Politics

Iran has seized two Greece-owned and -flagged oil tankers in retaliation for Iranian oil seized off Greece earlier by US authorities state broadcaster ERT reported early Friday evening. The tankers were approached by helicopters and members of the Iranian military have boarded on the tankers, the report noted. Prompt was …

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Greece must withdraw its military from the Aegean islands or Turkey “will take matters further,”  if Athens failed to do so, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu warned on Thursday. Ankara is prepared to challenge their sovereignty, he added. “We are not bluffing. If Athens does not comply, we will take matters …

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Advance detachments of firefighters from six European countries – Bulgaria, Romania, Germany, France, Finland and Norway – will arrive in the country ahead of the fire season, a high-level meeting in Athens decided on Thursday. These units, which will be based in Athens, Larissa and Tripoli, are being funded by …

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A student of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki lays on the ground as blood is flowing under his head. The young man was hit by a flash grenade fired directly at him by a riot policeman on Thursday afternoon. The injured youn man is surrounded by co-students as they all awaiting …

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The Permanent Representative of Greece to the United Nations delivered a letter addressed to UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday rejecting claims contained in a letter delivered by Turkey to the same body in September 2021. The letter dated May 25, 2022, focuses particularly on Turkish claims that failure …

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The Russian Orthodox Church has let Christian Orthodox fathers down by supporting Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine, Ecumenical Patriarch Vartholomaios, the spiritual head of some 260 million Orthodox Christians worldwide, said in an interview. Moscow calls its three-month-old invasion a “special military operation” to rid Ukraine of fascists, an assertion Kyiv …

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“Devastated by the news of the horrific elementary school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, that claimed the lives of so many children” the Greek Foreign Ministry posted on Twitter on Wednesday. “In this hour of grief, we extend our heartfelt condolences to the victims’ families and our deepest sympathies to the …

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“If President Erdogan thinks that I will not defend the sovereignty and sovereign rights of Greece and I will not make the case to the international audience that Turkey is behaving as a revisionist power, then he’s wrong,” Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Wednesday sending a strong message to …

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New vandalism in Hagia Sophia: Turkish women scratch the interior walls of the cradle of Orthodoxy and take small pieces and even dust in plastic bags. They keep the stolen pieces as souvenirs, thus damaging the 1,500-year-old monument under UNESCO protection. Images of the “new hobby” have been posted first …

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Turkey escalated verbal attacks against the Greek Prime Minister on Tuesday and Erdogan’s government partner,  nationalist Devlet Bahceli went so far to directly insult Kyriakos Mitsotakis. Speaking to his parliamentary group, the leader of the Nationalist Movement,  Bahceli, used very harsh word and called the Greek PM  “a pawn of …

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“For me, there is no Mitsotakis. I will never meet with him again,” an obviously fuming Turkish President saod on Monday. Recep Tayyip Erdogan said he has no intention of ever meeting with Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis again, following the latter’s criticism of Turkey during his visit to the …

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Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis philosophized in front of the camera on a warm Monday morning in May 2022. He explained to young, underpaid Greeks how unimportant it is to “earn more money” when you have a “support mechanism by family and friends” for which our beautiful country, Greece, is famous. …

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The US State Department took position on the recent, massive overflights of Turkish fighter jets over uninhabited and inhabited small and big Greek islands in the Aegean Sea. Responding to a question by a journalist on how these actions impact the stability of NATO, State Department spokesperson Ned Price said: …

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Alarm in the Aegean Sea: five boats with dozens of migrants onboard attempted to illegally cross into Greek territorial waters in the early morning hours of Monday. The Greek Coast Guard spotted the boats between the islands of Chios and Samos and th operation is still ongoing on Monday noon. …

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An unprecedented violation of Greece’s national sovereignty by Turkish fighter jets on Friday: they reached 2.5 nautical miles off the port city of Alexandroupolis in north-eastern Greece. Angry reaction by the Greek Foreign Ministry that issued a statement condemning “the very clear escalation of Turkish provocations.” Foreign Ministry statement “We …

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At the 103. Anniversary of the Pontic Greeks Genocide and millions still mourn the 353,000 men, women, children and elderly slaughtered by the official Turkish state in 1919, Erodgan’s Turkey lashed out at Greek officials who made commemorating statements. Distorting history and facts, Turkey’s Foreign Ministry said in a statement …

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Greece welcomes the historic decision by Finland and Sweden to submit their applications to join NATO, the foreign ministry said in a statement on Thursday. “The accession of two additional European partners, with deep-rooted democratic traditions and respect for international law to the NATO family will further strengthen Europe’s collective security, …

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“There is no greater honor for an elected leader of Greece, where democracy was born, to address the representatives of people who have defended democratic ideals strongly since the founding of their country,” Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said during his address at the US Congress on Tuesday. The Greek premier …

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When the doors of the White House opened on Monday evening and the US President Joe Biden welcomed Greek Prime minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis many were surprised to see that the President was wearing a tie decorated with Greek flags.     A very symbolic gesture and PR-conform, The story as …

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Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis confirmed that Greece is eyeing the purchase of advanced US-built F-35 fighter jets and that a leading American defense contractor is seeking to invest in the country’s aerospace industry. “We will launch the process for the acquisition of a squadron of F-35 aircraft, and we do …

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