Two Hellenic Navy frigates participate in an exercise in the central and northern Aegean, on September 20, 2024. [Defense Ministry/InTime News] “The more things change, the more they stay the same,” a song by Greek singer Nikos Papazoglou goes. This feeling is prominent when it comes to Greek-Turkish relations. Tensions, threats, and Turkish claims make …
[INTIME] New Democracy’s Ethics Committee will meet at 6 p.m. Tuesday to take up the issue of Antonis Samaras’ expulsion from the ruling party’s parliamentary group. Some committee members, like MP Theodoros Karaoglou, who are on mission’s abroad have been told to bring forward their return. Karaoglou was due to return from Buenos Aires, Argentina, …
[Reuters] The electrical interconnection of Cyprus with Greece is a major opportunity for the island, both in terms of energy and politically, US Assistant Secretary of State for Energy Resources Geoffrey Pyatt said at a roundtable discussion organized by the Delphi Economic Forum at the COP29 summit in Baku. The power link will help in …
Dead fan mussels litter a beach on Lesvos, in the eastern Aegean, in a 2020 file photo. Living populations of the endangered noble pen shell (Pinna nobilis) are now found in only two locations in Greece: the Gulf of Kalloni on Lesvos and the Amvrakikos Gulf in northwestern Greece. Even in these areas, illegal fishing …
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, in his weekly address on Sunday, pledged to shield consumers from excessive electricity price increases, announcing that a European Commission delegation will visit Athens to address profiteering in the energy sector. Reflecting on the 51st anniversary of the 1973 Polytechnic Uprising, Mitsotakis underscored the enduring relevance of its message of “unity …
[Intime News] The Environment Ministry has commissioned the Athens Academy and other institutions to create a national climate database that will allow Greek authorities to better predict extreme weather events. Bringing together the expertise and know-how of the National Observatory of Athens and the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, among others, the database will also allow …
The gates of Athens’ Polytechnic University closed Sunday, as the city marked the 51st anniversary of the 1973 pro-democracy student uprising, culminating in the traditional march to the US Embassy. Despite rainy weather, families, local officials and citizens gathered at the historic site to honor those who resisted Greece’s military dictatorship. Parliament President Konstantinos Tasoulas …
[InTime News] Following the death of a 12-year-old boy after he was hit by a car while riding an electric scooter earlier this month, the government is planning stricter laws regulating the use of such vehicles on the country’s roads. They will be part of the new traffic code that is currently in the public …
College Year in Athens will host a lecture on the clash between agrarian life and military demands in ancient Greece on Wednesday at 7 p.m. K. Scarlett Kingsley, Associate Professor of Classics at Agnes Scott College in the US, will deliver the talk, titled “The perils of agrarianism: The breakdown of the hoplite-farmer in …
[InTime News] Former PM Antonis Samaras is not going down quietly. In a lengthy statement issued shortly after his expulsion from the party he once led, Samaras accuses Mitsotakis of being cut off from the party base and of leading a party that bears little resemblance of what New Democracy is and what it stands …