Iran says four oil tankers caught fire after striking mines in the Strait of Hormuz, a claim that directly challenges US assurances that the main shipping lanes through the waterway have been cleared. Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said on Thursday, 29 October, that over the previous 24 hours three “violating” oil tankers had …
The total capital Eldorado Gold is investing in the Skouries goldmine, in Halkidiki, now stands at $1.42 billion. Source link
New South Wales health authorities in Australia have acknowledged that more than 20,000 final-year secondary school students who received COVID-19 vaccinations at a mass vaccination centre in western Sydney in 2021 did not receive sufficient information about potential risks to provide informed consent. Western Sydney Local Health District (WSLHD) issued an apology in April 2022 …
The German-Greek Business Forum for Cybersecurity & Critical Infrastructure Protection will take place on November 10 in Thessaloniki, at the Mediterranean Palace Hotel. Visit [email protected]. Source link
Three extensive features have appeared in French online travel and gastronomy magazine Food & Sens, with a fourth feature expected, following a press trip to Patmos organised by the Greek National Tourism Organisation’s (GNTO) French Office from 5 to 12 September 2026. The GNTO organised the trip in cooperation with Food & Sens, with support …
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Poland is facing an escalating constitutional confrontation after the country’s Constitutional Tribunal became the centre of a bitter dispute over its leadership, judicial independence and the authority of Prime Minister Donald Tusk’s government. The Tribunal’s official website has published an announcement declaring that its President, Bogdan Święczkowski, and Vice-President, Bartłomiej Sochański, have been suspended from …
Athens-based indie-pop musician, songwriter and performer Olina will present her sophomore album, “What Moved You?”, in a live performance at Ilion Plus (17 Kodrigktonos). Source link
It could be a riddle of the type, “I am a monk with many shirts, and the more you strip me, the more you cry. What am I?” An onion. “On the one hand, I obstruct change, on the other, I turn everything upside down. What am I?” Elections. Source link
The Hellenic American Leadership Council (HALC) has called on Peloton to immediately remove a virtual cycling experience featuring the uninhabited Famagusta suburb of Varosha in Cyprus from its 2026 Halloween collection, condemning the company’s decision to use a place associated with decades of displacement and unresolved injustice as a setting for seasonal entertainment. Source link