Under the slogan “Next to every citizen,” the 14th congress of the ruling New Democracy party gets underway on Friday at 7 p.m. The three-day congress takes place at the Athens Metropolitan Expo, near Athens International Airport.
United Against Nuclear Iran, a bipartisan, nonprofit advocacy organization in the US, has urged the Greek government to proceed immediately with the impounding of the Russian-flagged oil tanker Pegas, which has been moored at Karystos on the southern coast of Evia since April, and loaded with Iranian oil.
A vote to determine the new name of the center-left Movement for Change (KINAL) alliance will be held on Sunday.
Greek-German economic ties strengthened during the last two years despite the challenges and the turmoil caused by the pandemic in 2020, with economic relations rising in 2021, gradually returning to normality, a report by the Foundation for Economic and Industrial Research IOBE said on Wednesday.
World food prices eased slightly in April after hitting a record high in March, but global food security remained a concern because of the difficult market conditions, UN food agency said on Friday.
Germany will charter two large floating storage and regasification units (FSRUs) from Greece-based Dynagas, which can replace 30% of its current Russian gas imports, utility Uniper, which facilitated the deal, said on Thursday.
The European Commission has proposed changes to its planned embargo on Russian oil in a bid to win over reluctant states, three EU sources told Reuters on Friday.
A man has been arrested on suspicion of raping a woman near Zacharo in the Peloponnesian region of Ilia, local media reports say.
A 50-year-old man who beheaded a pigeon in Kymina, Thessaloniki, in northern Greece, in 2019 has been sentenced to 12 months in prison, suspended for three years, and fined 5,000 euros.
Russia’s natural gas supplies have become a tool of leverage in its conflict with Europe over the Russian invasion of Ukraine. And the stakes are high for Europe, which relies on Russia for 40% of the gas that warms and lights its homes and businesses.