October 2, 2024
FEATURED, Greece, Politics
Greece’s Foreign Ministry has activated the Crisis Management Unit in order to assist Greeks who want to leave Lebanon, the ministry announced on Wednesday, Οψτοβερ 2, 2024. The announcement stressed that Greek citizens who want to leave Lebanon can contact the Consular Office of the Greek Embassy in Beirut at …
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April 24, 2024
Greece, Politics
Greece turned sour against the USA, after the Human Rights report of the State Department sharply criticized the Greek government on a series of issues. The Greek Foreign Ministry issued a statement questioning the credibility of the State Department sources. It is the same Greek tactic applied also to reports …
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October 20, 2023
FEATURED, Greece, Politics
At least eight people were killed, among them one child, and several were injured in Israeli airstrike on the historical Greek Orthodox Church of Saint Porphyrius in Gaza city late on Thursday night. The Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem condemned the attack, while the Greek Foreign Ministry issued a statement …
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August 31, 2023
FEATURED, Greece, Politics
With a message of just a few words, Greece’s foreign ministry responded to statements by Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan who claimed on the occasion of the 101. anniversary of the Asia Minor disaster that it was the Greeks who destroyed Izmir (Smyrna). In a statement, the Greek Ministry described …
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July 9, 2023
FEATURED, Politics, Turkey-GR
Greece’s Foreign Ministry condemned a party with electronic music and alcohol drinks inside the historic Greek Orthodox Church of Saint Voukolos in the city of Izmir on the coast of western Turkey. İzmir'de tarihi kilisede parti yapıldı. — Aykırı (@aykiricomtr) July 8, 2023 The Church is being used as a …
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January 27, 2023
FEATURED, Greece, Politics
Greek Parliament honored the memory of the victims of the Holocaust ahead of International Holocaust Remembrance Day on Thursday evening by displaying the slogan “We remember” on its facade. The logo displayed a photograph of prisoners in a Nazi concentration camp. January 27 marks the 78th anniversary of the liberation …
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December 16, 2022
FEATURED, Greece, Politics
Greece’s Foreign Ministry has issued on Friday a warning to Greek citizens in Peru due to the security situation in the South American country that is in tough political turmoil violent protests and protesters’ deaths. On Thursday, Peru declared a 30-day state of emergency. FM Announcement “In light of recent …
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November 13, 2022
Greece, Politics
“Greece unequivocally condemns terrorism and we extend our heartfelt condolences to the Turkish government and the Turkish people,” the Foreign Ministry in Athens said in a statement on Sunday afternoon, after a bomb exploded in Istanbul ‘s famous Istiklal Street killing at least 6 people and wounding over 80. The …
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September 5, 2022
Greece, Politics
The Greek Foreign Ministry congratulated newly elected British Prime Minister Liz Truss on Monday. “Congratulations to Liz Truss on becoming the next British PM. During her tenure as Foreign Secretary, our bilateral relations gained a renewed momentum by signing with Nikos Dendias the MoU on Strategic Bilateral Framework between Greece …
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August 31, 2022
Greece, Politics
Greece has expressed grief over the death of the last Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev. “We express our sorrow for the loss of a great European,” the Foreign Ministry said in a tweet. “[Gorbachev] was instrumental in ending the Cold War, in promoting nuclear disarmament and the democratization of his country,” …
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July 20, 2022
FEATURED, Greece, Politics
“Today’s sombre anniversary of the 48th anniversary of the Turkish invasion of Cyprus on 20 July 1974 and the continued illegal occupation of more than a third of the island by Turkish troops is a reminder to the international community of Turkey’s flagrant violation of International Law and United Nations …
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July 17, 2022
Greece, Politics
The Greek Foreign Ministry on Sunday expressed its deep sorrow to the families of the 8 Ukrainian crew members of the Antonov cargo airplane that crashed near Kavala, northern Greece, late on Saturday night. In a post on Twitter, the Greek Foreign Ministry said: “Profoundly saddened by the news of …
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June 9, 2022
FEATURED, Greece, Politics
Greece’s Foreign Ministry uploaded a total of 16 maps “in an effort to increase the wider public’s awareness of Turkish revisionism,” as it said in a statement. “The attached maps depict in a vivid and irrefutable way the Turkish illegal unilateral actions and claims,” the Ministry added. Greece-Turkey borders according …
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June 3, 2022
FEATURED, Greece, Politics
“No one can give a logical answer as to why my name was deleted from the translation of the FBI Novartis document,” PASOK-KINAL MP and former Health Minister Andreas Loverdos told Skai TV on Friday morning. It was one more of Loverdos’ statements after documentonews newspaper and koutipandoras website published …
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May 27, 2022
Greece, Politics
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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May 20, 2022
FEATURED, Greece, Politics, Turkey-GR
An unprecedented violation of Greece’s national sovereignty by Turkish fighter jets on Friday: they reached 2.5 nautical miles off the port city of Alexandroupolis in north-eastern Greece. Angry reaction by the Greek Foreign Ministry that issued a statement condemning “the very clear escalation of Turkish provocations.” Foreign Ministry statement “We …
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April 6, 2022
FEATURED, Greece, Politics
Greece has declared 12 Russian diplomats persona non gratae, the Foreign Ministry announced on Wednesday. The Russian diplomats will have to leave the country. The ministry’s secretary general has informed about this decision the ambassador of the Russian Federation in Athens “earlier today,” the ministry said in a statement. According …
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March 7, 2022
FEATURED, Greece, Politics
The statement by the spokeswoman of the Russian Foreign Ministry are “unacceptable” the Foreign Ministry in Athens said late on Sunday. Greece ’s Foreign Ministry responded to the unprecedented statement by Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova who lashed out against the country for its stance on the war in …
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March 6, 2022
FEATURED, Politics, World
Russia’s Foreign Ministry went one step further towards a deeper deterioration of the Greek-Russian relations, directly accusing the conservative government of Kyriakos Mitsotakis of “hypocricy” and a “defamation campaign against Russia.” The verbal attack was launched by Maria Zakharova, the information and press director of the ministry in Moscow. According …
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February 27, 2022
Greece, Politics, Tourism, Travel
Greeks should avoid traveling to the Russian Federation, the spokesman of the Foreign Ministry in Athens said on Sunday afternoon as more and more European countries close their national airspace to Russian planes. “Greeks are advised to avoid not necessary travel to the Russian Federation” spokesman Alexandros Papaioannou told state …
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