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Turkey’s top court awards Greek citizen right to property appeal

In an unprecedented decision, Turkey’s Constitutional Court overturned the revocation of a certificate of inheritance by Istanbul-born Greek citizen Ionis Maditinos. Mr Maditinos lost his Turkish citizenship when he acquired …

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Imposing olive tree on Corfu planted around 928 AD say German scientists

An olive tree on Corfu, known by locals as ‘Evdokia’, has been estimated to be between 1086 and 1200 years of age following studies by German scientists from the Dresden …

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Justice for Cyprus

I grew up among people who were never able to return to their homes. They spent their entire lives pining for their wives and children, wondering about the state of …

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Former Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Terens Quick out of Greek parliament

The Greek election results, which saw the country’s opposition party New Democracy return to power have caused a stir. Greece’s Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Terens Quick, a candidate for …

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Makronissos, former prison island in Greece, declared archaeological site

The Greek island of Makronissos has been declared an area of archaeological interest. The decision was announced on Tuesday 2 July by the Central Archaeological Council (KAS), the Greek Culture …

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Greek Elections 2019: They showed up by horse and warship in strange attire and with smoke grenades

Voters across Greece turned up to vote on Sunday in the first parliamentary elections in the post-bailout era. Some went to extreme lengths to get to the ballots despite the …

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New Greek PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis is a scion of one of Greece’s most influential political families

Greek Prime Minister elect Kyriakos Mitsotakis is a 51-year-old reformist lawmaker who became head of the conservative New Democracy party in January 2016. At a time when socialist PASOK crumbled …

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158 conservative seats in 300-member Greek Parliament, as voters turn backs on Golden Dawn

The conservative New Democracy Party has a clear mandate to govern with 40 per cent of the tally and 158 deputies, according to predictions of the Internal Affairs Ministry with …

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Kyriakos Mitsotakis gets strong four-year mandate as ‘a new day dawns’

Greece’s opposition New Democracy party returned to power after a landslide victory in the Greek 7 July elections. The conservative had a 39.6 per cent lead of the vote based …

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Greek leaders cast their votes: Here’s what they had to say

The ballots opened for Greek voters on Sunday for the first national election in the post-bailout era. A total of 21,478 polling stations opened at 7am and will close at …

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