Boris Johnson was a political phenomenon. Narcissistic. Opportunistic. A natural rebel and a divisive figure. A populist. No other British leader in recent times has been so frequently identified simply by his first name. In the end, his political career finished rather like it had begun.
Formed by distinguished members of the Athens State Orchestra in 2016, Aenaon will be performing an evening of classical music on Friday.
The European Union could ban the import and transit of some fuel oil from Russia around six months ahead of the planned deadline, an EU official and four traders told Reuters.
Opposition MPs were up in arms on Thursday over remarks by Deputy Education Minister Angelos Syrigos that Greece’s military dictatorship did not fall in 1974 due to the student uprising at Athens Polytechnic in 1973 but because of Turkey’s invasion of Cyprus and the junta’s own mistakes.
In a landmark decision, Greece’s Data Protection Authority imposed a 20-million-euro fine on US company Clearview AI, the developer of facial recognition software that has amassed a database of more than 3 billion images of people from Facebook, Instagram and other websites.
The government has agreed to double the production of electricity using lignite coal as part of a four-point plan to ensure an adequate supply of energy at affordable prices, sources have told the official Athens-Macedonian News Agency.
Residents in a settlement south-east of Athens have been advised to evacuate their homes as a precautionary measure as firefighters stepped up their efforts to extinguish a blaze that broke out Friday morning in vegetation in the area.
Greece appreciates the economic and cultural value of the audiovisual sector and the opportunity it offers for the promotion and prominence of the country on the world stage, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis told the Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos at a meeting on Thursday.
Ahmet Mete, who was recognized by Turkey but not by Greece as the elected mufti for the Muslim population in the Xanthi region, died Thursday at age 57, his family said.
The Finance Ministry is guardedly optimistic about the course of the Greek economy in the wake of a European Commission estimate for growth of 4% in 2022, against 3.1% predicted by the government.