Tsipras: Raising tensions is of no use to either Greeks or Turks
Main opposition leader Alexis Tsipras criticized Ankara’s recent bellicose statements on Greece on Wednesday, during a visit to the islands of Rhodes and Symi in the eastern Aegean.
Dendias calls on Turkey to avoid provocative statements
Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias reiterated his call on Turkey to decrease tensions with Greece by “avoiding provocative expressions and statements” to maintain peace in bilateral relations, as Ankara this week reiterated its demands that Athens must demilitarize its east Aegean islands, saying it will challenge their sovereignty otherwise.
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Kalamata International Dance Festival tickets go on sale
Tickets for the 28th Kalamata International Dance Festival went on sale on Wednesday, ahead of the opening performance, “Triptych: The missing door, The lost room and The hidden floor” by Peeping Tom group for the Nederlands Dans Theater on July 15 and 26.
Week-long Athens Pride to culminate in concert and parade on June 18
With the demand for “unconditional” education, equality to marriage and family, safety and life, Athens Pride kicks off on June 10, culminating with an all-day concert and a subsequent parade on June 18 in the city center.
Defense minister laments leaks on possible Ukraine arms shipment
Defense Minister Nikos Panagiotopoulos said on Wednesday he would ask the heads of the three branches of the Greek Armed Forces to contain recent disclosures in the media on the list of weapons that Greece may send to Ukraine, liking them to a “Swiss cheese.”
Bulgaria’s ITN party exits coalition government
Bulgaria’s populist party There Is Such a People (ITN) will exit the four-party ruling coalition that took office in December, taking its four ministers out of the government, its leader Slavi Trifonov said on Wednesday in a video statement on his Facebook page.
Sakellaropoulou: Greece will never stop defending sovereignty
Greece “will not stop defending its sovereignty and rights, taking all necessary deterrent measures for its security, but also for peace in our wider region,” President Katerina Sakellaropoulou said in Lithuania on Wednesday.
Man murders wife before killing himself
A man shot and killed his wife before turning the murder weapon on himself on Monday, police in the northern city of Drama confirmed on Wednesday. The body of the 59-year-old woman was found in her home by her daughter.
North Macedonia’s fugitive ex-leader convicted anew at home
A court in North Macedonia on Wednesday imposed a new prison sentence on the country’s fugitive former prime minister Nikola Gruevski, this time a six-year term for abuse of power over the financing of his party’s headquarters in the capital, Skopje.