‘We’ve been together nearly 80 years, the bullet and I’
Tasos Mitzias, 88, has told his children he wants to be buried in his native village when he dies, in Skra, in the mountains on Greece’s border with North Macedonia.
Tasos Mitzias, 88, has told his children he wants to be buried in his native village when he dies, in Skra, in the mountains on Greece’s border with North Macedonia.
European Union leaders on Thursday called for even greater efforts to help meet Ukraine’s pressing military needs, and expressed support for the country’s quest to join their ranks, but they made little headway with new sanctions against Russia.
New Democracy MP and former EU migration commissioner Dimitris Avramopoulos has voiced reservations about the government’s intention to deploy Greek warships outside Libya’s territorial waters to address rising migration flows toward Crete, warning that such measures risk humanitarian and legal consequences.
It is not just this country’s elite that has been afflicted by lethargy; it is the markets too, sluggish from super-sized profits and the delusion that nothing can derail the runaway value of paper: In a spectacle of cynicism, international stock markets rebounded within 10 days of the start of the Israel-Iran conflict.
A 63-year-old municipal employee has been hospitalized in Thessaloniki following an argument during an exhumation at Evosmos cemetery in north of the the city.
Greek Defense Minister Nikos Dendias met on Thursday with the directors of the Hellenic Federation of Enterprises (SEV) at the Armed Forces Officers’ Club (LAED) to discuss the ministry’s plan to boost innovation in the defense industry and implement the system of active reservists.
Residents in the village of Thymari, near the coastal town of Palaia Fokaia, southeast of Athens, are accessing the damage caused by Thursday’s wildfire that engulfed homes, yards and nearby forested areas.
Shipping costs for the Gulf have fallen in the past two days after a ceasefire was reached between Israel and Iran, although rates could rebound if tensions increase, shipping and insurance industry sources said on Thursday.
Investment activity in new construction, renovations and upgrades of hotels in Greece is continuing this year at about the same pace as last year, when it amounted to 2.805 billion euros.
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis emphasized the need for a strategic “carrot and stick” approach to migration during a press briefing on Thursday following the conclusion of the European Council in Brussels.