August 31, 2022
FEATURED, Greece
The permanent representative of Greece in the NATO submitted a protest note to the Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg early Wednesday afternoon. Reason for the protest was a tweet by the NATO Allied Land Command in which it congratulated Turkey for its 100. Anniversary of Independence. Note that the Command is …
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August 30, 2022
FEATURED, Greece, Politics
“The USA and its NATO partners urgently need to capitalize on the opportunities offered by the port of Alexandroupolis and by Greece more generally,” says an analysis of the significant strategic role of Greece after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The analysis has been prepared by the Jewish Institute for National …
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July 1, 2022
FEATURED, Greece, Politics
The outcome of the NATO Summit in Madrid is “a diplomatic Waterloo for Greek positions,” SYRIZA-Progressive Alliance leader Alexis Tsipras said on Thursday. Speaking to OPEN TV, Tsipras said “we understood what happened in Madrid yesterday (Wednesday), but the Greek government says it is satisfied.” “The government has placed the …
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June 29, 2022
Politics, Turkey-GR
The Biden administration threw its support behind the potential sale of F-16 fighter jets to Turkey, a day after Ankara lifted a veto of NATO membership for Finland and Sweden, and while US president Joe Biden was holding a meeting with Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Speaking at a briefing …
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June 29, 2022
Greece, Politics
The Russian invasion of Ukraine has made it clear that NATO’s mission to protect territorial integrity, human rights and international law is not merely empty rhetoric, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Wednesday. Addressing the NATO Summit in Madrid on Wednesday, he noted also that the sanctions decided against Russia …
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June 28, 2022
Turkey-GR
Turkey, Sweden and Finland sign memorandum on Nordic countries’ NATO bids after talks in Madrid on Tuesday evening. Finland, Sweden to take concrete steps on extradition of terrorists, preventing terrorist propaganda against Turkey. Turkey committed to agree to support at Madrid Summit invitation of Finland, Sweden to become NATO members. …
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June 28, 2022
Politics, Turkey-GR
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will be meeting with US counterpart Joe Biden on the sidelines of the NATO summit in Madrid later on Tuesday or on Wednesday, he told reporters on Tuesday morning. He ruled out the possibility of holding any talks with Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, who …
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June 26, 2022
FEATURED, Politics, Turkey-GR
At the NATO Summit upcoming week, Turkish president Recep Tayipp Erdogan will raise the issue of “militarization” of Greek islands in the Aegean Sea and their “illegal occupation by Greece,” some Erdogan-affiliated media reported on Sunday oblviously following leaks by president’s aidees. With the title “President Erdogan goes to NATO …
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June 16, 2022
FEATURED, Greece, Politics
Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar met with his Greek counterpart Nikos Panagiotopoulos at the sidelines of a NATO meeting in Brussels, amid escalating tension between the two neighboring countries, media in both countries report on Thursday afternoon. According to state broadcaster ERT, meeting was of short duration and Minister Panagiotopoulos …
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June 13, 2022
Politics, Turkey-GR
Security concerns raised by Turkey in its opposition to Finland’s and Sweden’s NATO membership applications are legitimate, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said on Sunday during a visit to Finland. “These are legitimate concerns. This is about terrorism, it’s about weapons exports,” Stoltenberg told a joint news conference with Finnish …
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May 19, 2022
Greece, Politics
Greece welcomes the historic decision by Finland and Sweden to submit their applications to join NATO, the foreign ministry said in a statement on Thursday. “The accession of two additional European partners, with deep-rooted democratic traditions and respect for international law to the NATO family will further strengthen Europe’s collective security, …
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May 15, 2022
FEATURED, Greece, Politics
Greece is “ready to welcome Sweden and Finland in the NATO family,” Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias said in Berlin Saturday. Greece has always had “excellent relations” with the two countries, Dendias said on arriving at an informal dinner of foreign ministers of NATO countries at Germany’s foreign ministry. “I am …
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May 13, 2022
Politics, Turkey-GR
Longstanding NATO member Turkey opposes Finland and Sweden seeking to join the North Atlantic Alliance and president Recep Tayyip Erdogan threatens with veto. He also accused Greece, a NATO ally, of using the alliance against Turkey, saying Ankara did not want a repeat of that “mistake,” when the NATO accepted …
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May 11, 2022
Politics, World
For the first time Greece hosts one of the most legendary exercises in the world, the NATO Tiger Meet 2022, with a history of 60 years. The drill is hosted by the Hellenic Air Force 335 Squadron. From Monday 9 to Friday 20 May 2022, the NATO Tiger Meet 2022 …
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April 28, 2022
Greece, Politics
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has briefed the Secretary General of the NATO on the massive airspace violations and overflights over small and big Greek islands and decided to freeze the Confidence Building Measures with Turkey. All in all a total of 168 violations of the Greek FIR were recorded on …
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March 15, 2022
FEATURED, Politics, World
The largest concentration of naval forces in the world is seen at the moment in the northern Aegean Sea: the US aircraft carrier Harry Truman, modern Russian frigates and a number of nuclear-powered escort ships are sailing in the area, while the French Charles de Gaulle is currently south of …
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March 11, 2022
FEATURED, Politics, World
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has shown the importance of NATO allies not being dependent on Russian military equipment, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said in his speech at the Diplomacy Forum in Antalya on Friday. While he did not explicitly mentioned the Russian S-400 missiles, both Turkish and Greek media understood …
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February 22, 2022
FEATURED, Greece, Politics
Greece needed some twelve hours to take official position on the Russia-Ukraine developments and Tuesday morning it announced that it will stand with its allies in the European Union and the NATO. At an emergency meeting chaired by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis early in the morning, the Council of Foreign …
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January 21, 2022
FEATURED, Greece, Politics
The Greek Parliament on Thursday voted an amendment submitted by the Climate Crisis and Civil Protection approving the repayment of more than eight million euros to the NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA) for providing firefighting support to Greece between 2011 and 2016. The debt, totaling 8,457,481.64 euros, concerns administrative …
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October 7, 2021
FEATURED, Greece, Politics
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg appeared critical of EU defense initiatives and bilateral pacts within the bloc such as the one between Greece and France. “What I don’t believe in is efforts to try to do something outside the NATO’s framework or compete with or duplicate NATO because NATO remains the …
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