A cemetery for Russian soldiers who have died in the war with Ukraine in Ulan-Ude, Russia, May 30, 2023. Concrete information about Russian casualties is sparse, but some journalists and researchers have found innovative ways to count them, and British and Ukrainian military officials, as well as BBC researchers, claim that Russia suffered its highest …
Judicial authorities have reportedly filed criminal charges against the president and four senior officials of Olympiakos soccer club in connection with a major case involving 167 defendants accused of being part of a criminal organization in Greek soccer. The activities of this organization have also been linked to the death of a police officer late …
New Democracy’s ethics committee has unanimously approved Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’ decision to expel former prime minister and lawmaker Antonis Samaras from the ruling party’s parliamentary group. According to reports, no objections were raised during the brief session on Tuesday. The decision is set to be formally submitted to the speaker of Parliament on Wednesday. …
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Greece’s major labor unions are set to stage a general strike on Wednesday, protesting the rising cost of living and demanding better wages and collective agreements. The strike, organized by the civil servants’ union ADEDY and private-sector union GSEE, which collectively represent over two million workers, will bring public transportation to a standstill. Rallies are …
For the first time, Asia Minor studies will have a focused presence in Greek higher education with a new endowed chair at the University of Macedonia’s Department of Balkan, Slavic and Oriental Studies. The chair focusing on Asia Minor – Anatolia in modern Turkey – aims to bridge Balkan and Middle Eastern research. According to …
While Parliament is a hotbed of contention and tension, Greece’s main political parties agree on the core principles of democratization, Europeanization and modernization, the writer argues. [AMNA] This is politics in Greece in the fall of 2024, half a century after the restoration of democracy: intense and constant fighting between the opposition and the government …
[Giorgos Zachos/InΤime News] Greece is set to implement stricter regulations for light personal electric vehicles (LPEVs) as part of a new traffic code being pushed by Deputy Transport Minister Vassilis Oikonomou. With scooter use rising in cities, the regulations aim to ensure safer integration of micro-mobility vehicles, such as scooters, alongside pedestrians and cyclists. New …
Greece’s four systemic banks are expected to record profits amounting to 4.7 billion euros this year, against €3.6 billion in 2023, raising the dividend to be distributed close to €2 billion, up from €875 million in 2023. The key to the soaring of dividend allocation, the doubling of profits that Alpha, National, Eurobank and Piraeus …
Adamos Marneros, captain of the last Cyprus Airways plane that landed at Nicosia International Airport on July 20, 1974, photographed at the derelict airport. [Andros Efstathiou] On Friday July 19, 1974, 30-year-old pilot Adamos Marneros was glued to his television screen in London. The British networks, first and foremost the BBC, were constantly relaying information …