May 17, 2022
FEATURED, Greece, Politics
“There is no greater honor for an elected leader of Greece, where democracy was born, to address the representatives of people who have defended democratic ideals strongly since the founding of their country,” Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said during his address at the US Congress on Tuesday. The Greek premier …
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May 17, 2022
FEATURED, Greece, Politics
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis confirmed that Greece is eyeing the purchase of advanced US-built F-35 fighter jets and that a leading American defense contractor is seeking to invest in the country’s aerospace industry. “We will launch the process for the acquisition of a squadron of F-35 aircraft, and we do …
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May 4, 2022
Politics, Turkey-GR
Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar has accused Greece of instigating tensions in the Aegean Sea and the Eastern Mediterranean, adding that the country’s naval forces are equipped to defend against perceived external threats. “Greece, with provocations and actions during military exercises, is attempting to establish a de facto presence. We …
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April 28, 2022
FEATURED, Greece, Politics
Prompt was the response of Greece to the Turkish mass airspace violations and activated the air defense in the Aegean Sea. By order of the National Defense Ministry and the leadership of the General Staff the air defense was activated on Thursday, media reported early afternoon. The Chief of General …
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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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April 27, 2022
FEATURED, Greece, Politics, Turkey-GR
Turkish F-16 fighter jets recorded on Wednesday a record of 126 violations of Greek air space and 30 overflights of Greek islands some of them inhabited. Despite a demarche from Athens to Ankara earlier on Wednesday, the neighbors on the other side of the Aegean Sea ignored Greece’s diplomatic protest …
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April 27, 2022
Greece, Politics
Greece has condemned Turkey’s decision to convict activist and philanthropist Osman Kavala to life imprisonment and thus without parole. In a statement posted on Twetter by the Foreign Ministry on Wednesday, Athens called for Kavala’s immediate release, adding that the “decision stands in stark contrast with the international obligations Turkey …
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April 19, 2022
Archeology, Culture, FEATURED
The historic Imperial Gate in Hagia Sophia has been destroyed, the Turkish Union of Art History posted together with a picture on Tuesday. The picture shows in detail how the oak wood of the 15-century-old gate has been damaged. The security officer in charge simply said: No worries, it can …
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April 17, 2022
FEATURED, Politics, Turkey-GR
One migrant woman from Africa was shot in the back and died on Saturday night as she was trying to cross the Evros river and reach Greece from Turkey together with other migrants. Her body was found floating in the river, close to a boat carrying migrants to Greece. The …
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April 16, 2022
FEATURED, Society, Very Mix
A court in western Turkish province of Izmir has approved the appeal by Yannis Vasilis Yaylalı, an ethnically Greek Turkish citizen who comes from a Muslim convert family, to abandon his Turkish last name and assume a Greek one, Mezopotamya Agency reported on Friday. Yaylalı, who emigrated to Greece in …
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April 15, 2022
Greece, Politics
The Hellenic Leaders Council in the USA has launched a campaign on Thursday urging the US administration not to sell American F-16 fighter jets and upgrade kits to Turkey “until it shows compliance with US and international law.” Using the hashtag #NoJetsForTurkey, the campaign urges US citizens to petition their …
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April 12, 2022
FEATURED, Politics, Turkey-GR
Turkish fighter jets continue to violate Greece’s airspace and fly over Greek islands in the east of the country. Two pairs of Turkish F-16 violated twice the Greek airspace alone on Tuesday and flew over the island of Oinousses at 10:57 in the morning and 2:53 in the afternoon. A …
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April 4, 2022
FEATURED, Greece, Politics
Turkish fighter jets not only violated Greek air space for one more time but they also interrupted the multinational military NATO exercise INIOHOS in the south Aegean Sea. During the planned exercise part where Air Force and the NATO SNMG2 Permanent Allied Naval Force would cooperate and while an air …
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March 31, 2022
Economy
A potential gas pipeline project between Turkey and Israel is not possible in the short-term and building an alternative system to cut dependence on Russia will not happen quickly, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Thursday. Turkey and Israel have in recent weeks been working to mend their long-strained …
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March 21, 2022
Very Mix
Solaris, the super luxury yacht of sanctioned Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich has docked in Turkey’s Aegean Sea resort of Bodrum, Turkish media reports said Monday. A group of Ukrainians staged a protest on an inflatable boat and were detained. The Solaris docked in Bodrum after a zick-zack sailing through the …
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March 18, 2022
FEATURED, Tourism, Travel
Ferries connecting Greek islands in the north Aegean Sea with Turkish ports will be relaunched in March, it was reported on Thursday. The first such route from the island of Chios to Cesme will begin on March 23 The first route from Mytilini, Lesvos, to Ayvalık is set for April …
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March 17, 2022
FEATURED, Greece, Politics
Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar revealed on Thursday that Turkey has proposed “joint exploitation of the wealth-producing Aegean Sea with Greece.” He added he has received positive response. Speaking to journalists after the extraordinary meeting of NATO defense ministers in Brussels, Akar said: “This is important in terms of the …
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March 13, 2022
FEATURED, Greece, Politics, Turkey-GR
The necessity to deescalate of tension between Greece and Turkey and support stability in the East Mediterranean, in the shadow of the war in the Ukraine, was the joint understanding at the meeting of Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Turkey on Sunday, Greek …
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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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March 11, 2022
FEATURED, Politics, Turkey-GR
The Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers has urged Turkish authorities to abide by their international obligations and pay the “just satisfaction” awarded by the European Court of Human Rights to relatives of nine Greek Cypriots who disappeared during Turkey’s military invasion of Cyprus in 1974. In September 2009, the …
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