Conspiracy theories about forest fires rampant, study finds
Conspiracy theories concerning forest fires chime with a large part of society, according to a survey conducted for the Climate Crisis and Civil Protection Ministry.
Sweden, seeking to win over Turkey, says it won’t be haven for terrorists
Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson, seeking to win over Turkish support for her country’s bid to join NATO, pledged on Monday not to let Sweden become “a safe haven for terrorists.”
Irish Wings | Paxos | July 8
Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and songwriter Paul Muldoon presents Muldoon’s Picnic, a jamboree of Irish music and poetry featuring virtuoso fiddle player Martin Hayes, legendary Irish Celtic rock band Horslips and Athens-based traditional Irish music band Iernis.
Erdogan vows to protect ‘rights’ in Mediterranean and Aegean
Turkey “will take all necessary steps to protect our rights in the Mediterranean and Aegean,” its president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, said on Monday.
Experts appeal to individual responsibility
Amid the latest jump in coronavirus cases, health experts are renewing their appeal to people to act responsibly.
Ukraine is the latest neocon disaster
The war in Ukraine is the culmination of a 30-year project of the American neoconservative movement. The Biden Administration is packed with the same neocons who championed the US wars of choice in Serbia (1999), Afghanistan (2001), Iraq (2003), Syria (2011), Libya (2011), and who did so much to provoke Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Greece looks to neighbor Italy for gas storage
Greece has been in talks with Italy to see whether it can store gas in the neighboring country as part of efforts to secure supplies if Russian flows are disrupted, Greece’s energy regulator said on Monday.
Five arrested over Athens brawl
Police in Athens arrested five people on Monday in connection with a brawl in the eastern suburb of Agios Dimitrios that left two minors needing an ambulance.
Greek turnaround came after hard work, Vestager says
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis met on Monday with visiting European Commission Executive Vice President Margrethe Vestager at his office in Athens to discuss the upcoming formal end of Greece’s enhanced surveillance status.
Serbian vacationer held on war crimes warrant in Greece
Police in Greece have detained a 59-year-old Serbian man wanted in Croatia for alleged war crimes committed in 1991, during the bloody break-up of Yugoslavia.