Minister: 15 EU states now support Greek proposal to cap wholesale gas prices
Fifteen EU members now support Greece’s proposal to cap wholesale prices in the gas market, Energy Minister Kostas Skrekas said on Friday.
EU struggles to find joint approach on energy prices
European Union nations struggled to find common ground Friday on ways to shield the population from dramatically increasing energy prices that threaten to plunge millions into cold and poverty over the winter as Russia chokes off natural gas supplies.
One more MP files complaint over attempted phone hacking
A lawmaker in the main opposition SYRIZA party filed a complaint with the top court’s prosecutor on Friday over what he said were repeated attempts to infect his mobile phone with the Predator malware, the latest incident in a phone-tapping scandal.
Inflation slows to 11.4% in August, still near three-decade high
The country’s annual consumer inflation slowed to 11.4% in August from 11.6% in the previous month, but remained close to its highest level in nearly three decades, data showed on Friday.
Turkey, US in contact over Erdogan-Biden meeting: Turkish official
A meeting between US President Joe Biden and Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan later this month is under discussion, a senior Turkish official said on Friday, with Turkey-Russia relations, US weapons and conflicts in Ukraine and Syria on the agenda.
WWII artillery shell found in construction site in Athens
An artillery shell dating from World War II was found during work at a construction site in southern Athens on Friday. The site is located on Profitis Ilias Street, next to a school, in the district of Glyfada. Police forces have cordoned off the area and bomb disposal specialists have been deployed to remove it…
Two hotel owners arrested in Rhodes for migrant trafficking
Two hotel owners allegedly involved in a human trafficking ring that brought migrants from Turkey to Greece were arrested on the island of Rhodes, in southeastern Aegean, on Friday.
Greece, Romania, Poland, Lithuania call for special treatment of defence in EU debt rules
Greece, Romania, Poland and Lithuania are urging the European Commission to give special treatment in EU debt rules to spending on defence, to help accommodate the military investment needed after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, a document showed.
Museum bill would open can of worms
The Greek government’s intention to transform the country’s five most important museums – the National Archaeological Museum and the Byzantine and Christian Museum in Athens, the Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki, the Museum of Byzantine Culture in Thessaloniki, and the Archaeological Museum of Iraklio – from organic units of the Archaeological Service into legal entities under…
Former SYRIZA minister says he was targeted by Predator
Former infrastructure minister with SYRIZA, Christos Spirtzis, said he filed a criminal complaint with the Supreme Court on Friday, after discovering an attempt had been made to infect his phone with an illegal spyware in November 2021.