September 28, 2022
Greece, Politics
The heads of state and government of nine southern European Union countries meeting in Alicante, Spain on Friday will express their support for Greece against the threats made by Turkey, French presidency sources said on Wednesday. According to the sources, the Turkish threats against Greece will be discussed at a …
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September 20, 2022
Greece, Politics
“Turkey’s announcements are a clear, a present threat against Greece’s sovereignty,” Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias on Tuesday upon his arrival at the informal meeting of EU Foreign Ministers during the 77th UN General Assembly High-Level Week, in New York. The Greek Foreign Minister said that he will inform his colleagues …
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September 6, 2022
FEATURED, Politics, Turkey-GR
Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan escalates his rhetoric and fired new threats against its neighbor and NATO partner Greece on Tuesday saying: “Greece needs to think about what kind of relationship it wants with Turkey. As I always say, we might come one night. Speaking to reporters ahead of a …
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August 2, 2022
FEATURED, Politics, Turkey-GR
Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar threatened with preemptive action if Athens does not comply with the demilitarization of the islands in the eastern Aegean Sea. “Doesn’t that create the right for self-defense? Isn’t installing weapons in front of our noses a threat to our country?” he said. At the same …
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June 16, 2022
Politics, Turkey-GR
Turkey lashed out at Germany over comments by its foreign minister expressing concern over the recent escalation of aggressive rhetoric against Greece and violations of the country’s airspace. Turkish government statements “do not help the constructive dialogue and stability in the region,” while “the aggressive rhetoric especially, as well as …
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June 9, 2022
Politics, Turkey-GR
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday warned Greece to demilitarize islands in the Aegean, saying he was “not joking” with such comments. His close aide Omer Celik went even so far, to tweet “We may come suddenly one night.” “We invite Greece to stop arming the islands that have …
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May 26, 2022
FEATURED, Politics, Turkey-GR
Greece must withdraw its military from the Aegean islands or Turkey “will take matters further,” if Athens failed to do so, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu warned on Thursday. Ankara is prepared to challenge their sovereignty, he added. “We are not bluffing. If Athens does not comply, we will take matters …
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February 10, 2022
FEATURED, Politics, Turkey-GR
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu called on Greece to demilitarize the islands and warned that it will start a debate questioning their sovereignty, if Athens does not change its stance. “We sent two letters to the UN. We sent them because Greece is violating the demilitarization regime of the islands. …
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December 29, 2021
CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED, Society, Very Mix
Extreme anti-vaxxers in Greece have gone out of control and threaten teachers with execution, while they claim they prepare paramilitary groups with the aim to take over the power in the country. At the same time, they threaten media with exorbitant fines if they report about their activities. They are …
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September 21, 2021
CORONAVIRUS
Anti-vaxxers parents are freaking out and attack teachers for demanding masks and self-tests from pupils as provided by law. Some anti-vaxxers went far to file lawsuits against teachers for “forming a criminal organization, treason and torture.” Parents of children at a kindergarten and an elementary school in Pyrgos, south Peloponnese, …
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July 1, 2021
CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED
With threats, punishment, insane measures and authoritarianism the Greek government tries to “convince” the country’s citizens to get vaccinated. Ministers rule out new lockdown claiming “economic disaster for the country” and a series of punitive measures such as lay-offs and exclusion from state support aid. In addition, the government plans …
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June 9, 2021
CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED
In an effort to “persuade” more citizens to receive vaccinations against the pandemic, the Greek government has now called forth the tool of direct threats. Development Minister Adonis Georgiadis went so far on Wednesday to claim that a employer has the right to fire an employee who is not vaccinated. …
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March 18, 2021
CORONAVIRUS
Greece’s Health Minister urged private doctors to volunteer their services to the state health system as it struggles to rein in fast-spreading Covid-19 infections. If no 200 doctors respond to the appeal, he will recommend their requisition. “We are at the most critical juncture of the pandemic,” Health Minister Vassilis …
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September 14, 2020
Refugees
A member of the National Guard on the island of Lesvos was dismissed after posting on social media that he was longing to fire against refugees and migrants. The lieutenant general of the Military Body responsible for the National Guard Battalion dismissed the man early Monday morning just hours after …
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July 1, 2020
CORONAVIRUS
Travel company TUI has openly threatened the Greek government that it would cancel all its trips to Greece due to the 36-hour quarantine Athens reportedly wanted to impose on tested tourists, German daily BILD reports on Wednesday. Reason for the threats was the original Greek plan that tourists tested in …
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June 8, 2020
CORONAVIRUS
Greece’s health authorities have been set on alert and politicians threaten with “local lockdown” in islands and touristic areas, should crowding phenomena like the one at a Mykonos beach bar occur again. Government spokesman, Stelios Petsas, said on Monday that there is a plan for a local lockdown in case …
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December 9, 2019
Politics, Turkey-GR
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan fired new threats against Greece and said that “Greece will pay the price for its actions.” In an interview on Turkish public television TRT on Monday night and a few days after meeting with Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis in London, Erdogan escalated his rhetoric. However, …
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October 30, 2019
Politics, World
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan has claimed that European countries support terrorists and threatened “The terrorist snake you are breeding with your hands will one day turn against you and bite you. You will understand the mistake you commit when bombs will explode on your streets, terrorists will use their guns …
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April 15, 2019
Turkey-GR
Despite warnings from the international community and particularly the United States, Turkey is determined to proceed with the purchase of the Russian missiles defense system S-400. And not only that. Ankara threatens its neighbor Greece to install the S-400 along the Turkish coasts on the Aegean Sea in order to …
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January 16, 2019
Greece
Deputy Minister for Citizens’ Protection, Katerina Papacosta has submitted her resignation to Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Monday evening, after receiving life threats due to her intention to vote in favor of the Prespes Agreement. Tsipras did not accept the resignation of the former New Democracy politician, expelled from the …
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