Greece’s security council, KYSEA, approved on Wednesday the purchase of a fourth Belharra frigate from France to modernize its armed forces and as it tries to keep pace with historic rival Turkey, two government sources told Reuters.
After nearly four centuries of continuous presence, the Capuchin monastery on the island of Corfu has closed its doors, marking the end of an era for the island’s Catholic community.
Turkish and Egyptian forces are holding joint naval and air exercises in the Eastern Mediterranean next week, their first in 13 years, Turkey’s Defense Ministry has said.
The association’s exhibition, ‘The Voyage,’ will open at the Eugenides Foundation in Athens on October 9.
A Thessaloniki prosecutor on Thursday brought charges against four suspects over the death of a 29-year-old motorcyclist in a crash in the northern port city a day earlier.
Michael Rubin joins Thanos Davelis to explain how the US has enabled Turkey’s occupation in Cyprus by granting Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar – the leader of an illegitimate state – a visa to attend the UNGA, and breaks down how Washington can correct course.
Ankara on Thursday warned that Cyprus’ ongoing efforts to bolster its air defense with systems from Israel could have “dangerous consequences” and are being “closely monitored.”
A resident of Iraklio on Crete, accused of filing false subsidy claims for vast tracts of land, will face trial on Monday, alongside 104 others in what authorities say is the largest case of subsidy fraud in Greece.
Police are ramping up security in and around the port city of Piraeus and other parts of Greece on Thursday as the 2013 murder of anti-fascist musician Pavlos Fyssas by a member of Golden Dawn is being commemorated just days after the former chief of the now-defunct neo-Nazi party was granted early release from prison.
The low number of applications for the legal acquisition of encroached land of the Greek state by its trespassers has forced the government to extend the process by one year, while giving the applicants the necessary time to gather supporting documents.