A secret meeting between officials from Turkey, Greece and Germany was held in Berlin, three days after President Tayyip Erdogan decided to convert Hagia Sophia into a mosque. The meeting allegedly brokered by Berlin was held before the EU’s Foreign Affairs Council on Monday and it was reveled Turkish Foreign …
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Turkish fishing vessels spotted 3n.m. off Mykonos (videos)
Three Turkish fishing vessels have been spotted in Greek territorial waters off the coast of the island of Mykonos in the central Aegean Sea. Turkish fishing vessels are reported also off the island of Paros.The vessels are still in the area, with the Greek Coast Guard to have not taken …
Read More »Greece to push for sanctions against Turkey, but EU is rather cool
Greece’ Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias said that the European Union, the UNESCO and the United Nations must launch initiatives for Turkey’s decision to convert Hagia Sophia to a mosque. He said further that Greece will ask the European Union to prepare a list of “very powerful measures” against Turkey, in …
Read More »Outcry forces Gov’t to open again Greece’s only Children Cardiac Surgery Clinic
The Greek government was forced to open again the country’s only Children Cardiac Surgery Clinic following an unprecedented outcry on social media. For several days, for over a week, hundreds of Greek internet users have being posting again and again over the closure of the clinic, the only one performing …
Read More »“Greece-Italy agreement proves validity of Turkey’s arguments on maritime deals,” claims Cavusoglu
“Turkey is not concerned about the maritime boundaries deal between Greece and Italy as it does not involve the Eastern Mediterranean or the Aegean Seas, where Turkey has shores,” Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Thursday. “Their deal has proven the validity of Turkey’s argument on such maritime deals,” …
Read More »Thessaloniki Metro: Gov’t plan to relocate antiquities triggers outrage
The announcement by Prime Minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, to remove the antiquities from the ancient archaeological site from the metro station <Venizelos>in Thessaloniki so that the metro works proceed in fast speed has triggered a storm of reactions in the second biggest city of Greece. Citizens have launched a petition to …
Read More »New Mayor of Istanbul Ekrem Imamoglu speaks and dances Pontus-Greek (video)
Ekrem Imamoglu was elected on Sunday to be the next mayor of Istanbul. The 49-year-old low-profile candidate from secular Republican People’s Party (CHP) managed to win AKP’s candidate and former prime minister Binali Yildirim and conquer Istanbul Erdogan’s party was holding since the beginning of the 1990’s. Imamoglu is considered …
Read More »Turkish F-16s harass helicopter carrying PM Tsipras to Agathonisi
Turkish fighter jets harassed the helicopter carrying Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras to the remote island of Agathonisi in north Dodecanese. The jets forced the helicopter of the Greek Air Force to fly at low attitude until they were intercepted by Greek F-16s. Tsipras was visiting the small island in the …
Read More »Gunman of NZ massacre, Brenton Tarrant, stayed in Greece in 2016
The gunman of New Zealand massacre Brentan Tarrant not only stopped in Athens International Airport twice when he took his trip to Europe. He also stayed in the country for at least 15 days, media report on Saturday evening. The 28-year-old Brenton Tarrant was reportedly transit at the Αthens airport …
Read More »EU Parliament calls for freeze on Turkey’s membership talks
The European Union should formally suspend Turkey’s negotiations to join the bloc, EU lawmakers said on Wednesday in a symbolic rebuke of Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, who Western governments accuse of widespread abuses of human rights. “Sitting in a cell for 17 months without knowing what you are being accused …
Read More »PM Tsipras: “The Sultan” has to explain why Turkey has the two Greek soldiers still in detention
The Good Week started in Greece with the continuation of the war of words with neighboring Turkey, in new high tones. Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras sent a strong-worded response to Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who for one more time linked the case of the two Greek soldiers with the eight Turkish …
Read More »Trump’s Chief of Staff Priebus: We will go out there and help Greece
The new US administration will go out there and help Greece. But not immediately after the 45th President Donald Trump will be sworn in on Friday. Not even on Saturday, Sunday or Monday. First thing the Trump administration will do is to make America great again. Then it will help …
Read More »Greek Defense Minister cancels visit to Istanbul due to Erdogan’s provoking statements
Greek Defense Minister Panos Kammenos cancelled his visit to Istanbul on Saturday due to the recent provoking statements by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The purpose of Kammenos’ visit was to attend the ceremony celebrating the 25-year anniversary of the enthronement of Ecumenic Patriarch Bartholomew. According to Greek media, the …
Read More »ND Elections Spot Angers Odysseas Elytis’ Heir
Ioulita Iliopoulou got angry to see Nea Dimokratia using a picture and a verse of the great Greek poet and winner of 1979 Nobel Prize for Literature, Odysseas Elytis at the party’s main elections spot. “Elytis belongs to all Greeks and cannot be claimed by any political party” Iliopoulou, the guardian …
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