Man injured in assault in Thessaloniki
A man was assaulted and injured in an attack in Thessaloniki in the early hours of Sunday morning.
CEDEFOP and Greece sign new cooperation commitment
CEDEFOP, the European Center for the Development of Vocational Training, renewed its seat agreement with Greece at an official signing ceremony at the Greek Ministry of Education and Religious Affairs this week. Based in Thessaloniki since 1994, CEDEFOP supports the promotion, development and implementation of the Union’s policy in the field of vocational education and…
Experts cite significance of Chora Church
Greek and foreign experts stressed the importance of protecting and preserving some of the oldest and finest surviving Byzantine Christian mosaics and frescoes of the medieval Greek Monastery of the Church of the Holy Savior in Chora, Istanbul and expressed concern over the decision by the Turkish government last year to convert it into a…
Work on Panepistimiou began on Sunday
Work for the redevelopment of Panepistimiou street in central Athens began on Sunday morning. The plans will free up over 4000 square meters for pedestrians in the busy capital. The first site is located on the section of Panepistimiou between Amerikis and Sina streets and works will be ongoing until March.
The SME projects to receive RRF funding
As of early 2022, small and medium-sized enterprises will start benefiting from grants from the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF) that are set to top 1.76 billion euros. That concerns investment seen covering a broad range of needs, from energy upgrades to buildings, to transitioning to the digital era with online sales and modern tills,…
New Democracy congress postponed
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced on Saturday that the party congress of ruling New Democracy that had been scheduled for December 3-5 has been postponed until the first quarter of 2022, due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Chaos
As the countries of Europe have been placing restrictions on flights from and to South Africa one after the other, the World Health Organization has been calling on countries to not impose hasty measures connected to the new Covid-19 variant known as the “Botswana mutation.”
Police precinct attacked with firebombs
A group of people has attacked the Acropolis police precinct with firebombs.
Fan weapons found in Thessaloniki
Police in Thessaloniki said on Saturday they found Molotov cocktails, knives, axes and iron rods, among other items, during searches of fan associations’ establishments in the northern port city.
Soft power
A multifaceted foreign policy was for years a cross-party pipe dream.