A 31-year-old mother of three has accused a Tesco supermarket of refusing her entry because of the backless top she was wearing during a heatwave, prompting an apology from the retailer. Alix Galatis said the incident occurred on 26 June at a Tesco store in Essex, where temperatures had reached 37°C. Mother of three says …
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Wednesday that NATO allies should take into account the concerns of all member states, citing Turkey’s longstanding casus belli against Greece. Source link
Saint Michael Baknanas was born in Athens in 1750 and lived in a neighbourhood beneath the Acropolis, near the area of today’s Ancient Agora. Living under Ottoman rule, Michael worked as a gardener. As a young Christian, he was pressured to convert to Islam, with promises of reward and favour reportedly followed by torture when …
Athens-listed company Quality & Reliability announced on Tuesday it is accelerating its expansion into Poland with the acquisition of a 51% stake in E-XIM IT SA. Source link
SYDNEY – A beloved member of Sydney’s Greek community has died after becoming trapped inside her burning apartment alongside the family’s dog in the eastern suburb of Randwick. Vicky Valacas, aged in her late 70s, was unable to escape after a fire broke out in the couple’s first-floor unit on Alison Road about 3pm on …
A special framework designed for Greece’s so-called “Just Transition” regions (such as western Macedonia and Megalopoli in the Peloponnese) has been detailed in an amendment submitted on Tuesday to Parliament by Deputy Prime Minister Kostis Hatzidakis. Source link
Cyprus faces a severe electricity deficit by 2030 unless the delayed natural gas terminal at Vassilikos is completed. Source link
Parliament’s Committee on Institutions and Transparency met in a tense session on Wednesday over requests to summon witnesses Grigoris Dimitriadis and Tal Dilian in connection with the wiretapping affair, which involves the illegal use of the Predator spyware to target politicians, journalists and defense officials. The requests were rejected by the governing majority. Source link
Former SYRIZA MP Katerina Notopoulou, who resigned her parliamentary seat earlier Wednesday, has expressed support for former prime minister Alexis Tsipras’s newly launched Greek Left Alliance (ELAS). Source link
The European Parliament adopted a resolution recognizing, for the first time, Cypriot women and girls as victims of crimes committed during Turkey’s 1974 invasion of Cyprus. Source link