Στην ομιλία του Κυριάκου Μητσοτάκη στο συνέδριο της Νέας Δημοκρατίας, αναφέρεται με ανακοίνωσή του ο ΣΥΡΙΖΑ-ΠΣ, ασκώντας κριτική για σειρά ζητημάτων. Συγκεκριμένα επισημαίνει τα εξής: «”Λυπάται και θυμώνει με την ακρίβεια” ο κ. Μητσοτάκης. Μα ποιόν δουλεύει; Η Ελλάδα είναι “πρωταθλήτρια” στην ακρίβεια σε όλη την Ευρωπαϊκή Ένωση συγκριτικά. Η Ελλάδα έχει μια από τις υψηλότερες τιμές καυσίμων στην Ευρώπη, αλλά και σε όλο τον κόσμο. Τα ελληνικά νοικοκυριά ξοδεύουν το μεγαλύτερο ποσοστό του εισοδήματος τους για ενοίκιο, σε σχέση με την Ευρωπαϊκή Ένωση; Μήπως λυπάται και για τα καρτέλ; Για τα υπερκέρδη των εταιρειών ηλεκτρικής ενέργειας και πετρελαιοειδών; Για τα θηριώδη υπερπλεονάσματα που λείπουν από την οικονομία της καθημερινότητας; Έκανε μια έμμεση αναφορά στον ΟΠΕΚΕΠΕ χαρακτηρίζοντας τον «ανεπαρκή». Το σκάνδαλο των γαλάζιων ακρίδων που έχει γίνει σίριαλ δικογραφιών βαφτιστικέ ανεπάρκεια. Εύγε στους λογογράφους του παίρνουν το Όσκαρ ευρηματικότητας. Επιχειρηματολόγησε ότι θέλει να κερδίσει τις επόμενες εκλογές γιατί λέει θέλει να έχει λόγο στην κατανομή των κονδυλίων της αγροτικής πολιτικής στην Ευρώπη ο κ. Μητσοτάκης; τι ακριβώς σκέφτεται δηλαδή να κάνει απευθείας αναθέσεις της ΚΑΠ στου κολλητούς του “Χασάπη” και “Φραπέ”; Απίστευτος κυνισμός, απίστευτο σολάρισμα από τον μαέστρο της κυβέρνησης της διαφθοράς. Για την κατάντια στο κράτος δικαίου δεν είπε κουβέντα. Όπως κουβέντα δεν είπε και για την συνέντευξη του ανιψιού του στη Real News. Τι να πει άλλωστε; Θέλει λέει να αναθεωρήσει το Άρθρο 86 του Συντάγματος. Ο πρωθυπουργός που εργαλειοποίησε σε απόλυτο βαθμό τη χρήση του Α86 λέει ότι θέλει τώρα να το αλλάξει. Αν όντως πιστεύει ότι πρέπει να αλλάξει ας παραπέμψει τώρα στην Δικαιοσύνη τους αναφερόμενους στις δικογραφίες υπουργούς του για να κριθούν και ας πάψει να τους καλύπτει». www.ertnews.gr

Αδιέξοδο στα Στενά του Ορμούζ όπου κατελήφθη πλοίο στα ανοικτά των Ηνωμένων Αραβικών Εμιράτων και ένα άλλο βυθίστηκε αφού δέχτηκε επίθεση, την ώρα που το Ισραήλ, παραμένει με το δάχτυλο στη σκανδάλη και σύμφωνα με δημοσιεύματα έχει επισημάνει στην Ουάσιγκτον την ανάγκη για επιστροφή στα όπλα καθώς δεν αναμένει ικανοποιητική συμφωνία για τα πυρηνικά του Ιράν.  Επιστρέφοντας από το Πεκίνο ο Ντόναλντ Τραμπ δήλωσε πάντως ανοικτός σε συμφωνία για 20ετή αναστολή του πυρηνικού εμπλουτισμού από την Τεχεράνη. Οι τελευταίες εξελίξεις: Ο υπουργός Εξωτερικών του Ιράν, Αμπάς Αραγτσί, δήλωσε ότι η κυβέρνηση Τραμπ δείχνει ότι είναι ανοιχτή σε νέες συνομιλίες για τον τερματισμό του πολέμου, αν και παραμένει «αδιέξοδο» όσον αφορά το «εμπλουτισμένο υλικό».  Ο Λίβανος χαιρέτισε τη συμφωνία με το Ισραήλ για την παράταση της εκεχειρίαςκατά 45 ημέρες . Η Χαμάς δεν έχει ακόμη σχολιάσει τους ισχυρισμούς του Ισραήλ ότι πραγματοποίησε επίθεση δολοφονίας εναντίον του ανώτερου στρατιωτικού διοικητή της οργάνωσης στη Γάζα, Ιζ αλ-Ντιν αλ-Χαντάντ, με τουλάχιστον επτά άτομα να έχουν σκοτωθεί, συμπεριλαμβανομένων γυναικών και παιδιών, Αμερικανοί αξιωματούχοι υποψιάζονται ότι Ιρανοί χάκερ βρίσκονται πίσω από μια σειρά παραβιάσεων συστημάτων που παρακολουθούν την ποσότητα καυσίμων στις δεξαμενές αποθήκευσης που εξυπηρετούν βενζινάδικα σε πολλές πολιτείες, σύμφωνα με αποκλειστικό ρεπορτάζ του CNN. Λεπτό προς λεπτό όλες οι εξελίξεις στο liveblog του ertnews.gr: www.ertnews.gr

Greece is entering a two-day period of intense atmospheric instability, which will be affected by two barometric lows and will bring Sahara Dust and mud showers. One of the barometric lows comes from the coast of North Africa, while the second from more northern latitudes. According to the forecast by Clearchos Marousakis, the result is […] The post Sahara dust and mud showers to affect Greece, May 16-17 appeared first on Keep Talking Greece.

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s ruling AK Party is seeking to give him the power to declare an Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) extending as far as 200 nautical miles (370 kilometers) from Turkey ’s coast. According to Bloomberg, Turkey is drafting legislation to give President Erdogan personal authority to unilaterally declare a 200 nautical mile exclusive […] The post Turkey to declare unilaterally EEZ up to 200 n.m. appeared first on Keep Talking Greece.

Emmanouil Argyropoulos was the pilot in Greece’s first ever flight. Credits: Public Domain. Emmanοuil Argyropoulos was the pilot of Greece’s first plane flight that took off on  February 8, 1912, with King George I and Prime Minister Eleftherios Venizelos among the spectators of the event. It was a spectacle that seemed unbelievable to many at the time—an iron construction with wheels and wings that could fly and a human pilot inside to operate the contraption. People called Argyropoulos “Trelokaberos”—a lunatic, roughly translated—for getting into such a thing and flying up in the air. Argyropoulos was one of those pioneers who dared to do things that others were afraid to even think about. He was the son of Georgios Argyropoulos, ambassador of Greece to Russia. He had studied electrical engineering in Germany and obtained a private pilot’s license in France. When he returned to Greece, in January 1912, he brought with him the parts of a Nieuport IV.G airplane with a 50 HP engine. With the help of engineers from RAF’s military unit in Athens, he assembled the plane, and, after a few days, it was ready to fly the Greek skies. Argyropoulos put an ad in the Athenian newspapers to announce his project, specifying as the take-off place the area of Rouf and the day, Wednesday, February 8th. The King and the Prime Minister in the audience Crowds of people flooded the area of Rouf where the makeshift airport was set up to admire the unprecedented spectacle. At precisely 8:10 AM Argyropoulos took off on his plane, being cheered on by the crowd, among whom were also King of Greece George I and Prime Minister Eleftherios Venizelos. The Argyropoulos flight was the beginning of Greek aviation. Greece’s first plane flight lasted 16 minutes at a height of 300 meters (985 feet) and was a complete success. An hour later, there was a second flight, this time with Eleftherios Venizelos, whom Argyropoulos had convinced to come along, as a passenger. The plane cleared a few circles above the take-off area at a height of 80 meters (262 feet) and returned after four minutes. After the second flight, it was time to christen the plane. The “godfather” was the prime minister of the time, who gave it the name “Halcyon” and wished the plane “to see its life end naturally. I wish that Mr. Argyropoulos, the first Greek aeronaut, who flew over our sacred ground, continues on another and more perfect machine, which is entirely due to him, the glorious traditions of Icarus, without his misfortunes, to the glory of both himself and his Greek Homeland.” Venizelos’ first flight was before Churchill’s On Greece’s first plane flight, Venizelos predated the first flight by the First Lord of the British Admiralty, Winston Churchill, by a year. The speech he delivered after the flight is one of the earliest statements concerning Air Power by a Head of State and shows what was expected of the use of airplanes. “The airplane is viewed as a weapon of the weak,” Venizelos said. “The risk-taking and daring nature of the Greek will make this brilliant weapon to be of great service in the future.” It is reported that during their meeting, Argyropoulos expressed to Venizelos his wish to join the Military Air Force, which was just then being organized in Greece with the help of the French military mission under General Joseph-Paul Eydoux. During the Balkan Wars (1912-1913), Emmanouil Argyropoulos enlisted in the Air Force with the rank of Second Lieutenant and took part in military operations. On April 4, 1913,  he was on a reconnaissance flight over Lagadas near Thessaloniki flying a Turkish Βleriot ΧΙ-2 type aircraft that was seized by the Greek Army during the occupation of Thessaloniki. However, a mechanical failure caused the crash of the airplane, resulting in the death of the pilot and co-passenger Constantinos Manos. Emmanouil Argyropoulos was 24 years old, and Constantinos Manos was 44. Argyropoulos was the first military aviator who lost his life in an accident during a scheduled reconnaissance mission. He was also the first of a long list of fallen reserve flying officers and non-commissioned officers, whose numbers in wartime were by no means inconsiderable.

Ancient Roman coins. Credit: Greek Reporter Archive Archaeologists in eastern Croatia have uncovered 302 Roman coins near the village of Mohovo, a discovery researchers believe may preserve the final trace of a small military unit stationed along the Danube frontier during the late Roman Empire. The coins were found during excavations led by the Institute of Archaeology at the remains of a Roman watchtower in Vukovar-Srijem County. The hoard was concentrated within about one square meter inside a defensive ditch surrounding the site. Researchers said most of the coins date to the 4th century CE, a period when the Danube Limes formed one of Rome’s most sensitive military borders. The frontier stretched across large parts of Central and Eastern Europe and relied on forts, watchtowers, and patrol routes to monitor movement along the river. Frontier towers guarded the Danube border According to Siniša Krznar, assistant director of the Institute of Archaeology, the Mohovo area was controlled by larger Roman camps at Ilok and Sotin. Smaller wooden watchtowers were positioned between them to observe crossings and quickly relay warnings along the frontier. Excavations at Mohovo uncovered the remains of one such structure. Archaeologists identified traces of a timber watchtower surrounded by semi-circular defensive ditches. Archaeologists in Croatia uncovered 302 Roman coins near a watchtower along the Danube frontier, a discovery that may preserve the final trace of a small Roman garrison from the 4th century CE. pic.twitter.com/637AauZibf — Tom Marvolo Riddle (@tom_riddle2025) May 15, 2026 A Croatian broadcaster reported that these towers were built high enough for soldiers to maintain visual contact with nearby outposts, creating a continuous line of surveillance along the Danube. The coin discovery began when archaeologists noticed a single coin while clearing soil from the ditch. Another appeared moments later. The growing concentration quickly revealed a much larger hoard. Coins may have belonged to stationed soldiers Marko Dizdar, director of the Institute of Archaeology, said the money may have belonged to soldiers stationed at the watchtower. Researchers believe the coins could have been hidden during an attack or emergency, with the garrison intending to recover them later. Preliminary analysis suggests many of the coins were minted during the reign of Valentinian I, who ruled the western Roman Empire from 364 to 375 CE. The emperor was born in Cibalae, the ancient Roman settlement beneath modern-day Vinkovci. The Mohovo site has also produced Roman-era brooches known as fibulae and a fishing hook linked to everyday life along the river frontier. Researchers said the finds show that soldiers stationed there were not only guarding the border but also living and working beside the Danube. Discovery sheds light on life along the frontier After conservation and scientific study, the coins are expected to enter a museum collection. Archaeologists said the hoard may offer a rare glimpse into the uncertain final moments of a Roman frontier outpost more than 1,600 years ago.

Local media and commemorative organizers report that the British royal will attend 85th anniversary ceremonies on Crete later this month, although Buckingham Palace has not yet officially confirmed the visit

Both sides want to stabilize U.S.-China relations, but disagreements remain

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The regulator say the energy supplier breached licence conditions aimed at protecting customers in vulnerable situations.

At least seven Palestinians were killed when Israeli air strikes hit a residential building and a vehicle in Gaza City.

UK artist Matthew Collings says his exhibition “Drawings Against Genocide” has been falsely depicted as anti-Semitic.

First, the Ebola outbreak tears through eastern DR Congo, killing at least 65 people and triggering fears of wider regional spread. Also, final stretch in Cape Verde ahead of the legislative elections scheduled for Sunday.  And, Ethiopia’s coffee sector is under pressure as global prices plunge. But  in a striking paradox, local consumers are paying far more, with coffee prices tripling in just six months. 

Palestinian activist Ramy Shaath is facing deportation proceedings from France, as his presence in the country is now considered a “serious threat to public order” by authorities, his lawyer said on Friday. The activist, a co-founder of the Urgence Palestine organisation, had been detained in Egypt between 2019 and 2022 before being released and allowed to join his wife in France.