEPE, has begun disbursing long-delayed compensation to farmers and livestock breeders as the government races to finalize a new operational plan demanded by the European Union, which has placed the organization under close supervision.
A 70-year-old woman died Tuesday after being found unconscious on a stairwell following a fire at an apartment building in the Neapoli area of Thessaloniki.
Liquefied natural gas from Greece’s Revithoussa terminal is set to reach Ukraine this winter through the newly activated “Vertical Corridor,” an energy route linking Greece, Bulgaria, Romania and Moldova.
About 285,000 students who have exceeded both the minimum duration of their studies and the extension granted under Law 5224 of 2025 will be removed from Greek university registries in December, Education Minister Sofia Zacharaki has announced. In contrast, more than 30,000 students have expressed interest in completing their degrees under the law’s provisions. Universities…
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