Greek Archbishop Ieronymos on Friday said that he is “deeply shocked” by developments in Ukraine and expressed hope that “prudence and reason will prevail” to end Russian hostilities against the eastern European nation.
More than 9,700 impoverished families in the port city of Piraeus and the islands of Salamina, Spetses, Hydra, Aegina, Angistri and Kythira are expected to benefit from a European Union-backed assistance program next month.
Temperatures in northern Greece dropped by as much as 11 degrees Celsius in the early hours of Friday compared to Thursday, as a result of clear skies and light, chilly winds.
The consortium of Mytilineos, Rover Maritime and HDK has been chosen for the expansion of the sixth dock at the port of Thessaloniki, a project budgeted at 150 million euros.
Greek Tourism Minister Vassilis Kikilias sought to increase tourism flows to Greece from Romania on Wednesday, during an official visit to Bucharest with Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis.
Kathimerini’s Vassilis Nedos and Yannis Palaiologos join our host Thanos Davelis with the latest reports and analysis from Athens and Brussels on what we know so far about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Israeli President Isaac Herzog arrived in Athens Thursday for an official visit, ahead of his trip to Cyprus next week and before his planned talks with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Ankara.
President Vladimir Putin “must and will fail,” top European Union leaders said on Friday as they agreed new sanctions over his invasion of Ukraine.
As shock waves reverberated across the world after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine Thursday, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis condemned “revisionist actions and brute force which will unfortunately cause the loss of many innocent lives.”
Value-added tax evasion continues in used car imports, with state coffers being defrauded of millions of euros every year.