Deputy Foreign Minister Miltiadis Varvitsiotis sent a message to Turkey to abandon the rhetoric of tension and to refrain from actions that do not help in de-escalation, in an interview given earlier today to ERT1. On the occasion of the new Turkish Navtex, Mr. Varvitsiotis stressed that "Turkey should not behave like an unpredictable neighbor.
The progress in restoring power and the water supply to areas of Attica that were cut off due to the problems caused by the bad weather was examined at a technical meeting at the civil protection service on Wednesday, chaired by Civil Protection and Crisis Management Minister Nikos Hardalias.
The continuation of support measures for households and enterprises and of a fiscal loosening is necessary, and this need is even bigger in countries whose economies are largely dependent on the services sector and sectors such as tourism, Greek Finance Minister Christos Staikouras said on Monday, addressing a Eurogroup meeting.
The "Medea" severe weather front is in full swing, hitting Attica with heavy snowfall which in several areas have caused serious problems in the traffic of vehicles, public transport, but also in electricity.
The vaccination of those aged between 60 and 64 years old with the AstraZeneca vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 began in Greece on Monday, running parallel to the vaccinations of persons aged over 75 years old and frontline medical staff with the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines.
Several areas of the country are facing power problems, due to the severe weather front "Medea" which brought heavy snowfall and polar temperatures.
Dimitris Gertsos has gifted the painting "Glory" (Doxa) by Nikolaos Gyzis to the Greek nation offering it to the President of the Republic Katerina Sakellaropoulou.
The public should limit their activities outside of homes and always carry snow chains in their cars on national highways, Citizen Protection Minister Michalis Chryssohoidis said on Thursday, following a meeting at Civil Protection headquarters on Kifissias Avenue ahead of heavy snow expected this weekend.
Just 24 hours after the meeting and the agreement in Israel, between Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Benjamin Netanyahu for the anti-coronavirus drug prepared by Professor Nadir Arber, the contacts between the two countries began.
The first meeting of the foreign ministers of the Philia Forum was held on Thursday in Athens with the participation of Egypt, the United Arab Emirates, Cyprus, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, and France.
"There are regulations that address problems that go back decades, others that address current issues and others that open horizons to the future. The education ministry's bill we are discussing today has all three of these characteristics because it answers boldly to the perennial problem of safety in the universities. It establishes a modern method of admission and the selection of studies and upgrades higher education as a whole, synchronising it with the needs and the pace of the 21st century," Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis underlined on Thursday, addressing the parliamentary plenum during the debate on the education ministry bill.
Miami’s first Greek Orthodox church was founded in 1927 by Greek immigrants, including Marina Angleton’s grandfather, Angelo Kays, whose name appears on the cornerstone.
The American Hellenic Institute Foundation (AHIF) is accepting applications for its leading travel abroad program the AHIF College Student Foreign Policy Study Trip to Greece and Cyprus aimed to help Greek and Cypriot American college students better understand the core foreign policy issues important to the Greek American community. Barring any health concerns due to Covid-19, the trip is scheduled for June 22 - July 9, 2021.
The airport of Thessaloniki, delivered three months ahead of schedule, has been transformed into a totally different airport, almost double in size, with two terminals connected by an air bridge, a modern design in gray, brand new check-in areas, double departure gates, new restaurants and many additional facilities, a Fraport official told the Athens-Macedonian News Agency on Wednesday.