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The government is seeking to close a turbulent chapter following the resignation on Saturday of Deputy Agriculture Minister Makarios Lazaridis. Officials judged that the political fallout from Lazaridis’ 2007 irregular appointment as a scientific adviser – despite lacking required qualifications – was compounding the damage from the ongoing OPEKEPE farm subsidy case, particularly due to …
[Shutterstock] The creation of LNG facilities for ships, the full integration of the railway network into the port infrastructure and the separation of the freight from the passenger sector are the central points of the Patra Port Authority planning. The Presidential Decree published concerns the master plan, the technical specifications and land uses that allow …
An earthquake measuring 4.6 struck Sunday morning off Crete, south of the Lasithi region. The tremor, which occurred shortly after 10 a.m., was primarily felt across the eastern parts of the island. Authorities reported no disturbances or damages following the event. According to initial data, the epicenter was located in the sea approximately 21 kilometers …
File photo [Shutterstock] A man was discovered unconscious at a house in the greater Patras area of western Greece early Sunday morning, after emergency services responded to reports of a fire at the property. Firefighters arriving at the scene, in the suburb of Aktaio, entered the scorched residence and located the man inside. During their …
File photo. Dora Bakoyannis, a former minister and senior lawmaker with ruling New Democracy, said Saturday that Makarios Lazaridis should resign as deputy agriculture minister to “facilitate the prime minister and his party” amid controversy over his academic qualifications. “This whole story is very troubling and comes at a cost for us,” she told Mega …
File photo. The contract governing natural gas flows from Iran to Turkey is due to expire in the coming months, and the two countries could hold discussions on a possible extension, although no negotiations are under way at present, Turkey’s Energy Minister Alparslan Bayraktar said on Saturday. Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of a …
Hours after senior New Democracy lawmaker Dora Bakoyannis called for the resignation of Deputy Agriculture Minister Makarios Lazaridis to “facilitate the prime minister and his party,” the main opposition PASOK on Saturday sharply criticized Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis for keeping him in the cabinet. “The prime minister’s insistence on keeping Mr Lazaridis in the cabinet …
[InTime News] The main opposition PASOK on Saturday sharply criticized Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis following the resignation of his recently appointed deputy agriculture minister, saying Makarios Lazaridis ultimately stepped down on his own after days of government protection. Lazaridis, appointed in a recent cabinet reshuffle after several ministers resigned over an ongoing farm subsidies scandal, …
[Ulrike Scheibe / Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Museum für Vor- und Frühgeschichte] A rare 3rd‑century BC bronze coin depicting the goddess Athena was found in a field in Spandau, Berlin, marking the first discovery of its kind in the region. The 12‑millimeter coin was formally presented by Berlin’s State Office for Monument Protection and has been …
Advancing Greek Heritage Language Education in Canada: The Hellenic Relay – A Community Action Study” (Springer, 2026), edited by professor of Modern Hellenic Language and Culture Themistoklis Aravossitas and professor of Linguistics and Language Education, Marianthi Oikonomakou. A newly presented volume on Greek heritage language education in Canada has brought renewed attention to the future …