PM: Channels with Turkey must stay open
Mitsotakis dismisses calls to postpone Ankara visit over monastery’s conversion into mosque
Mitsotakis dismisses calls to postpone Ankara visit over monastery’s conversion into mosque
Greek and Turkish officials are trying to finalize the details of the visit by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis to Ankara on May 13, when he will meet with the president of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
In Gaziantep, Turkey, archaeologists have excavated three stunning mosaics, shedding light on the grandeur of the ancient Greek city of Zeugma.
Following a surge that began before the war in Ukraine, electricity and gas bills in Greece saw a decrease in the latter half of 2023, offering some respite to consumers.
Prevailing west-northwesterly winds will gradually carry the dust toward the Aegean sea, while high concentrations of dust are expected on Thursday over the islands of the Dodecanese
These beaches, numbering 198 across the country, fall within the Natura 2000 network and will be off-limits for concession and, by extension, for the placement of umbrellas, sunbeds, etc.
Officials on the popular island of Rhodes have opened a new visa terminal for Turkish visitors as part of a diplomatic effort to ease long-standing tensions between the two cuntries.
Alternate Minister of National Economy and Finance Nikos Papathanasis submitted on Wednesday to the European Commission the 4th payment request, amounting to 2.3 billion euros, for the loan part of the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF).
But the plan has irked Greece’s neighbor and regional rival, Turkey, while environmental organizations say the initiative doesn’t go far enough, noting that the country also allows environmentally harmful practices such as energy exploration in sensitive marine environments.
According to an article in Politico, citing Greek banking sources, the European Central Bank is expected to give the go-ahead in June for the four systemic lenders.
Greek-Turkish relations, often tense, have been relatively normal since February 2023, when Greece sent rescue teams in the wake of two devastating earthquakes in eastern Turkey.
Greece is emerging as a major destination for solo female travellers, according to a recent survey by Time Out.
“The Greek government will persistently uphold the sovereignty and sovereign rights of the country within the framework of foreign policy principles,” it said.
Greece is expected to finalize a deal for the purchase of 7 fire-fighting aircraft from Canada early next week during the official visit of PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis to Montréal, and Toronto.
Νο agreement was signed between Greece and Ukraine during Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis' recent visit to Odessa, government sources said on Thursday.
"The statements of the Turkish president regarding the illegal invasion of Cyprus in 1974 constitute a blatant distortion of the historical truth and an insult to the memory of the victims," according to Greek diplomatic sources on Tuesday.
At the East Macedonia & Thrace Forum, the US Ambassador to Greece George Tsounis, announced that on April 4, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis will be at the Oval Office where he will meet with US President Joe Biden.
The first afternoon surgeries in Greece began on Tuesday at Papageorgiou Hospital.
In an interview conducted by Kathimerini Cyprus’ Panayiotis Rougalas, Bank of Greece Governor Yannis Stournaras shed light on various aspects of the Cypriot monetary policy and economic landscape.
Marina Satti takes centre stage for Greece at Eurovision 2024 with her dynamic song "Zari," which translates to "thread" in Greek.
The unemployment rate in Greece dropped to 10.5% in the fourth quarter of 2023