News archive of June 2023

Data from the SKY ECC communications app, seized in a French and Dutch-led police operation, cannot be legally used in criminal proceedings, lawyers from Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro concluded in a debate in Belgrade.

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General view of the CHP's headquarters with poster of the Turkish presidential candidate Kemal Kilicdaroglu (cente), leader of the opposition Republican People's Party (CHP), in Ankara, Turkey, 28 May 2023. Photo: EPA-EFE/SEDAT SUNA

A 4.2 magnitude earthquake struck off the Cycladic island of Amorgos on Friday morning. There were no immediate reports of injuries or damage.

According to the Athens-based Institute of Geodynamics, the epicenter of the 4.2 magnitude quake was located 23 km southeast of Arkesini, at a depth of 17 km.

HALC's Erini Kosmas interviews Harris Mylonas about SYRIZA's defeat in the last election, the resignation of Alexis Tsipras from SYRIZA's leadership, and the future of the left in Greece in the wake of New Democracy's massive victory 

Italian police have identified a man who carved the name "Ivan" in Latin letters on the wall of the Colosseum in Rome.

The Supreme Court has sent shockwaves through higher education with a landmark decision that struck down affirmative action and left colleges across the nation searching for new ways to promote student diversity.

Despite a slight lag in hotel occupancies in Athens and Attica compared to 2019, the nightly rate has increased by more than 20%, while revenue per available room has improved by 15%, at least in the first five months of this year, according to data released on Thursday by the Athens-Attica and Argosaronic Hotel Association (EXAA).

On the last working day of the week, traditionally, increased traffic towards the sea side is expected. Despite the early hour, the traffic at the entrance to Burgas from AM "Trakia" is already busy.

The ambush had been postponed three times before Ukrainian commanders decided one recent night that conditions were finally right. Cloaked in darkness, a battalion of Kiev's 129th brigade pressed ahead, advancing stealthily on unsuspecting Russian soldiers.

By the time the Russians situated along the front line realized they were under attack, it was too late.

French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday announced measures including more police and urged parents to keep minors off the streets as he battled to contain nightly riots over a teenager's fatal shooting by an officer in a traffic stop.