Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis speaks during a plenary session at the COP29 UN Climate Summit, Wednesday, in Baku, Azerbaijan. [AP] The world needs to be “more honest” about the trade-offs needed to keep global temperatures down, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis told the UN climate summit in Baku on Wednesday. “Europe and the world …
Defense Minister Nikos Dendias is set to introduce a significant overhaul of the nation’s military structure, aiming for greater efficiency and modernization across all branches of the Hellenic Armed Forces. The detailed plan will be presented in Parliament on Wednesday, with an advance briefing given to members of the National Defense and Foreign Affairs Committee. …
Starting November 28, Greece will introduce a program of free afternoon surgeries aimed at reducing long waiting times for patients. Funded by the Recovery and Resilience Fund, this initiative is expected to benefit up to 37,000 patients who have been waiting for surgery for over four months, according to Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis. Deputy Health …
Starting this Friday, young people and couples in Cyprus will be able to apply for financial assistance through a new housing plan. The program, designed to support those up to the age of 41, will accept applications online until December 31, 2024. The island’s Interior Ministry announced that applications must be submitted via the official …
The steady downward trend of nonperforming loans (NPLs) in the Cypriot banking system continued in August, showing a further decrease of 15 million euros to €1.63 billion (from €1.65 billion in July), according to data released on Tuesday by the Central Bank of Cyprus. Source link
[Intime] Olympiakos and Panathinaikos scored hard-fought home wins for the Euroleague on Tuesday, at the start of another double week. The Reds registered their fourth win in a row (all of them in Greece), this time downing Villeurbanne 94-92 at the Peace and Friendship Stadium. The Piraeus team actually survived a major scare from its …
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United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres informed Cyprus President Nikos Christodoulides that all parties have agreed to proceed with plans for an expanded meeting on the Cyprus issue. The expanded meeting, which aims to bring together key stakeholders, is seen as a crucial step toward resolving the Cyprus issue and fostering lasting peace in the region. …
How did this happen? How did a twice-impeached insurrectionist and convicted felon make it back to the presidency of the most powerful and oldest democracy in the world? One explanation is political. Donald Trump rode a huge anti-incumbency wave into power. Another is structural, reflecting deeper flaws in American democracy that Trump’s candidacy and victory …
Most cyberattacks in Greece are not reported as entities do not realize that their systems have been compromised, the head of the National Cybersecurity Authority has said. Addressing the annual conference of the Institute of Internal Auditors Greece, Michail Bletsas, who is also the director of computing at MIT’s Media Lab, added that major cyberattacks …