Greece

Police on Monday announced three separate drug busts from traffic stops in northern Greece that led to the confiscation of more than 200 kilograms of cannabis.

A Greek businessman who had sought refuge in the Greek Embassy in Tehran after claiming to have received death threats from officials in Iran, has returned to Greece.

Dimitris Cambis had been arrested, according to Iranian state media, on charges he allegedly illegally sold three Iranian oil tankers valued at a total of $100 million back in 2013.

Speaking at the Greek-American Chamber of Commerce conference on “Time of the Greek Economy,” Greek Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos officially acknowledged that that the creditors are pushing for additional measures for 2018 and on.

Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos on Monday called on the International Monetary Fund not to seek a compromise that would be detrimental to Greece in comments at the 27th annual conference of the Hellenic-American Chamber of Commerce.

Greek central banker Yiannis Stournaras said the European Central Bank (EBC) was prepared to support the Eurozone, if necessary.

The Greek Meteorological Services (EMY) issued a new severe weather bulletin Monday warning of snow falls and low temperatures until Thursday. The report forecasts heavy rainfalls and storms for the Ionian region, Epirus, mainland Greece (including Attica), Euboea, the Peloponnese, the Sporades and Cyclades islands and the Dodecanese.

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu spoke with United Nations Special Adviser on Cyprus Espen Barth Eide over the phone late Nov. 27 after a recent failure in peace talks.

A fire broke out at a reception center for migrants in Nea Kavala, Kilkis, in northern Greece, on Monday morning, causing damage but no injuries and fuelling upheaval on the premises.

According to sources, the fire broke out in an area of the facility which was being used as a makeshift school for young refugees. 

Israeli president Reuven Rivlin expressed his country’s sincere gratitude to Greek President Prokopis Pavlopoulos, during a phone contact Monday, for Greece’s immediate response and contribution to Israel’s battle against the recent wildfires that plagued the country.

Greek PM Alexis Tsipras will be departing for Cuba Monday night to attend the 9-day public mourning ceremony for the deceased former Cuban President-dictator Fidel Castro. Tsipras will be among other world leaders in attendance at the Plaza de la Revolucion where the people of Cuba will gather to honour Castro.