While Cyprus has become a key US partner in the Eastern Mediterranean, there is still a partial arms embargo on Cyprus as US law currently prohibits providing Cyprus with US-made weaponry.
Cyprus and Greece marked the 48th anniversary of Turkey’s invasion of the island nation in 1974, on Wednesday.
Two Portuguese nationals had to be rescued on Wednesday night when they realised they were trapped at a rocky path they had used to reach a popular beach in northwestern Crete, a local website reported.
A 10-year-old girl infected with Covid-19 had to be admitted to hospital in the city of Volos on Wednesday night, after her health deteriorated, state-run broadcaster ERT reported on Thursday.
A 28-year-old man was expected to be led before a prosecutor in Thessaloniki on Thursday after he was arrested for rape and violation of drug laws, police said.
A 54-year-old man who suffered burns to 60% of his body at the wildfire in Gerakas, east Attica, is in “serious but stable condition,” the hospital where he is being treated said on Thursday.
As the day dawned on Thursday, the Fire Service said there were no active fronts in the main three wildfires that broke out on Mount Penteli, north of Athens, Megara in west Attica and the island of Salamina, but water bombers have been deployed to prevent any flare-ups.
Greek authorities are speeding up efforts to implement a new out-of-court mechanism for debt settlement, with loans worth more than 20 billion euros currently at an advanced stage of the mechanism.
The general meeting of National Bank of Greece shareholders will be asked to approve the transfer of the card acceptance and clearing activity to the new company established under the name NBG Pay.
Given the possibility of a complete cut-off of Russian natural gas in the coming winter, Greece’s Regulatory Authority for Energy (RAE) has drafted a series of emergency measures to prevent a nationwide blackout.