‘Russian aggression is a wake-up call’
In recent weeks the eminent economist and professor at Columbia University Jeffrey Sachs has been quite critical over Washington’s handling of Ukraine.
In recent weeks the eminent economist and professor at Columbia University Jeffrey Sachs has been quite critical over Washington’s handling of Ukraine.
On February 27, 2022 the new German government decided on a historical shift of its foreign policy and security doctrine, with consequences not only for Germany but for Europe and the Western alliance at large.
Russia’s unexpected invasion of Ukraine represents the “undoing of the regime of peace and security” and has ushered in “a new cold war that no one knows how it will end,” Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Thursday.
Kosovo’s parliament approved a resolution on Thursday asking the government to start negotiations on NATO membership following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Over 15 countries, including Greece, have called for a special meeting with the UN’s shipping agency to discuss the safety of ships and their crews sailing through the Black Sea and Sea of Azov after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and growing dangers to vessels.
The Supreme Court fired seven judges on Wednesday after finding shortcomings in the performance their duties, such as failing to issue court decisions. In one case, a judge had failed to issue decisions for about 400 cases that were heard in 2012.
Former Citizen Protection Minister Michalis Chrysochoidis, and former MP and minister of the socialist political party PASOK, met with Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Thursday, with the two men stating that Chrysochoidis will be on the next electoral ballot of conservative ruling party, New Democracy.
Greece is making every possible effort to ensure the protection of the Greek community in Ukraine in very difficult conditions said Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias on Thursday during joint statements with visiting Czech Republic Foreign Minister Jan Lipavsky after their meeting in Athens.
The American Hellenic Institute (AHI) has appointed retired Vice Admiral Vasileios Kyriazis as the Chapter President of AHI-Athens. He assumed his role on March 1, succeeding George Economou who had held the post since 2009.