In response to a pointed question from Zoi Konstantopoulou, leader of the opposition party Plefsi Eleftherias, Gerapetritis emphasised that Greece is actively engaged in diplomatic efforts to bring peace to the region.
The meeting was prompted by the joint postgraduate course that will be offered by the two universities on "Global Environmental Sciences and Public Health", with financing from the Recovery and Resilience Fund.
This new authority will be designed along the lines of similar authorities elsewhere - mainly in Scandinavian countries, with Sweden being the closest example to what the government is trying to do in Greece, he said.
“Athens, whose wider metropolitan area is home to 3.6 million people, narrowly avoided a catastrophic fire—but only just,” the FT article notes, reminding readers of the devastating fire in 2024, when flames reached the Halandri area after passing through Penteli.
“At a time when a significant effort is being made by the UN Secretary General on the Cyprus problem, with the resumption of the informal talks and the appointment of Maria Angela Holguin Cuellar as Personal Envoy, any action to create a fait accompli in the occupied territories is an extremely negative development,” Greek diplomatic sources noted on Sunday, swiftly responding to Erdogan’s statements.
Despite this, the BoG maintained its forecast for the growth rate of the Greek economy in 2025 unchanged at 2.3%, a performance much higher than the average of the eurozone
