JEDDAH — Saudi Minister of Culture Prince Badr bin Farhan and his Hellenic counterpart Dr. Lina Mendoni chaired the first meeting of the Culture Committee of the Saudi-Hellenic Strategic Partnership Council.
Prince Badr stressed that this meeting (...)
Greek authorities say they have found 39 survivors and the bodies of two women on the small, remote island of Farmakonisi after a suspected migrant boat sank.
The coastguard said the migrants and bodies were found Monday morning but the vessel they (...)
Greece has signed a new defense agreement with France on Monday to acquire 16 Exocet anti-ship missiles, the latest in a series of arms purchases aimed at enhancing the country's military capabilities.
Defense Minister Nikos Dendias signed the deal (...)
A nationwide general strike in Greece has disrupted public services across the country, with ferries tied up in port, flights grounded and public transport running only part time as labour unions press for an end to lingering austerity measures (...)
A medical charity working in Greece says it has diagnosed six children living in a migrant facility on the eastern island of Samos as suffering from malnutrition, the first time its doctors have made such a diagnosis since the facility opened in (...)
This is the gravest crisis for Western security since the end of World War Two, and a lasting one. As one expert puts it, "Trumpism will outlast his presidency". But which nations are equipped to step to the fore as the US stands back?
At 09.00 one (...)
Police have detained 10 people after a fire at a nightclub in North Macedonia killed at least 59 people, officials have told the BBC.
The blaze broke out around 02:30 local time (01:30 GMT) on Sunday at the Pulse club in Kocani, where about 500 (...)
The Turkish and Greek Cypriot sides, as well as Turkey, Greece, the United Kingdom, and the EU, are set to meet on Monday to discuss the reunification of the Mediterranean island once again.
However, chances for a breakthrough remain low.
The island (...)
JEDDAH – On behalf of Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz, newly appointed Saudi ambassadors to several countries took the oath of office before Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman at Al-Salam Palace in (...)
RIYADH — Saudi Arabia's path to hosting the 2034 FIFA World Cup began as a long shot, with initial estimates giving the Kingdom no more than 1% chance of success.
But years of strategic planning, diplomatic engagements, and infrastructure investment (...)
Protesters in Athens launched gasoline bombs and fireworks in clashes with police on Wednesday night, following a fresh wave of nationwide demonstrations calling for politicians to be held accountable for a 2023 railway disaster that killed 57 (...)
Hundreds of thousands of people across Greece joined protests and strikes on Friday on the second anniversary of the nation's deadliest train crash, which has become a symbol of institutional failure and piled pressure on Prime Minister Kyriakos (...)
Leaked audio instructions by Greek rescue co-ordinators have cast further doubt on Greece's official version of events in the hours before a migrant boat sank along with up to 650 people onboard.
The Adriana went down in the early hours of 14 June (...)
RIYADH — The Saudi Hellenic Round Table Meeting, held in Riyadh on Wednesday, agreed to bolster the commercial and investment partnership between Saudi Arabia and Greece. The meeting explored investment opportunities in the construction sector (...)
The US has twice sided with Russia in votes at the UN to mark the third anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, highlighting the Trump administration's change of stance on the war.
First, the two countries opposed a European-drafted (...)
The external borders of the European Union registered more than 120,000 cases of pushback by national authorities against irregular migrants in 2024, according to a new report by a group of nine human rights organizations.
The report, released on (...)
The nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman was involved in a collision with a merchant ship near Egypt in the Mediterranean Sea on Wednesday night, a US Navy spokesperson said Thursday.
It's not clear what caused the collision between (...)
Accused Russian money launderer Alexander Vinnik is being released from US custody in exchange for Marc Fogel, a Trump administration source told CNN Wednesday.
Vinnik is accused of running a multibillion-dollar cryptocurrency exchange that (...)
Santorini has been hit by a powerful, shallow 5.3 magnitude earthquake, which is the strongest to strike the Greek island during recent seismic activity in the area.
The tremors were felt in Athens on Monday evening and measured a focal depth of (...)
Thousands of residents are fleeing the Greek island of Santorini amid a wave of seismic activity.
Some 6,000 people have left the island by ferry since Sunday, according to local media, with emergency flights scheduled to leave on Tuesday.
More than (...)
EU leaders on Monday didn't appear to have coalesced around key options to boost common spending in defence, calling for the European Commission to first explore ways they could increase their own national investments in the sector.
Leaders urged (...)
New Zealand has relaxed its visa requirements to allow tourists to work remotely while visiting the country in an effort to boost its tourism sector.
Under the new rules, visitors can now carry out remote working for a foreign employer while (...)
A marble statue of a woman, believed to be more than 2,000 years old, was found abandoned in a garbage bag near the Greek city of Thessaloniki, the Associated Press reported on Wednesday quoting police sources.
A resident discovered the (...)
ALULA — Saudi Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman and Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis held wide-ranging talks and co-chaired the Saudi-Greek Strategic Partnership Council at the winter camp in AlUla on Monday.
During the (...)
RIYADH — Saudi Minister of Energy Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman said that the electrical interconnection project between Saudi Arabia and Greece confirms the common desire between the two countries to enhance cooperation in the field of energy. "This (...)
