September 17, 2020
Economy
Greek capital Athens are among an alliance of 22 cities from across Europe that urged the EU on Thursday to enact tougher rules on Airbnb and other short-term holiday rental platforms, accusing them of driving up property prices and squeezing out locals. Representatives from Paris, Barcelona, Florence, Berlin and other …
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September 14, 2020
Turkey-GR
Τurkey does not step back from its claims in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea and both the foreign and the defense ministers confirmed this on Monday. The withdrawal of seismic vessel Oruc Reis from the Greek continental shelf was merely for reasons of “maintenance” the top diplomat in Ankara said implying …
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September 11, 2020
FEATURED, Politics, Refugees
Ten EU member states have agreed to take the 400 unaccompanied minors form the burned down camp in Moria. Germany and France will take the majority of them, each 100-150, German state broadcaster reported on Friday. The countries that will take the refugee children are: Germany, France, Finland, Luxembourg, Slovenia, …
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September 9, 2020
Refugees
It needed a devastating fire in the overcrowded Moria camp to wake up the European Union. EU Commissioner for Home Affairs Ylva Johansson said on Wednesday that the EU will fund the transport of 400 unaccompanied minors to the mainland. “The safety and shelter of all people in Moria is …
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August 31, 2020
Turkey-GR
European Commission spokesman Peter Stano said that the Turkish side was told what the EU’s expectations were in terms of finding a peaceful solution and how the EU sees the road towards de-escalation. “The bottom line is to have the dialogue going, instead of unilateral actions which increase the tensions …
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August 28, 2020
Politics, World
The European Union announced on Friday that a list with sanctions against Turkey has been drafted and that it will be discussed at the Summit on September 24-25, 2020. At a press conference following the informal EU foreign ministers Gymnich meeting in Berlin, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs & …
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August 24, 2020
FEATURED, Politics, Turkey-GR
Greece has no right to issue a navigational telex (NAVTEX) in the Eastern Mediterranean and is sowing chaos in the region, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan claimed on Monday. just hours after Greece issued a counter NAVTEX and announced joint military exercises with foreign countries.. According to website ahval, the …
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August 21, 2020
Greece, Politics
The Greek Foreign Ministry described Turkey’s decision to convert the Monastery of Chora into a mosque as “another provocation against religious people everywhere in the world as well as against the international community that respects the monuments of the human civilization.” “After Hagia Sophia and despite the international reaction, the …
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July 21, 2020
FEATURED, Greece, Politics
“EU sanctions on Turkey is the only way to ongoing provocations,” Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Tuesday during a meeting with German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas whose country is holding the rotating Presidency in the European Union. Short time later, Mitsotakis called for an emergency meeting with the Greek …
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July 16, 2020
FEATURED, Greece, Politics
Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias has said that Greece will invoke Article 42 of the European Union founding Treaty if relations with Turkey derail and slip into a military confrontation. Speaking to Star TV, Dendias said the Greece will ask for military assistance by other EU member states if Turkey …
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July 14, 2020
Economy
The European Commission has approved a total of 1.14 billion euros for small and medium-sized enterprises in Greece that have been negative affected by the coronavirus crisis. Development and Investment Minister Adonis Georgiadis said on Monday that the European Commission’s approval of some 1.14 billion euros’ worth of program modifications …
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July 13, 2020
Politics, World
European Union foreign ministers on Monday criticized Turkey for several reasons, including energy exploration in disputed Mediterranean waters and changing the status of Hagia Sophia from a museum to a mosque. For their first face-to-face meeting in months, the ministers were planning to discuss taking a tougher stand on Ankara …
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July 12, 2020
Greece
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 …
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July 7, 2020
Politics, Turkey-GR
Turkey has threatened it will retaliate if the European Union imposes sanctions on the country, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Monday, during a joint press conference with Josep Borrell, the High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice of the Commission. “We’ll have to …
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July 5, 2020
Greece
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis vowed that Greece will not bow to EU conditions on Covid-19 aid. He said that the EU recovery money cannot have “troika-style conditionality. He said that Greece has “matured a lot” since debt crisis and will set its own agenda. There will there will be no …
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June 30, 2020
CORONAVIRUS, Tourism
The European Union released on Tuesday the list of countries outside the bloc and Schengen area Brussels considers as “safe”. Travelers from these 14+1 countries will be allowed into EU as of July 1, 2020. The list is compiled based on epideliological criteria similar to the EU average of even …
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June 29, 2020
Economy
A substantial part of the European Union’s package of measures to help the economy recover from the coronavirus pandemic must consist of grants rather than loans, the International Monetary Fund’s chief economist told German magazine Der Spiegel. “Otherwise it will not promote economic recovery,” Gita Gopinath was quoted as saying …
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June 27, 2020
Tourism
The European Union decides on Saturday on a list of 14+1 countries outside the block whose citizens will be allowed to enter EU on July 1.The countries reportedly fulfill the epidemiological criteria with infections to be at the average EU level or even lower. Among them are Australia, Japan, Canada …
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June 25, 2020
FEATURED, Turkey-GR
“Greece attempts to build axes of malice against Turkey,” the Forieghn Ministry in Ankara claimed on Thursday, obviously angry about the visit of EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell at the Evros border on Wednesday. Turkey fumed about the visit and the statements made by …
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June 24, 2020
Greece, Politics
Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias and the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell visited the military border post at Kastanies border crossing with Turkey, in the Prefecture of Evros, on Wednesday morning. The two officials walked up to the ‘chain’ at the border …
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