Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney arrived in Turkey on Thursday for a two-day visit seeking to forge a new partnership as Canada looks to reduce its dependence on the United States. Source link
Greece has achieved its first successful optical laser communication link with a low-Earth-orbit satellite, as the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA) and Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH) established a connection between the Greek ERMIS-3 nanosatellite and an optical ground station on Mount Holomontas. The achievement marks one of the first stable laser links …
A Greek military helicopter made a hard landing on the island of Kalymnos in the southeastern Aegean on Thursday morning. Source link
Meganisi’s municipal council has unanimously rejected a private company’s request to install and commercially operate floating moorings in four bays around the Ionian island, citing environmental, social and economic concerns. The proposal covers the coastal areas of Atherinos, Ampelaki, Limni and Elias/Petalou. Mayor Gerasimos Katopodis told the council that the company had advanced its plans …
The Greek Finance Ministry said on Thursday it was implementing sanctions in place linked to Iran and that it backed efforts to effectively combat money laundering and the financing of terrorism. Source link
Greece’s opposition PASOK party will bring the Turkish-Libyan maritime memorandum before the European Parliament in November, demanding its unequivocal condemnation and concrete EU sanctions while accusing the Greek government of failing to protect the country’s sovereign rights. The party’s four MEPs — Giannis Maniatis, Nikos Papandreou, Sakis Arnaoutoglou and Nikolas Farantouris — have launched a …
Greek police have discovered more than €100,000 in cash at the home of a second basketball referee arrested in a sweeping corruption investigation into alleged match-fixing, bringing the amount seized from two suspects’ homes to more than €920,000. Source link
Banks, financial institutions and businesses across Europe must prepare for sweeping changes to financial crime prevention as the European Union’s new anti-money laundering framework takes effect on 10 July 2027, placing greater emphasis on effective controls, reliable data and artificial intelligence. The new requirements aim to strengthen efforts to prevent money laundering and detect suspicious …
A major police operation was underway Thursday, targeting an alleged tax fraud scheme involving the owners of a well-known pizza restaurant chain, with at least €25 million in value-added tax (VAT) reportedly withheld. Source link
AI chatbots such as ChatGPT, Claude and Copilot are growing increasingly popular, but cybersecurity company ESET warns users to think carefully before sharing personal, medical, financial or confidential information with these tools. As artificial intelligence becomes part of everyday life, understanding what information to keep private has become an essential digital skill. ESET cautions that …