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Greece first to approve North Macedonia joining NATO
After holding up its admission for years, Greece became the first nation Friday to ratify North Macedonia’s membership of NATO
Iran criticizes Greece, Italy for not buying its oil despite US waivers
Iran’s oil minister on Tuesday criticized Greece and Italy for not buying its oil despite U.S. waivers and said they
Greece to ratify North Macedonia’s NATO membership this week
Greece is set to ratify North Macedonia’s accession agreement with NATO this week after the two countries reached a historic
Greek Premier to visit Ankara amid simmering tensions
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras heads to Ankara Tuesday in the latest effort to improve relations with regional rival Turkey.
Prehistoric tusk discovered in Florina mine
A prehistoric tusk was discovered on Wednesday at the mine of Amyntaion, Florina, by employees of the Public Power Corporation
Quake rocks Greek island, no major injuries reported
A strong earthquake off a western Greek tourist island early Friday morning was felt as far away as Athens, but
After holding up its admission for years, Greece became the first nation Friday to ratify North Macedonia’s membership of NATO after the two states resolved a decades-old name dispute last month.
NATO members signed the accord with North Macedonia this week, days after the Greek parliament endorsed an agreement between Athens and Skopje that changes FYR Macedonia’s name to North Macedonia.
Staring down strong domestic opposition from Greeks worried the Balkan neighbor was appropriating Greek heritage, the government of leftist Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras pushed the name change through parliament on Jan. 25.
Under NATO alliance rules, North Macedonian membership now has to be approved by each member state, giving Greek lawmakers the opportunity for another round of verbal jousting over the controversy.
“I feel we did our patriotic duty. We did what is right,” Tsipras told parliament during a heated debate Friday.
The dispute had frustrated North Macedonian attempts to join the…
The course of digital works in Greece was at the heart of the meetings on Tuesday between the Minister of Digital Policy, Telecommunications and Information, Nikos Pappas and the commissioners of Regional Policy Korina Kretsu
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras announced on Monday plans to increase the standard minimum monthly wage by about 11 percent, the first such hike since the country’s debt crisis erupted almost a decade ago. The
“The Greek government is moving in a logical and wise manner,” German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz said during a press conference in Berlin, referring to the strategy followed by the Greek government that is negotiating
Yorgos Lanthimos’ latest film, “The Favourite” has received a total of ten Oscar nominations, just a few weeks ahead of the 91st Oscars Award Ceremony, which will take place on Sunday, February 24th (Monday morning
On This Day
February 21
- 1915: Prime Minister Eleftherios Venizelos resigned after a series of disagreements - mostly focused around entry into World War I - with King Constantine I.
- 1941: Seven Italian aircraft were downed over Greece in a single day during World War II.
- 1985: Publisher Nikos Momferatos of the daily paper Apogevmatini and his driver were killed in Kolonaki. The Revolutionary Organisation 17 November assumed responsibility.
- 1993: Turkish PM, Turgut Ozal, accused Greece of "chauvinism" in relation to FYROM's use of the name "Macedonia".
- Births: Olympia Snowe, Greek-American politician (1947), Angelos Dionysiou, singer (1957)
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Iran’s oil minister on Tuesday criticized Greece and Italy for not buying its oil despite U.S. waivers and said they
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Greece first to approve North Macedonia joining NATO
After holding up its admission for years, Greece became the first nation Friday to ratify
Iran criticizes Greece, Italy for not buying its oil despite US waivers
Iran’s oil minister on Tuesday criticized Greece and Italy for not buying its oil despite
