April 18, 2024
Greece, Politics, Turkey-GR
Greece announcement to establish two marine parks one of them in the Aegean Sea has soured its relations with Turkey and thus less than a month before the meeting of PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Ankara next month. “We remain vigilant” said the Turkish Defense Ministry …
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April 10, 2024
FEATURED, Greece, Politics, Turkey-GR
Greece’s Foreign Ministry affirmed its commitment to safeguarding its sovereign rights, while accusing Turkey of attempting to “politicize” an environmental conservation issue, that of marine parks to be established in the Aegean and the Ionian Sea. Greece reaction comes after Turkey challenged on Tuesday Greek sovereign rights and criticized Athens …
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March 19, 2024
FEATURED, Politics, Turkey-GR
In a speech to Turkish military personnel, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that “if Turkish forces had pushed further south in 1974, then all of Cyprus would be entirely Turkish today.” He alleged that the “Turkish Cypriots were on the brink of genocide just half a century ago. In the …
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February 20, 2024
Greece, Politics
The Foreign Ministry has sent a note verbale to the Turkish government regarding two recent navigational telexes (Navtex) that Ankara issued reserving a large area in the Aegean for aeronautical exercises and linking Greece’s sovereignty over a number of islands to their demilitarization. Diplomatic sources told the AMNA news agency …
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January 4, 2024
FEATURED, Greece, Politics
Ruling New Democracy MP and professor of international law, Angelos Syrigos, stirred the public debate when he claimed that “some articles of the Lausanne Treaty were out of date.” Among others, he referred to the articles regarding the military presence on the islands of the eastern Aegean Sea. Syrigos’ statements …
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November 14, 2023
FEATURED, Greece, Politics
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis will be meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Athens than in Thessaloniki, as originally planned, on December 7, it was announced on Tuesday. According to the Foreign Ministry, changing the location of the meeting, which will be held in the context of the …
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November 8, 2023
FEATURED, Greece, Politics
There are six basic principles concerning rapprochement with Turkey, Greek Foreign Minister Giorgos Gerapetritis said on Tuesday, addressing a conference in Athens. First, he said, geography has placed the two countries in close proximity, which is something that “we cannot change, so we ought to handle it,” therefore “we should …
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October 23, 2023
Politics, Turkey-GR
Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has signed a protocol for Sweden’s admission into NATO and sent it to parliament for ratification, his office said on Monday. On the same day, he reportedly ordered the leaders of Hamas to leave the country. The news was welcome first of all by Sweden …
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October 4, 2023
FEATURED, Greece, Politics, Turkey-GR
Greece categorically refuted on Wednesday Turkish media reports claiming the “demilitarization” of several Greek islands. Government spokesman Pavlos Marinakis called these demilitarization reports “fake news.” “We make this clear once more: there is absolutely no change of strategy regarding the distribution of forces and the defensive protection of the country,” …
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October 4, 2023
FEATURED, Social, Society
A 4-year-old child on the remote island of Kastellorizo was seriously injured in an accident and her parents took her to a hospital in neighboring Turkey as the Greek ambulance helicopter did not respond to the call for a transfer to the island of Rhodes. According to media, the girl …
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September 5, 2023
Greece, Politics, Turkey-GR
Greek Foreign Minister Giorgos Gerapetritis’ meeting with his Turkish counterpart Hakan Fidan was concluded in Ankara on Tuesday. The main objective the private meeting that lasted two ours was the preparation of the Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’ meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in the context of the …
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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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August 30, 2023
FEATURED, Greece, Politics
Greece filed a demarche with NATO’s General Secretariat to protest a congratulatory message to Turkey for its 1922 victory over Greece in Asia Minor. The message was posted on social media by the Headquarters of the Allied Land Command (LANDCOM) in Izmir. ZAFER BAYRAMINIZ KUTLU OLSUN! LANDCOM wishes a happy …
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August 23, 2023
Politics, Turkey-GR
A pair of Turkish F-16s entered the Athens Flight Information Region (FIR) on Wednesday without having submitted a flight plan, said the Hellenic National Defence General Staff (HNDGS). The fighter jets flew over the northeastern region of the Aegean and were intercepted by Greek fighter jets, per international protocols. The …
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August 19, 2023
Politics, World
Container ship Joseph Schulte, the first vessel that used Ukraine’s Black Sea corridor is crossing through Turkey’s Bosporus Straits, is heading to the pot of Piraeus, state broadcaster ERT reported on Saturday. The Joseph Schulte, carrying 2,114 containers with 30,000 tons of cargo, ERT added. Yesterday it arrived early in …
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August 10, 2023
Politics, World
The Russian Embassy in Cyprus will soon start providing consular services in the Turkish occupied of Cyprus, according to a telegram from the Russian state news agency TASS, citing an embassy spokesperson. “We will start providing consular services in the northern part of the city of Nicosia in the very …
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July 28, 2023
Society, Very Mix
A private helicopter crashed on the runway of Samos airport on Friday morning thus leading to delays in air traffic. The helicopter operator, a Turkish national, is reported to be in good health. The helicopter of Turkish Mavi Air had taken off from the island of Paros and stopped to …
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July 21, 2023
Politics, Turkey-GR
The Turkish authorities’ decision to forbid a liturgy at the historic Orthodox monastery of Panaghia Soumela on the August 15 religious holiday is an extremely disappointing development for all the faithful and the pilgrims that expected to visit it this year, Greek diplomatic sources said on Friday. The same sources …
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July 15, 2023
Turkey-GR
A pair of Turkish F-16s entered the Athens Flight Information Region (FIR) on Friday without having submitted a flight plan, the Hellenic National Defence General Staff (HNDG) said. They were intercepted by Greek fighter jets, per international protocols. The last time that Turkish military aircraft entered the Athens FIR without …
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July 14, 2023
Politics, Turkey-GR
Omer Celik, the spokesperson for Turkey’s ruling AK Party, has reiterated Ankara’s demand for Greece to demilitarize its eastern Aegean islands. He issued a bellicose warning, stating that there would be consequences if Greece fails to comply. In an interview with Turkish broadcaster Haberturk following the meeting between the leaders …
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