Responding to the unfolding global crisis triggered by the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis outlined the government’s strategy on three fronts in the coming period in a speech to Cabinet on Wednesday.
European Union leaders will phase out buying Russian oil, gas and coal as Moscow’s war on Ukraine makes them realise they have to be less dependent on Russia, a draft declaration showed, but they are unlikely to offer Ukraine the fast EU membership it seeks.
Archbishop Elpidophoros of America delivered a message of support to the Ukrainian people and condemned Russia’a invasion during a prayer service for Ukraine that was held at the Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral of Saint Volodymyr in New York on Wednesday.
A road in Ippokrateios Politeia, north of Athens, is blanketed in snow on Wednesday, as a weather system dubbed Filippos caused temperatures in much of the country to plummet and brought heavy snowfall.
Greek lawmakers approved on Wednesday evening a bill aiming to tackle sports-related violence.
Dimitris Kontominas, a Greek businessman that was involved in insurance, retail trade, cinema and was owner of television channel Alpha has died at the age of 83, the broadcaster announced Thursday.
Police is investigating the shooting of a man who was walking in the street in the district of Palio Faliro in southern Athens, early Thursday morning.
Around a third of patients infected with Covid-19 in recent days are aged between 4 and 18 years old, according to the National Organization for Public Health (EODY).
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and US President Joe Biden are scheduled to speak on the phone on Thursday, according to a statement by the Turkish government on Wednesday.
Government spokesperson Yiannis Economou on Wednesday referred to the good prospects for this year’s tourism season in a post on Twitter.