Riot police operate against demonstrators during clashes in Athens, March 5. [AP] On September 21, a Pakistani national who had been detained three days earlier at the Agios Panteleimonas police station in downtown Athens was found dead in his cell. Photos that circulated showed the victim with bruises all over his body. The official forensic …
[Shutterstock] Turkey on Saturday berated the European Union over the bloc’s Maritime Spatial Planning maps of the Aegean and Mediterranean seas which show the borders of Greece’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ) extending the full 200 nautical miles beyond the nation’s territorial sea. Greece has yet to officially declare an EEZ in the Aegean due to …
In a move to strengthen digital cooperation, Greece and France have reached several key agreements on artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, and startup collaborations. Greek Deputy Minister for Digital Governance Konstantinos Kyranakis visited Paris last Tuesday to attend the Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence (GPAI), an OECD council focused on setting ethical standards for AI. The visit …
[Intime News] Former premier Antonis Samaras has called on Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis to oust his foreign affairs chief, George Gerapetritis, for allegedly giving in to Turkish demands in ongoing talks aimed at maintaining a positive momentum between Athens and Ankara. Samaras, a hardline conservative who served as PM from 2012 to 2015, has in …
Greece will achieve higher-than-expected primary budget surpluses in the three-year period ending in 2026 and its debt will drop more than 10 percentage points from 2024 to 2026, according to the European Commission’s fall forecast. Responding to a question by Kathimerini, outgoing European Economy Commissioner Paolo Gentiloni called the drop in the debt a “great …
Austria’s energy company OMV was informed by Gazprom that the Russian gas producer would halt deliveries of natural gas via Ukraine to OMV from 0500 GMT on Nov. 16 following OMV winning an arbitration case. Supplies of Russian gas to Europe via Ukraine may completely stop from Jan. 1 2025 after the current five-year deal …
Libyan army cadets perform for an audience including the prime minister, the commander of the Turkish training mission, and other dignitaries at their graduation ceremony of in Tripoli, Libya, on Feb. 8, 2022. [Yousef Murad/AP] Turkey is steadily expanding its influence in Libya through a multifaceted approach that includes a significant military presence and ambitious …
Only days after meeting with his Greek counterpart in Athens, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan has reiterated his view that the his country’s dispute with Greece does not only concern maritime boundaries – specifically the continental shelf and exclusive economic zones (EEZ) – but also broader issues, including the “demilitarization” of Greek islands. “We have …
[Yannis Liakos/Intime News] A powerful storm named Alexandros continues to impact Greece, causing heavy rain and thunderstorms, with warnings of significant disruption. Triggered by a low-pressure system in the Ionian Sea, the storm has affected areas such as Thessaly, the Sporades, Evia and central mainland Greece. The heaviest rain was expected in eastern regions, particularly …
Shoppers look at products on display in a shoe store on downtown Athens’ Ermou Street, in a file photo. [InTime News] Sales rose 4.4% year-on-year in the third quarter of 2024, a number not satisfactory to retailers. According to the data published Friday by statistics agency ELSTAT, sales for all businesses were €128.24 billion in …