Greece

Lawyers in Athens announced a walkout on Thursday, when Parliament is set to pass the new Criminal Code and the Code of Criminal Procedure. 

A protest rally is also planned in Athens on Friday by the Bar Associations of Greece regarding the financial demands of the sector.

The Foreign Ministry has sent a note verbale to the Turkish government regarding two recent navigational telexes (Navtex) that Ankara issued reserving a large area in the Aegean for aeronautical exercises and linking Greece's sovereignty over a number of islands to their demilitarization.

Greece's Kathimerini newspaper just reported on the contents of the final draft of a letter from the State Department to Congress that implies that the F-16 and F-35 sales to Turkey and Greece come with conditions, refuting Ankara's narrative that no such letter existed.

Greece achieved another key distinction in the Nordic market after similar awards the country won in Norway in January. This time Greece was recognized as the Best Tourist Destination in the world for 2024 (The World's Best Tourist Country 2024) at the Grand Travel Awards (GTA) in Sweden.

Curious minds are invited to a unique Sunday stroll through time in the First Cemetery of Athens (3 Logginou) on February 18 at 12:30 p.m.

Organizing a business mission to Ukraine before the end of the year is among the top priorities of the Athens Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the President of ACCI Sophia Kounenaki-Efraimoglou has said. 

A 70-year-old woman was arrested on Saturday by officers of the police's Department of Cultural Heritage and Antiquities in Thessaloniki, northern Greece, after ancient objects and religious icons were found at her workplace and home.

The European Parliament's recent resolution and its rather obvious observations on the state of affairs in Greece would be rendered redundant if the country's political parties showed the slightest spirit of honesty. 

Niko Efstathiou, an Athens-based journalist and author who has reported extensively on the marriage equality bill, joins Thanos Davelis to look at Greece's approval of the landmark bill, and the ripple effects it is having beyond the country's borders.

The European Investment Bank (EIB) announced two new loans to Greek entities on Friday in Athens, worth more than 300 million euros between them.