Politis

Moscow announced on Tuesday that it is blocking access within Russia to the broadcasts of 81 media outlets from the European Union, including several from Greece and Cyprus.

Alexandra Stasinopoulou, member of the Board of Directors of the Michael N. Stassinopoulos-Viohalco Public Benefit Foundation, and Antonis Politis, professor of psychiatry at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, stand outside the Mentor Healthy Ageing Center in Tegea, in southern Greece.

GCM President Bill Papastergiadis OAM stressed that “The GCM is willing to assist Mr. Politis in his efforts and will be considering bringing the photographic exhibition to Melbourne”

The www.gov.gr digital portal, which allows citizens to conduct dozens of hassle-free transactions with the state, has added a section dedicated to services for Greeks living abroad. 

Cyprus will offer Ukraine technical training on landmine clearing as part of its humanitarian assistance, its defense minister said on Friday.

Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov, who is visiting Cyprus on Friday, is set to tour areas where the training will take place.

The abstract figures of naked women gyrating to the rhythms of a five-piece band had shocked many people almost 60 years ago as they eyed the artwork for the first time on the walls of a popular restaurant-nightclub in Cyprus.

New information has emerged about a controversial spy van in Cyprus, with reports suggesting police may have known about its special capabilities in advance.
According to daily Politis, Cypriot police may have collaborated with an Israeli high-tech company on the island that offers surveillance services from the back of a multimillion euro converted spy vehicle.

A 55-year-old worker has been fatally injured after an explosion on Wednesday at the plant of nickel producer Larco in Fthiotida, central Greece, local media report.
His death was confirmed by the president of the metal workers' union in Fthiotida, Panagiotis Politis. Politis added that the body of the victim had not yet been recovered.

Cyprus's finance minister acknowledged on Tuesday that some mistakes were made in offering citizenship for investment after disclosures about beneficiaries triggered uproar on the Mediterranean island.

A campaign by the Fondation Hellenique to renovate 80 rooms in its dormitory at the International University Campus in Paris has raised enough funding from private donors to complete work on 50 of the units, but still has some way to go before the 3.7-million-euro project can be completed.