April 25, 2023
Politics, Turkey-GR
Turkey continues its aggressive rhetoric and occupation threats against Greece, with both the foreign minister and the president to reiterate their claims on the sovereignty of the Greek islands in the Aegean Sea and even go a step further claiming a part of the mainland. Erdogan’s party AKP uploaded a …
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April 25, 2023
Greece, Politics
Seventeen people, evacuees from Sudan, arrived at the 112 Combat Wing in Elefsina on Tuesday morning. After being evacuated from Sudan, they departed from Djibouti on Monday and made their way to Greece via Aswan in Egypt. Among the evacuees are 13 Greek nationals and four foreign spouses of Greek …
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April 24, 2023
Greece, Politics
Ruling New Democracy enjoys a 6.2-point lead over main opposition SYRIZA, according to an opinion poll conducted by Alco, on behalf of broadcaster Alpha. If elections were held now, 31.6% of respondents said they would vote for conservative New Democracy, 25.4% for left-wing SYRIZA, 8.9% for socialist PASOK, 6.1% for …
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April 24, 2023
Greece, Politics
A total of 23 Greeks have been successfully evacuated from Sudan so far, in convoys organized by France, Italy and Germany. Among them are five Greeks evacuated on a flight of an Italian military aircraft. All evacuees have been transported to Djibouti, where they will pick up by Greek military …
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April 23, 2023
Greece, Politics
Two military transport aircraft C-130 and C-27j left Greece on Sunday afternoon for Egypt in the context of the operation to rescue Greek but also Cypriot citizens from the civil war in Sudan, a total of 120-150 citizens wanting to leave the country. Earlier today, Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias had …
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April 21, 2023
FEATURED, Greece, Politics
Former Culture Minister Myrsini Zorba, passed away at the age of 74. The news of her death was announced on her Facebook page.She was struggling with cancer in the last three years. A few hours before her death, Zorba posted a heartbreaking yet thoughtful post that “chemotherapy did not work …
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April 19, 2023
FEATURED, Greece, Politics
Greek Alternate Foreign Minister Miltiadis Varvitsiotis admitted on Wednesday that the Intellexa’s Predator spyware was exported from Greece to Sudan. It is the firs time an official admits such an export and thus in time when a civil war takes place in the central African country and 150 Greeks are …
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April 18, 2023
FEATURED, Greece, Politics
The Greek government is actively engaged to evacuate Greek citizens from Sudan, however, the current circumstances in the country in the bring of civil war are grim. Nonetheless, there joint European Union efforts to evacuate some 1,000 European citizens once the conditions allow it. “If a safe way out is …
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April 18, 2023
Politics, Turkey-GR
The US Department of State announced Saturday it has decided to approve a sale of avionics software upgrades for Turkey’s existing F-16 fleet. The deal, valued at an estimated $259 million, is the first military equipment sale to Turkey in years. Turkey has also requested new F-16s and nearly 80 …
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April 18, 2023
FEATURED, Greece, Politics
European Parliament President Roberta Metsola announced at the plenary session in Strasbourg on Monday that she had received a request from the competent Belgian authorities to lift the parliamentary immunity of MEP Alexis Georgoulis. “I received a request from the competent Belgian authorities to lift the parliamentary immunity of Alexis …
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April 16, 2023
FEATURED, Greece, Politics
A group of Greeks have been trapped in a church in Khartoum since Holy Saturday morning as the capital of Sudan is in the middle of heavy fight between the government and paramilitary groups. Two Greeks were injured when they left the church on Saturday. They are in hospital but …
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April 13, 2023
Greece, Politics
“What we did from the start, when I took over the government, was to impose a tough but – I think – fair migration policy,” Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said in an interview with journalists of the German newspaper “Bild”. He also recalled that six months after taking over, his …
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April 12, 2023
Greece, Politics
Israeli police will curb the number of worshippers in the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem for safety reasons during Orthodox Easter ceremonies on Saturday, drawing anger from church leaders who said they would not cooperate. With huge crowds expected in the cramped alleyways of the Old City, …
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April 12, 2023
Greece, Politics
Greek MEP and former Vice President of the European Parliament Eva Kaili was released from prison on Wednesday by order of Belgian prosecutor Michel Claise following a detention of over four months, said her Belgian lawyer Sven Mary. Kaili will be placed under house arrest, wearing an electronic tracking bracelet. …
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April 12, 2023
Greece, Politics
The number of Greeks living abroad who are planning to vote in the general election on May 21 reached nearly 29,000 by Tuesday’s registration deadline. Greeks living abroad are allowed to vote in national elections on May 21 if they have lived in this country for at least two consecutive …
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April 12, 2023
Greece, Politics
Greece’s Parliament approved the new legislation in order to prevent the participation in the elections of criminal organizations under the guise of a political party, such as the far-right. The legislation, which targets the extreme-right National Party-Greeks of jailed former Golden Dawn member Ilias Kasiadiaris, was passed with the vote …
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April 11, 2023
FEATURED, Politics, Turkey-GR
Famous “Earthquake Diplomacy” between Greece and Turkey did not last long – as not otherwise expected. Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu brought back on the agenda the Turkish claims questioning the Greek sovereignty over islands in the Aegean Sea. In an interview on Monday, the Turkish FM said that there are …
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April 10, 2023
Greece, Politics
A sample of just over 4,000 likely voters polled last month reveals a deep distrust of Greece’s political institutions. Among those polled, 83.2% said they trust political parties only a little or not at all; similarly negative feelings were expressed about the judicial system (69%), Parliament (68.9%), independent authorities (65.1%), …
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April 10, 2023
Greece, Politics
The vice-president of the Supreme Court resigned on Monday in legal dispute with the conservative Mitsotakis government over the ban on far-right party ahead of the upcoming general elections on May 21. Vice president Christos Tzanerikos was going to preside over the A1 Section of the courts that will judge …
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April 7, 2023
Greece, Politics
A retired senior prosecutor in Greece was named Friday as the new leader of a far-right party as it seeks to sidestep a ban on its participation in an upcoming general election. Participation of the Greeks Party could potentially change the outcome of the May 21 parliamentary election as poll …
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