February 22, 2022
Economy, FEATURED
Greece’s Development Minister Adonis Georgiadis appeared reassuring about the natural gas supply and the consequences that the developments in Ukraine will have for the country. Speaking to Skai Tv on Tuesday morning, the minister said that “there is absolutely no concern about the adequacy of natural gas in Greece from …
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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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February 18, 2022
Greece, Politics
“A conflict in Ukraine will have no winner. We would all lose out,” Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias told his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov during a meeting in Moscow on Friday. The Russian FM blamed the NATO for the latest developments in Ukraine, citing violations of OSCE agreements. “We have …
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February 15, 2022
FEATURED, Greece, Politics
Greece’s Foreign Ministry summoned the Ukrainian ambassador to deliver a demarche requesting clarifications over the death of an ethnic Greek and the serious injury of two more members of ethnic Greeks community in an incident involving Ukrainian soldiers in the village Granitna, in Ukraine’s east near the border with Russia. …
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February 14, 2022
FEATURED, Greece
Two ethnic Greeks were fatally shot and two others were seriously injured by three Ukrainian soldiers in the village of Granitna, near the country’s eastern border with Russia, the Greek Foreign ministry said on Monday. The ministry said the incident took place after an argument over an “insignificant matter.” No …
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February 14, 2022
FEATURED, Greece, Politics
Greece’s Foreign Ministry urges all Greek nationals to leave immediately the Ukraine. In an announcement issued at 11:30 Monday morning, The Ministry also strongly discourages traveling in the territory. The announcement provides details of the Greek diplomatic representation in the country. The announcement was issued after an emergency meeting of …
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February 11, 2022
Greece, Politics
Greece’s Foreign Ministry urges Greek nationals who are or travel to Ukraine to be in contact with the Greek Embassy in Kiev. In a announcement issued late on Friday, 11. February 2022, the Foreign Ministry in Athens lists contact details such as emergency phone numbers, e-mails and other information. The …
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January 31, 2022
Greece, Politics
Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias visited the Organization for Security & Cooperation in Europe’s (OSCE) Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine in the city of Mariupol (Marioupolis) and met also with ethnic Greek communities in the city. Dendias tweeted that he was “briefed on the security situation on the ground and …
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July 6, 2021
Greece
Greece supports Ukraine’s independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity within its internationally recognized borders, said Greek Foreign Affairs Minister Nikos Dendias after meeting his Ukrainian counterpart Dmytro Kuleba in Kiev on Monday. Dendias was attending the three-day “Ukraine.30 Forum”, which on its opening day looked into the “Strategic mission of Ukraine: …
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February 8, 2020
Culture, FEATURED
Democracy, Philosophy, Technology, Harmony, Energy: Greek words that dominate most languages in the world. With these five words a challenge started on internet on the occasion of the Greek Language International Day on February 9. The Greek Language Challenge calls on non-Greek speakers to pronounce these words, create a video …
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September 15, 2018
Greece, Politics
Russia’s Orthodox Church said it would no longer participate in structures chaired by the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople, it suspends all services with top priests of the Patriarchate of Constantinople and will no longer commemorate the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I in its services. The decisions taken at a meeting of …
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August 27, 2018
Greece, Politics
The Russian hackers indicted by the U.S. special prosecutor last month have spent years trying to steal the private correspondence of some of the world’s most senior Orthodox Christian figures, The Associated Press has found, illustrating the high stakes as Kiev and Moscow wrestle over the religious future of Ukraine. …
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January 28, 2015
Politics
Newly appointed Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias is due travel to to Brussels to attend the extraordinary meeting of European Union Foreign Ministers who will discuss sanctions against Russia due to escalation of the Ukraine conflict. The meeting will convene tomorrow Thursday, January 29th, upon an invitation by EU’s High Representative …
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January 27, 2015
Politics
Hardly was Greece’s new Prime Minister sworn-in – he hadn’t even announced his new cabinet- and Alexis Tsipras picked up the phone to complain to European Union foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini about a joint EU statement asking for sanctions against Russia. Greece’s discomfort had to do with the fact …
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May 6, 2014
Politics
If Elia will be down-voted, Greece will turn into Ukraine on elections night. This unbelievable claim was reportedly made by deputy interior minister Leonidas Grigorakos, a PASOK member in Greek coalition government. Speaking at an event, Grigorakos made this claim, when he was asked to comment of PASOK leader Venizelos’ …
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