The trial of a British man charged with the premeditated murder of his sick wife in Cyprus’ coastal resort town of Paphos was pushed back until September on Thursday, with defense lawyers arguing that David Hunter should instead be charged with assisting a suicide.
Greek Defense Minister Nikos Panagiotopoulos met briefly with his Turkish counterpart, Hulusi Akar, on the sidelines of a meeting of NATO defense minister in Brussels on Thursday.
Greek authorities have picked up two suspects, in separate arrests, who are wanted in China and the United States respectively for fraud on a major scale, the Hellenic Police (ELAS) announced on Thursday.
The European LGBT Police Association, which met in Athens on Wednesday, announced that European LGBT police officers will participate in Athens Pride on Saturday, without wearing their uniforms out of respect for the decision by the organizers.
Turkey has lashed out at Germany over comments by its foreign minister expressing concern over the recent escalation of aggressive rhetoric against Greece and violations of the country’s airspace.
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis heralded three major infrastructure projects being planned for the southwestern Peloponnese region of Messinia, which are expected to bolster the area’s profile as a tourist destination and improve residents’ lives.
Amid the recent escalation between Greece and Turkey and the ominous threats emanating from Ankara, both countries’ ministers of national defense, Nikos Panagiotopoulos and Hulusi Akar respectively, will hold a brief meeting on Thursday on the sidelines of the NATO Ministerial Summit in Brussels.
A spike in new Covid infections may indicate that transmission will continue to ebb and flow through the summer, but fresh restrictions will not be necessary, Health Minister Thanos Plevris said on Thursday.
Turkey must cease making threats and engaging in actions that are detrimental to good neighborly relations and must respect the sovereignty, territorial waters and airspace of all European Union member-states, the EU Commission’s lead spokesman for foreign affairs, Peter Stano, said on Thursday.
An Athens court on Thursday acquitted the former governor of Attica, Rena Dourou, of criminal charges related to the 2017 flood that claimed 25 lives in Mandra, west of the capital.