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At Least Three Migrants Dead Off Greece’s Lesvos
Authorities in Greece say at least three people died after a boat carrying refugees and migrants tried to cross from the Turkish coast to the island of Lesvos on Wednesday morning amid northerly winds of nine Beaufort.
The boat reached...
Diplomacy
US Secretary of State Blinken to Visit Greece on Saturday
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will pay a visit to Greece on Saturday where he will meet PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis as part of a tour in the wider region from January 4 to 11.
The meeting will take place...
Education
The Historic Opening of Greek Universities to Competition
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Greece will open the Greek universities to competition in a historic move announced last week. Greece is the only Western country that bans private universities. Greek PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis said: "This flagship legislation will be presented for public consultation...
Greek church
Greece Vows to Legalize Same-Sex Marriage Defying the Orthodox Church
Greece's government announced on Thursday that it will follow through on a pledge to legalize same-sex marriage, defying the country’s powerful Orthodox Church.
Government spokesperson, Pavlos Marinakis says the law will be introduced in parliament during the current session, which...
Education
Greece to Lift Ban on Private Universities in Historic Move
Greece will lift the ban on private universities, the conservative government of Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced this week in a historic move.
The initiative will be part of broader higher education reforms that will be introduced in a bill soon to...
Diplomacy
Turkey’s Erdogan Offers Greece Nuclear Energy
Upon his return to Ankara from his official trip to Athens, Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said he wants to develop cooperation with Greece on nuclear energy.
Speaking to reporters on his flight back from Greece, where he met Prime Minister...
Diplomacy
Full Text of the Friendship Declaration Between Greece, Turkey
On Thursday, Greece's Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan signed a joint declaration pledging to maintain good and friendly neighborly relations at the 5th meeting of the High-Level Cooperation Council held in Athens on Thursday afternoon.
The full...
Diplomacy
Mitsotakis, Erdogan Sign Friendship Declaration Between Greece and Turkey
PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis and President Recep Tayyip Erdogan signed a friendship declaration between Greece and Turkey in Athens on Thursday in a symbolic move that confirms the warming of relations between the two nations.
The declaration commits both countries "to...
Diplomacy
Greece Expects Mitsotakis-Erdogan Summit to Focus on Positive Agenda
Greece is expecting that the meeting between Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday in Athens will focus on advancing a positive agenda in relations with Turkey, the government spokesman said.
"We are looking forward to another significant step...
Environment
Poros to Become Greece’s Third ‘Green’ Island
Greece announced that the island of Poros will become the third "green island" in the Aegean following the islands of Astypalaia and Halki.
PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced the initiative at the 28th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations...