Greece
Diplomacy
Greek Foreign Minister Warns Albania After Removal of Bilingual Signposts
Greek Foreign Minister George Katrougalos warned Albania on Monday that Athens will take legal action if the rights of the Greek minority in Albania are compromised in any way.
Speaking at an event organized by the Institute of Alternative Politics...
Greek News
Panama’s New President-Elect Laurentino Cortizo Is of Greek Descent
Panama's new President-elect, Laurentino (Nito) Cortizo, is a 66-year old center-left politician with a diverse genealogical background, since his father is Spanish and his mother has direct Greek descent.
Cortizo, who leads Panama's Democratic Revolutionary Party (PRD), has won thirty-three...
Cyprus
Turkish President Erdogan Urges NATO to Support Ankara in Drilling Dispute off Cyprus
Speaking at NATO’s ''North Atlantic Council Mediterranean Dialogue Meeting'' held in Ankara on Monday, President Tayyip Erdogan said that Turkey expects NATO to support its rights in the Eastern Mediterranean.
Erdogan's remarks came only a few hours after a strong...
Cyprus
Cyprus Sends EEZ Coordinates to UN Amid Tensions Over Turkish Drilling
Cypriot authorities sent the geographical coordinates of the country's Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) to the United Nations on Monday, following Turkey's provocative actions inside the island's EEZ boundaries.
Nicosia also plans to publish the coordinates of its EEZ to the...
Business
Bureaucracy Limiting Number of Luxury Yachts Visiting Greece, Experts Warn
Professionals from businesses in Greece which work with foreign yacht-leasing companies, as well as owners of ultraluxury yachts, claim that Greek bureaucratic madness is forcing them to avoid the Greek seas every year.
According to a report in Greece's Kathimerini daily on...
Greece
Athens' Henry Dunant Hospital To Return To Greece's National Healthcare System
Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras chaired a meeting on Monday at Maximos Mansion in Athens with the managing director of Piraeus Bank and the president of the Onassis Foundation. The conference was called to examine the issue of buying out the...
Cyprus
Cyprus' President Appoints New Police Chief as Searchers Find Another Victim
President of the Republic of Cyprus Nicos Anastasiades appointed Kypros Michaelides as the new police chief of the country and Stylianos Papatheodorou as the new deputy chief of the police force, on Monday.
Michaelides has served as deputy chief under...
Greece
Greek Parliament to Open Confidence Vote Debate on Wednesday
Following a meeting between the Speakers of the House in the Greek Parliament, the debate regarding a confidence vote in the government will begin on Wednesday. It was also announced on Monday that the final vote will be held...
Greece
One-Armed Greek Boxer Returns to the Ring (video)
Vaggelis Chatzis, the world’s only one-armed boxer, returns to the ring this week in Athens for a rematch against his greatest rival, the Bosnian Mirko Zdralo.
Chatzis, who returned the ring last year after spending three difficult years recovering from...
Education
Greek Language Center Uses Scrabble to Promote Greek Around the World
The organization called the Center for the Greek Language (KEΓ) and the Greek Scrabble Union agreed recently to join forces and introduce the world-famous board game to Greek schools around the world in order to promote the Greek language.
KEΓ...