BRUSSELS - European Union leaders over a two-day summit of the special European Council will discuss economic and competitiveness issues in Ukraine, Türkiye, the Middle East and Lebanon, stated Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis upon his arrival in Brussels on Wednesday night.
LESBOS, Greece (AP) — Most drowned making the hazardous sea crossing from nearby Turkey, while others died of natural causes in migrant camps on the Greek island of Lesbos.
ATHENS - After Israel’s Iron Dome air defense system - with help from French, American and British fighter jet pilots - knocked Iranian missiles and drones from the skies during an attack, Greece is looking to create a similar protection method.
ATHENS - Long the ruler of the world’s waves, Greek shipowners have been fending off tough competition from China, and now Japan, but still are first with 17% of the globe’s fleet in terms of Dead Weight Tonnage (DWT.
ATHENS — Strikes called by Greece’s largest labor union halted ferries and public transport services in Athens and elsewhere Wednesday.
ATHENS - Hellenic Post (ELTA) - the Greek postal service - was advised a year before a 2022 cyberattack that a check of its computer systems had found it was susceptible to hacks but didn’t have defenses in place to stop it.
After being urged by Bank of Greece Governor Yannis Stournaras, the European Central Bank (ECB) is reportedly poised to let the country’s Big 4 banks pay dividends when supervisors take it under consideration in June.
ATHENS – The funeral of the great actor of stage and screen Giannis Fertis was held at the First Cemetery of Athens on April 16.
ATHENS - Parents of school children being bullied reached out for help on a new online platform set up that drew 41 complaints - eight from students - after being set up in the wake of a rise in violence at schools.
ATHENS - Expecting another record year in tourism to surpass the numbers in 2023 in arrivals and revenues, Greece’s infrastructure - particularly on overwhelmed islands - isn’t adequate to deal with the demands even as more resorts keep opening.
ATHENS - Upset over low wages and the refusal of their publishers to sign agreements for collective bargaining, Greek journalists went on a 24-hour strike on April 16, also complaining about a lack of media plurality.
ATHENS — Greece aims to create two large marine parks as part of a 780-million-euro ($830 million) program to protect biodiversity and marine ecosystems, with the plans to be formally announced at an international oceans conference starting in Athens Tuesday.
ATHENS - Greece’s ruling New Democracy party, which said it would veto Albania’s hopes of joining the European Union over the jailing of Fredi Beleri, the elected Mayor of Himare, put him on its list of candidates for the European Parliament.