
Greece Offered Patronage of Odesa in Exchange for Backing Ukraine’s EU Bid
Western leaders were in Athens for informal talks on the geopolitically thorny issue of Western Balkan accession into the EU.

Western leaders were in Athens for informal talks on the geopolitically thorny issue of Western Balkan accession into the EU.

Von der Leyen has been accused of a lack of professionalism for holidaying with the Greek prime minister in Crete amid multiple investigations into the Greek government’s use of spyware against opponents and the recent train disaster in Tempi.

The announcement was a response to the stabbing of a 29-year-old outside a Champions League qualifying game in Athens on August 7th.

Greece’s New Democracy’s gamble in calling a second election paid off as exit polls revealed the party won a majority of seats as the Greek Left splintered.

Despite accusations of negligence on the part of the Greek authorities, the conservative New Democracy is likely to secure one of the strongest right-wing majorities in the nation’s history.

New Democracy’s victory is the first time in 40 years that a ruling party in Greece has increased its share of the vote in a parliamentary election.

While a clear parliamentary majority seems unlikely, the center-right New Democracy is set to win Sunday’s election, and in large part due to the promise of building a wall and having the EU pay for it.

Ever since 2015, migration has been a central issue for most European nations. It is expected to become increasingly debated in Brussels as the European

This is the only investigation into the spyware business in Europe beyond the PEGA committee so far, though the committee has previously called on law enforcement to get involved.

Last month’s national rail tragedy might prove more damaging to Mitsotakis’ government than the wiretapping scandal which nearly sank it.