During a video-conference with German Chancellor Angela Merkel and European Council President Charles Michel on Tuesday, Turkish President Recep Tayip Erdogan put on the table a list of demands that would “facilitate” him to defuse tensions with Greece. He said that Turkey is ready to launch exploratory talks with Greece …
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Tension escalates after Turkey’s Oruc Reis entered Greece’s continental shelf
A major escalation between Greece and Turkey is currently under way in the south Aegean Sea, after Turkish seismic survey vessel Oruc Reis entered the area of the Greek continental shelf and dropped survey cables in the water. The vessel is accompanied by two support research vessels and several Turkish …
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Greek General Staff: “Situation unchanged, Armed Forces on full alert”
“The situation remains unchanged,” sources of the Greek General Staff told media on Wednesday afternoon after German media claimed that Chancellor Angela Merkel prevented a military conflict between Greece and Turkey. “The Greek Armed Forces are on full alert and are monitoring the movements of the Turkish Navy,” the sources …
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Greece’s PM Mitsotakis seeks EU support in tension caused by Turkey
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is determined to bring Turkey’s provocations to the agenda of the European Union and the next summit in June an dis confident to secure EU’s support against Ankara’s plans to drill off the Greek islands. On Wednesday, Mitsotakis sent letters to the President of European …
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Greece deploys hundreds of policemen to Evros as tension with Turkey rises
Greece is deploying 300 to 400 officers from across the country to Evros river at the land border with Turkey to bolster local forces. These officers are members of riot police, crime combating units and border guards who will patrol mainly in Ferres, the Ardas river and in Tychero. At …
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Tension high at Evros border as thousands try to cross into Greece (vids)
Tension at the Evros land border between Greece and Turkey is high on Saturday morning, as thousands of refugees and migrants are trying to push their way to Greece. Young and old, families with children are either in the buffer zone between the two countries or on the Turkish side. …
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State Dept: No official US initiative to ease tension between Greece & Turkey
The US State Department clarified over the weekend that there is “no official US initiative to ease tension between Greece and Turkey” as Greek media had reported. Greek Foreign Minister, Nikos Dendias, confirmed stating that there is “continued contact” instead in an interview with Skai TV on Sunday. The United …
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Tension between Greece and Turkey “not an issue for NATO,” says GenSec Stoltenberg
Tensions between Greece and Turkey are “not an issue for NATO,” the General Secretary of the North Atlantic Alliance, Jens Stoltenberg in an interview with Turkish news agency Anadolu. Saying that both countries are “two highly valued NATO allies” Stoltenberg hailed the telephone conversation between Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and …
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Ministers take oath in absence of clergy as rift between Gov’t and the Church grows
No a single priest, no a single icon. It has been the first time that cabinet ministers took an oath in the absolute absence of the Greek clergy. All the new ministers appointed after the mini government reshuffle on Wednesday had decided they would take a political “oath” and refrained …
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Turkey fuels tension with Greece with outrageous statements and actions
For one more time, Turkey has been fueling tension with Greece with a series of outrageous statements and actions. During a visit to North-East Greece, a Turkish Deputy Prime Minister claimed that the Muslim minority in Thrace were “Turkish citizens.” At the same time, Ankara sent a military helicopter over …
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Evictions: Locals furious as US Fund seizes shop in Rethymnon under police protection
Riot police squads had rushed as early as possible outside a shop in the old city of Rethymnon, Crete, and blocked the street to prevent locals from approaching. A representative of a US Fund was to install an alarm system at the shop the Fund had seized after buying the …
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Greek President warns Erdogan “Provocations are sign of weakness, Come and Take them!”
Greek president Prokopis Pavlopoulos sent a sharp worded message to his Turkish counter Recep Tayyip Erdogan, following a series of provocations accompanying his tour to the islands of the eastern Aegean Sea. “The brave do not provoke,” President Pavlopoulos told Greek soldiers safeguarding the remote island of Ai Stratis. “Provocations, …
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Turkey escalates tension, harasses helicopter carrying Greek President Pavlopoulos
Turkey’s boldness has no limits. Two times in two consecutive days, Turks harassed the helicopter carrying Greek President Prokopis Pavlopoulos on a tour visiting several remote islands and islets in the eastern Aegean Sea. While Pavlopoulos’ helicopter was heading to islet Panagia, pilots received warning calls and threats from the …
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Two far-right bullies arrested for attacking refugees in Souda hot spot, Chios
Two people belonging to the far-right political spectrum have been arrested and taken to the prosecutor. They are accused of attacking refugees in the surrounding area of the hot spot of Souda on the island of Chios. The two were identified by their victims, while one of them was …
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Turkey’s FM Cavusoglu calls Greek Defense Minister “racist” and warns of…
Short before the crisis with the Netherlands broke out, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusloglu attacked Greek Defense Minister Panos Kammenos. He is a member of a “racist party” Cavusoglu said on Friday and warned Greece of an “accident” in the Aegean Sea. Speaking at CNN-Turk, Cavusoglu claimed that it is …
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Aegean: Turkey escalates tension claiming Greece’s president visited an “occupied island”
Day in, day out, Turkey continues to provoke Greece and escalate tension in the Aegean Sea. Ankara is determined to challenge Greece’s sovereignty either through official statements or through its media. Day in, day out. Daily Sözcü published its Friday front page claiming that Greek President Prokopis Pavlopoulos visited a …
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When Turkey urges ‘dialogue’ with Greece, Ankara has nothing good in mind
Turkey’s Defense Minister Fikri Işık called on Greece to solve the problems between the two neighbors through dialogue amid escalating tensions between the two NATO allies. Işık said the neighboring countries should work together to solve their problems. But what are the problems between the two countries, what kind of …
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Imia/Kardak: Turkey escalates tension with non-stop provocations in the Aegean
Wednesday morning, Greece’s Defense Minister Panos Kammenos flew on a helicopter and threw a wreath in the sea to honor the three pilots who lost their lives during the Imia/Kardak conflict in 1996. Turkey’s response was to send a set of F-16 fighter jets in the area and violate not …
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Tension in Idomeni as refugees & migrants staged an action at the border fence to FYROM
One hundred refugees and migrants from the camp in Idomeni attempted to set up a tent at the border fence between Greece and FYROM on Thursday. Greek riot police intervened to stop the action, and some protesters started to hurl stones at the policemen and chant “Open borders!”. Eventually the …
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Tension at Idomeni camp amid false rumors Borders will open
Refugees have packed their things and wait … for the borders of FYROM to open. False rumors that borders would open have gone wild since Saturday with the effect that many refugees rushed to Idomeni from several reception centers. Others have laid on the rail tracks demanding “Open the Borders”. …
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