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The Greek embassy in Doha will take over the diplomatic representation of Egypt after the country cut ties with Qatar. Greece responded positive to a relevant request by Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Hassan Shoukry, the Foreign Ministry in Athens said in a statement on Monday. Greece is at the disposal …

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Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates and Yemen have cut diplomatic ties with Qatar, accusing it of destabilising the region. They say Qatar backs militant groups including so-called Islamic State (IS) and al-Qaeda, which Qatar has denied. The dispute with Qatar, the world’s top seller of liquefied natural …

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It was a bad moment. A diplomatic faux pas during the joint press conference of German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Ankara. Speaking about terrorism as a problem both countries have to deal with, Merkel used the expression “Islamistic terror” in German. Her statement was …

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Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias sharply criticized foreign and Greek press reports on Sunday which blamed him for the breakup in Cyprus talks in Geneva saying that the Turkish side had interrupted the talks unexpectedly. Asked by the Athens-Macedonian News Agency (ANA) about reports published in the news website Politico, he …

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Greek Foreign Ministry complained with “two severe demarches” to FYROM about the “unacceptable incidents” on Sunday in Idomeni, where police forces and army units fired teargas and stun grenades against refugees and migrants for more than 4-5 hours. On its side FYROM put the blame on Greece complaining that Athens …

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Unbelievable! Turkey’s neo-ottoman Super Sultan Recep Tayyip Erdogan was offended by a German satire song and initiated a diplomatic “war”. German Ambassador to Ankara was summoned to the Turkish Foreign Ministry to hear that the song produced by state Radio NDR and program Extra3 was mocking the Turkish president. According …

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The Greek government declined an invitation to participate in a second meeting of police chiefs from four Balkan countries — Fyrom, Serbia, Croatia and Slovenia — along with Austria, which was held on Tuesday in Belgrade on the pressing issue of border controls. The first such meeting was held in …

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Diplomatic relations between Greece and Austria have apparently reached a Cold-War level after Vienna’s “unilateral move” -so Athens – to close borders for refugees via FYROM. While the Greek Foreign Ministry turned down the request by Austrian Interior Minister to visit Athens, the former chief of Greek Land forces asks …

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Greek government recalled its Ambassador to Vienna for so-called “consultations” a day after Austria held a Migration crisis Conference with West Balkan countries but did not invited Greece. When diplomacy speaks of “recalling an ambassador for consultations” they normally mean the temporary withdrawal until a conflict between two countries is …

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Greece blast Austria over its initiative to invite countries of the so-called Western Balkan to a Conference over refugee crisis in Vienna, thus excluding Greece – the country that receives thousands of refugees each and every day. Despite the Conclusions of the EU Leaders Summit last Friday, Austria proceeded to …

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A diplomatic incident with unknown outcome has occurred between Greece and the Czech Republic after the provocative statements made against Greece by President Milos Zeman. As consequence to Zeman’s statements, the Greek Foreign Ministry ordered its its Ambassador to the Czech Republic to return back to Athens “for consultations” as …

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A diplomatic thriller between Moscow – Athens – Washington is taking place these days, after the United States asked NATO-partner Greece to ban two Russian flights to Syria via the Greek airspace. On Monday, Greece confirmed the US request however it declined to reveal its plans. “We examine the request,” …

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Greece submitted a diplomatic protest against Slovakia’s Finance Minister Peter Kazimir, news agency TASR reported. Reason for the Greek protest were several comments by Kazimir who described the tough Brussels agreement as “a punishment” for the “Greek spring” – in fact confirming many critics who said that the euro leaders …

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A diplomatic ‘war’ broke out between Greece and Turkey, after Ankara issued a NOTAM to “reserve” a large part of the Greek airspace over the Aegean Sea for military exercises and use international air space, Greek FIR and the south part of the island of Limnos as “Firing Exercise Areas” …

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Telephone lines between Athens and several European capitals went on fire on Saturday with Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis calling around to calm down lenders and EU-partners, win allies for the Greek positions and assure that Greece was not in collision course with its creditors. Both …

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EU countries have agreed by consensus to extend Russia sanctions for six months, expand their blacklist, and prepare further economic sanctions if need be, Euobesrver and several Greek media report.The sancton were ending in March, with the extnesion they will be valid until next September. Greece had earlier voiced reservations, …

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“”Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov told CNBC that Russia would consider giving financial help to debt-ridden Greece. Siluanov said Greece had not yet asked Russia for assistance, but he did not rule out an agreement between the two countries if Greece came asking. “Well, we can imagine any situation, so …

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A diplomatic thriller took place last night in Libya when a Greek C-130 was dispatched to pick up three Dutch marines but the Libyan government was trying to make a bargain and press the Maltese government to represent Gaddafi’s interests in the European union. The Dutch marines, two men and one woman, …

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