Russia hits Ukraine’s port of Odesa during Zelenskiy and Greek PM visit
Odesa, Ukraine Reuters Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis were visiting the Black Sea port of Odesa on Wednesday when a Russian missile hit the infrastructure, close enough for leaders to see the strike. “It seems to me that we have not only heard, we have seen this strike today,” Zelenskiy […]
Church authorities in Greece slap religious ban on local politicians who backed same-sex marriage
Athens, Greece AP Backlash from the Orthodox Church of Greece against a landmark law allowing same-sex civil marriage intensified Tuesday, with a regional bishopric imposing a religious ban on two local lawmakers who backed the reform. Church authorities on the north-western island of Corfu accused the two opposition lawmakers of committing “the deepest spiritual and moral error” […]
Greeks strike to mark train crash anniversary, protest low wages
Athens, Greece Reuters Rail services will be halted and ships will remain docked at ports near the capital Athens on Wednesday, as workers walk off the job to mark the anniversary of the country’s deadliest train crash. A passenger train from Athens to the northern city of Thessaloniki collided head-on with a freight train on […]
Updated: Greece becomes first Orthodox Christian country to legalise same-sex civil marriage
Updated: 10:45am (AEDT) Athens, Greece AP Greece on Thursday became the first Orthodox Christian country to legalise same-sex civil marriage, despite opposition from the influential, socially conservative Greek Church. A cross-party majority of 176 lawmakers in the 300-seat parliament voted late Thursday in favour of the landmark bill drafted by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis ‘ center-right government. Another […]
Greek Orthodox Church: Marriage bill for LGBTQ couples tests church’s historic influence
The Greek Orthodox Church opposition to legalising marriage for anyone but traditional heterosexual couples is testing the church’s influence over Greek life. DAVID I KLEIN, of Religion News Service, reports…
Greece PM laments lack of progress with UK on Parthenon Sculptures
London, UKReuters Talks over a possible return of the British Museum’s Parthenon Sculptures to Athens are not advancing quickly enough, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Sunday as he prepared to meet British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak this week. Athens has long campaigned for the return of the Elgin Marbles, as they are often […]
Greek conservatives storm to victory in repeat election
Athens, Greece Reuters Greece’s conservative New Democracy party stormed to victory in a parliamentary election on Sunday with voters giving reformist Kyriakos Mitsotakis another four-year term as Prime Minister. With most votes counted, centre-right New Democracy was leading with 40.5 per cent of the vote and 158 seats in the 300-seat parliament, interior ministry figures […]
Greece’s ruling Conservatives win vote but fall short of majority
Athens, GreeceReuters Greece’s ruling New Democracy party stormed to a crushing victory in a parliamentary election on Sunday but fell just short of the threshold needed to form a government on its own, making a runoff election in a month more likely. With most votes counted, conservative New Democracy took a commanding lead of 40.8 […]