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Cyprus pitches regional firefighting hub to Israel, Greece
Cyprus’ foreign minister pitched to his Greek and Israeli counterparts on Monday the creation of an east Mediterranean firefighting hub aimed at quickly addressing huge summer wildfires that could overwhelm any single country.
Man injured in shooting incident on Crete
A 35-year-old man was left injured on Tuesday after he was shot at by an elderly man using a rifle. The incident took place near the church of Agios Panteleimonas in Chersonissos.
Russia gas flow stop could erase post-Covid recovery across EBRD region, report warns
An abrupt halt of Russian gas exports could see economies in emerging Europe, central Asia and north Africa slide back to pre-pandemic GDP levels, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) warned on Tuesday.
EU’s recyclable waste exports hit new record in 2021
European Union exports of recyclable raw materials, including waste, scrap and other byproducts, hit a record high of 40.6 million tonnes last year, the bloc’s statistics office said on Tuesday.
New cases of Covid-19 jump up to 6,416
Greek health authorities announced 6,416 new reported cases of Covid-19 on Tuesday, more than double the 2,819 reported on Monday. The National Organization for Public Health (EODY) also announced 27 virus-related deaths and 196 intubated patients being treated in Intensive Care Units.
New US ambassador presents his credentials to the president
The new United States Ambassador to Greece George Tsunis presented his credentials to President Katerina Sakellaropoulou on Tuesday morning. Following the ceremony held at the Presidential Mansion, Tsunis held a brief conversation with Sakellaropoulou and expressed how moved he was by his return to the land of his parents.
European resources to be spent on skills training
More than 1.2 billion euros will go to offering skills and employment to over half a million workers and jobless people in Greece through European resources in the next few years, European Commission Vice President Margaritis Schinas and Labor Minister Kostis Hatzidakis said.
A plan and a new social contract
There is nothing transitory about the challenges we’re facing – if anything, they’re mounting – and the fixated advocates of market self-regulation led their governments to take delayed and unproductive decisions in response. Greece is no exception.
Tension flares up again at Thessaloniki university
Protesters opposed to the dismantling of an unlicensed “social space” and the construction of a library in its place clashed with police on the campus of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki on Tuesday.