Politics

“If you have the heart for it, take the step on the occupied and armed islands. We will support you,” leader of Turkey’s main opposition party CHP, Kemal Kilicdaroglu said in support of Erdogan’s aggressive policy towards Greece. Speaking at the Grand National Assembly on Wednesday, the chief of  [Modern …

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The US State Department and the European Commission expressed their support to Greece and its sovereignty on the islands of the eastern Aegean Sea and called on Turkey to stop airspace violations and overflights, threats and provocative rhetoric. However: The State Department urged both countries to “resolve disputes diplomatically”, while …

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German Chancellor Olaf Scholz announced that during his meeting with Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis they had agreed that Germany will supply Greece with tanks, so that Greece can send its weapons to Ukraine. Scholz and Mitsotakis met on the sidelines of the extraordinary EU summit in Brussels on Tuesday. …

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Turkey continued its provocative crescendo against Greece on Tuesday and its Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu went so far to show maps and named 14 Greek islands in the eastern Aegean Sea for which Ankara wants to challenge the Greek sovereignty. “Demilitarize the islands now or we will raise the issue …

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State media of Iran have released video footage showing the country’s Armed Forces seizing the two Greek oil tankers in the Persian Gulf last Friday. The video was released on Monday evening. Note that in addition of the tankers seizure the viceo contains also other footage of the Iranian Navy. …

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Greece may face “hybrid-type threats” this summer aiming to destabilize the country internally, Defense Ministry sources told reporters in Parliament on Monday afternoon. The threats would possibly be played out on the islands and on the country’s northeastern border with Turkey along the r Evros river, the sources said, kathimerini, …

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Greece’s Shipping Ministry has issued a “strong recommendation” to Greek shipping companies to avoid waters under Iran’s jurisdiction, ministry sources said on Monday. This recommendation should be taken into account when sailing in the Persian Gulf, the Strait of Hormuz and the Gulf of Oman, the sources reportedly added. 17 …

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Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said the escalating Turkish provocations against Greece are a factor of destabilization in the eastern Mediterranean region. Speaking in at the doorstep of the extraordinary EU Summit in Brussels on Monday, he said also that here is a need to tame irrational increases in energy …

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“We’ll bury the contemporary Byzantines. We say No to Aegean and the Mediterranean,” Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan shouted to a crowd of half a million people on Sunday during the fiesta he organized to celebrate the 569th anniversary of the Fall of Constantinople. The fiesta took place at the …

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The two Greek tankers seized by Iran’s Revolutionary Guards on Friday have been ordered to sail to the port of Bandar Abbas on the southern coast of Iran on Sunday. According to information, the crews of the vessels are in good health and have had their cell phones returned to …

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Greece has placed its Armed Forces in the Eastern Aegean on high alert due to Turkey’s continued threats, expressed in recent days by high-ranking officials of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s government. Although Greece has placed its military in the eastern Aegean on alert to convey a message of vigilance, …

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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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