Turkey has taken no concrete steps towards meeting its stated desire to join the BRICS group of emerging economies but “a process is underway”, Omer Celik, the spokesperson for the country’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) said on Tuesday.

From beneath the shrinking Lake Mornos in Central Greece, the muddied remains of homes are reemerging nearly 45 years since the village that once stood here disappeared underwater.

Turkey is seeking a solution to re-enter the American F-35 fighter jet program after being kicked out over its acquisition of the Russian-made S-400 missile system.

Salvagers abandoned an effort to tow away a burning Greek-flagged oil tanker in the Red Sea targeted by Yemen’s Houthi rebels as it “was not safe to proceed,” a European Union naval mission has said.

Officials from nine southern European Union countries have pledged to work together to develop more water-saving technologies in agriculture as the prospect of worsening droughts puts additional strain on farmers and threatens food security.

Municipal authorities in the Athens suburb of Kallithea have requested that a prosecutor take measures against noise disturbance ahead of the Primer Music Festival, planned to take place at Plateia Nerou on September 7 and 8.

A Greek Olympian has spoken publicly about her verbal sexual harassment in her sport over years.

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan appears to have told his European counterparts about his country’s tough stance on the Cyprus problem during last week’s informal meeting of EU foreign ministers in Brussels.

A 60-year-old priest has been arrested in Thessaloniki for threatening to beat his 48-year-old wife. He is expected to appear before a court later in the day.

Police on the Cycladic island of Mykonos arrested on Tuesday a 28-year-old Italian national for robbing a tourist and forming a criminal gang.

September is forecast to be warmer than typical for the season following a sizzling three months.

Monday’s decision by an Albanian court to grant the release of the ethnic Greek elected mayor of Himare and MEP for New Democracy Fredi Beleri after 16 months of detention essentially ended his personal adventure but does not lead to an automatic improvement in Greek-Albanian relations, which have been seriously damaged by the affair.

Information came to light recently indicating that the United States may, under certain conditions, review its decision not to supply Turkey with F-35 fighter jets.

Lawmaker Pavlos Polakis expressed his indignation over a sudden decision by SYRIZA leader Stefanos Kasselakis to reinstate him in the party’s parliamentary group on Tuesday, saying he was not consulted on the matter.

Greece’s Golden Visa program has been in a transitional period since September 1, when the new changes voted a few months ago came into force.

Greece is launching an initiative to form a common front with the Balkan countries of the European Union on electricity rates.

Lawmaker Pavlos Polakis on Tuesday was readmitted to the leftist main opposition party’s parliamentary group, less than six weeks after he was expelled by SYRIZA leader Stefanos Kasselakis following an incident in parliament.

Today, September 3rd, marks 50 years since Andreas Papandreou founded PASOK, a political party that came to play a key role in Greece from the restoration of democracy to the financial crisis.

The subsidy on household electricity tariffs was set at 1.4 cents per kilowatt-hour for September, Energy and Environment Minister Theodoros Skylakakis said on Tuesday.

The government is aiming to allocate 10% of the total 18.39% still controlled by the Hellenic Financial Stability Fund (HFSF).