Swedish PM seeks to win Turkish support for NATO membership
Sweden’s new prime minister, Ulf Kristersson, is meeting Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday in a bid to clinch Turkish approval for his country’s bid to join NATO.
General strike to cause transportation, travel chaos on Wednesday
Commuters and travelers are in for a major headache on Wednesday, as public transport workers and air traffic controllers join a strike called by all of the country’s major unions in protest at rising energy costs and inflation.
Fishy business with off-plan and substandard plots
Strong buying interest and a large number of multi-million sales for off-plan or substandard plots on popular islands and in the Peloponnese are raising eyebrows, as villas of hundreds of square meters are being built despite urban planning restrictions.
Bulgarian border policeman shot dead at border with Turkey
A Bulgarian police officer has been shot dead at the border with Turkey, the interior minister said Tuesday.
Greece in talks for energy connection with North Africa, says PM
Greece has not abandoned efforts to reduce its dependence on fossil fuels but is ramping up investments in renewables, even though plans to shut down the country’s coal-fired electricity plans have been put on hold by the energy crisis, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Monday.
Church of Cyprus leader dies, succession battle begins
Priests conduct a liturgy over the coffin of late Archbishop Chrysostomos II at the Apostolos Varnavas Cathedral in Nicosia, on Monday.
Bigger labels for ‘household basket’
The three changes that the new ministerial decision on the “household basket” will include provide for bigger labels on participating products, a provision to ensure the adequacy of the items that each chain places in it, as well as a list of price changes.
Defense minister checks on frigates in France
Greek Defense Minister Nikos Panagiotopoulos was in western France on Monday to attend the floating of the first new-generation frigate being built for the French Navy, a precursor to three warships ordered by the Hellenic Navy, with the option of a fourth. Visiting the facilities of the Naval Group company in Lorient at the invitation…
PM angrily denies spying allegations
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Monday vehemently denied allegations published in a pro-opposition Sunday paper that he had ordered surveillance on some of his closest collaborators and their wives, among other people whose phones were allegedly tapped through spyware.
Russia looks to private militia to secure a victory in eastern Ukraine
After weeks of unexpected battlefield setbacks for Russia, the war in Ukraine on Sunday delivered another surprise: the emergence of a former Russian convict and onetime hot-dog seller as perhaps the Kremlin’s best hope for a small, face-saving military victory.