Ratings agency Fitch downgraded Turkey’s debt rating to “B” from “B+” on Friday, citing increasing inflation and broad concerns about the economy, from a widening current account deficit to interventionist policies.
The Oxford-based Institute for Digital Archaeology has created a high-precision replica of a horse’s head from the Parthenon Marbles and is working on another of the Centauromachy metope, in a bid to convince the British Museum to return the originals to Greece.
Clerics charged with serious offenses will have half their salary docked or will be completely removed from the payroll if they are convicted, according to a provision in a bill submitted by the Education Ministry, which Parliament started debating this week.
Kathimerini’s Tom Ellis joins Thanos Davelis to discuss the growing rumors that Greece is heading for early elections in the fall despite Prime Minister Mitsotakis moving to dismiss rumors of snap polls, and makes the case that this election uncertainty is damaging not only to the ruling party, but to the country.
US Representative Frank Pallone on Saturday made public the bipartisan letter, signed by 35 lawmakers in Congress, sent to President Joe Biden expressing opposition to the proposed sale of F-16 fighter planes to Turkey. Pallone posted a copy of the letter on Twitter, saying that, “We must not support Turkey’s military until tangible steps are…
Domestic construction groups have taken battle stations to claim the largest possible share of the offshore wind farm market.
The European Union has asked Turkish Cypriot authorities in the breakaway north to toughen up measures aimed at reducing the rising number of migrants seeking asylum in the internationally recognized Republic of Cyprus.
Greece’s Golden Visa became the leading residency-for-investment program in Europe by the relative demand growth in the first half of the year, according to data collected by Tranio.
Greece must ensure its military advantage against Turkey’s numerical superiority based on the quality of its armaments, according to a recommendation to the US government by American Enterprise Institute Senior Fellow Michael Rubin.
Streets in Skopje were brought to a standstill on Friday because of protests against a proposed compromise deal with Bulgaria that would finally allow North Macedonia to begin long-awaited European Union membership talks.