June 10, 2020
Greece
Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias will travel to Cairo on June 18 to resume talks with Egyptian officials on demarcating maritime boundaries between the two countries. He revealed the plan speaking to ANT1 TV on Tuesday night, just a couple of hours after he signed a historical agreement with his …
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January 9, 2020
Greece, Politics
The Foreign Ministers of Egypt, France, Cyprus, Greece and Italy met in Cairo on Wednesday to discuss latest regional developments and the situation in East Mediterranean Sea. the five foreign Ministers issued a communique in which they condemned the Turkey-Libya Agreement. A day earlier, EU’s foreign policy chief and the …
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November 6, 2019
Greece, Politics
Τhe ministers of defense of Greece, Cyrpus and Egypt met in Athens to discuss the latest development sin the East Mediterranean region, cooperation on defense and security as well as regional security challenges. General Mohamed Zaki, the Commander-in-Chief of the Egyptian Armed Forces, Minister of Defense and Military Production, Minister …
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October 8, 2019
Greece, Politics
During the tripartite summit in Cairo, Cyprus, Greece and Egypt affirmed their cooperation in engergy sector. At the same time, they called on Turkey on Tuesday to “end its provocative actions” in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea, including exploring for oil in Cyprus’ territorial waters, which they called “a breach of …
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September 29, 2019
Politics, Turkey-GR
Turkey fumes over a joint Statement issued by Greece, Cyprus and Egypt. In an angry statement the Turkish Foreign Ministry described as “baseless claims” the trilateral statement that among others it condemned “Turkey’s unlawful actions in the Aegean Sea and the Eastern Mediterranean, in particular the escalating, provocative and illegal …
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October 22, 2018
World
Egypt’s Foreign Minister, Sameh Shoukry, met on Sunday with the Greek Deputy Foreign Minister Terence Quick to enhance bilateral cooperation and discuss issues of common interest. During the meeting, Shoukry hailed the notable progress achieved in the bilateral relations and the strategic partnership between the two countries, the Foreign Ministry’s …
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September 22, 2018
Turkey-GR
A warship of the Turkish Navy arrested five fishermen on board of a Cypriot boat on Friday morning. The fishermen were on board of a boat in international waters in the sea area off the North-West of Cyprus. The fishermen were forced to sail the boat to the port of …
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August 25, 2018
Economy
Foreign laborers must often struggle to receive compensations for injuries as well as pension payouts. Egypt’s Labor Representation Bureau in Athens succeeded in acquiring and delivering a compensation of €97,000 for a citizen who was injured while working in the country, Minister of Labor Mohamed Saafan announced Wednesday. The worker …
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August 16, 2018
Very Mix
A Boeing 753 of Condor Airlines plane made an emergency landing at Chania airport on the island of Crete on Thursday night. There was information that a bomb was on the plane. 281 people on board and the crew have been evacuated. Condor flight DE69 was flying from the tourist …
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November 23, 2017
Greece, Politics
The trilateral cooperation between Cyprus, Greece and Egypt will expand with the participation of Italy, following an initiative of President of Cyprus Nicos Anastasiades, Government Spokesman Nikos Christodoulides has said. In statements on Wednesday at the Presidential Palace, the Spokesman, said that two months ago, the Cypriot President proposed the …
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November 21, 2017
Greece
The fifth trilateral Summit between Cyprus, Greece, and Egypt will be taking place in Nicosia on Tuesday. President Nicos Anastasiades , Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, and Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras will hold talks, which will mainly cover the energy sector and their cooperation as well as the geopolitical …
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June 5, 2017
Politics, World
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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November 10, 2014
Turkey-GR
Turkey “fired” an open threat against Greece, with Turkish Naval Forces Commander to announce that the naval forces have received a new set of rules of engagement. During a briefing at the Blue Whale 2014 military exercise, Admiral Bülent Bostanoğlu revealed that “the Turkish navy has been authorized by the …
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July 4, 2013
Politics
They are unbeatable. And eternally stuck to cliches. They cannot see beyond their nose. They run behind their tail unable to make a step forward. Trapped in the notorious Greek introversion. And they are bold to show it off right into our face. Who? The Greek ‘politicians’, of course. Although …
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June 19, 2012
Society
Three more most probably racism-motivated attacks took place in Greece in the last 24 hours. In Crete, a migrant, 25, from Egypt was attacked in the early morning hours of Tuesday at Talos Square in the old city of Chania. Two attackers beat the man with wood and iron sticks. The attackers …
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April 4, 2011
Very Mix
A Thomson Airways Boing from UK to Sharm-el-Sheik made an emergency landing in Athens airport Eleftherios Venizelos after a bomb threat. According to latest information, the passengers have been immediately boarded off the plane. The thriller in the skies occurred when the plane was in the Athens FIR and created …
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February 28, 2011
Economy
Unleaded gasoline got fire and is sold at 2 euros per liter in several regions on Greece. Over the weekend the average price made a jump of one cent and is sold at €1.64/l, while the previous price record occurred on January 21, 2011 at €1.635. However the prices are on an …
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February 25, 2011
Politics
230 Greeks have been evacuated from Libya with three C-130 and two ships. Among the rescued is a employee at the Greek embassy in Tripoli, who got shot on the shoulder and the leg while driving through the streets of Tripoli. However there are still 10 Greeks enclosed in the Sahara …
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February 24, 2011
Politics
Three C-130 aircraft have left Athens for Libya this morning in order to evacuate some 300 Greeks living and working in the chaos-driven country. They are expected to land at the airport of Tripoli and Sabha at 12 noon and return the same day. According to Foreign Ministry estimations 100 …
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February 22, 2011
Politics
In a huge rescue and evacuation operation Greece is sending ships to repatriate European and Chinese foreigners living in Libya, after requests by several countries. In a statement the Ministry of Civil Protection said that two ships are set to sail tonight and head to Tripoli in order to evacuate European citizens …
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