The future of European security following the Russian invasion of Ukraine was the main focus of a conversation between former socialist PASOK minister Evangelos Venizelos and Tom Ellis, Editor in Chief of Kathimerini English Edition, held as part of the Delphi Economic Forum on Wednesday.
Greek authorities announced 10,858 new cases of coronavirus and 76 fatalities in the past 24 hours Thursday.
Albania will ask the European Union if it can pursue its membership bid separately from its neighbor North Macedonia which continues to face a Bulgarian veto, Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama said on Thursday.
The conservative government has said it regrets the appearance of a serviceman of the Azov Battalion, a far-right militia now part of Ukraine’s National Guard, during Ukrainian President Vlodymyr Zelenskyy’s virtual speech in the Greek Parliament Thursday.
German appears to be elbowing out French as the second most popular foreign language after English taught in Greek schools.
Greek police arrested in Thessaloniki on Thursday a fugitive 71-year-old woman convicted to 10 years in prison for embezzlement, forgery, fraud and issuing bounced checks.
Greece’s main opposition SYRIZA reacted on Thursday to the inclusion of a Ukrainian man who said he was fighting with the paramilitary, far-right Azov Battalion during an address by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to the Greek Parliament via teleconference.
The Greek debt can remain sustainable in the future by maintaining the current momentum for reforms and implementing the Recovery Plan, EU Commissioner for the Economy, Paolo Gentiloni, said on Thursday at the 7th Delphi Economic Forum.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called on Greece on Thursday to use its influence in the European Union to help save “our shared heritage” in the besieged Ukrainian port city of Mariupol.
The EU’s top court on Thursday cleared the way for passengers to seek compensation for delayed flights from non-EU airlines operating flights on behalf carriers from within the bloc.