September 25, 2024
FEATURED, Greece, Politics
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan reaffirmed the positive climate and the will to maintain the existing framework of de-escalation in Greek-Turkish relations during their meeting on Tuesday on the sidelines of the 79th UN General Assembly in New York. Short before their meeting, addressing …
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June 6, 2024
FEATURED, Greece, Politics
Greece was elected as non-permanent member of the UN Security Council for the period 2025-26, with 182 votes out of a total of 188 countries participating in the electoral process, on Thursday. “Today is a historic day for Greece, for our country’s imprint in the world. The UN General Assembly …
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January 24, 2024
FEATURED, Greece, Politics
In a letter to United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, Greece’s has protested Libya ’s recent decision to declare a 24-nautical mile contiguous zone, extending beyond its 12-nautical mile territorial sea, saying it violates international law in three key respects. In the letter which is dated 17. January 2024, Greece’s representative …
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October 3, 2023
Arts, Culture
This year’s Empress Theophano Prize is awarded to the United Nations in the name of António Guterres, United Nations Secretary-General. The award is dedicated to the humanitarian role in multilateral leadership that works as a catalyst to address global challenges. The 4th Award of the pan-European Empress Theophano Prize is …
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September 22, 2023
Greece, Politics
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis called on United Naions members to join a “global cooperation” against the Climate Change and the Migration. Addressing the the 78th UN General Assembly late on Thursday, Mitsotakis said “nowhere is that clearer to me than in two core areas, tackling climate change and managing …
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September 20, 2023
FEATURED, Politics, Turkey-GR
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan urged the global community to recognize the independence of the illegally occupied territories of Northern Cyprus. Reiterating his call made at the UN General Assembly last year, Erdogan asked the global community to recognize the independence of the “Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus”, to establish …
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May 4, 2023
Greece, Politics
In a letter to the United Nations secretary-general, Greece’s permanent representative to the UN, Evangelos Sekeris, expressed Athens’ complete opposition to Libya’s claims regarding the limits of its maritime zones, as reflected in a verbal communication from the Tripoli government to Cairo. According to Greek diplomatic sources on Thursday, Libya …
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December 2, 2022
Greece, Politics
Greece has submitted a letter to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres outlining the background of the illegal Turkish-Libyan memorandum. The Permanent Representative of Greece to the UN, Maria Theofili, underlined in the letter that “Greece maintains all its rights under international law and calls on Libya and Turkey to respect the …
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November 10, 2022
Politics, World
Operation mechanism IRINI has seized vehicle modified for military use in Libya that is under arms embargo by the United Nations. Merchant vessel MV MEERDIJK with a flag from the Netherlands has been ordered to the port of Almyros by Volos in Central Greece, local media report on Thursday, November …
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October 17, 2022
Greece, Politics
Greece’s Migration and Asylum Minister Notis Mitarakis said on Monday that he will inform the United Nations on the issue of 92 naked migrants collected at the Evros river, the natural border with Turkey on Friday. He once again accused Turkey of mistreating migrants. Speaking to Skai TV, Mitarakis said …
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September 5, 2022
Greece, Politics
Greece’s Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias will send letters to all members of the UN Security Council and to the UN Secretary General, as well as the secretary general of NATO, in the wake of the unprecedented statements made by Turkish officials’ in recent days. The statements made by the Turkish …
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May 26, 2022
Greece, Politics
The Permanent Representative of Greece to the United Nations delivered a letter addressed to UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday rejecting claims contained in a letter delivered by Turkey to the same body in September 2021. The letter dated May 25, 2022, focuses particularly on Turkish claims that failure …
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July 21, 2021
FEATURED, Politics, Turkey-GR
Turkish Cypriot authorities announced on Tuesday a partial reopening of the abandoned ghost town of Varosha for potential resettlement, drawing a strong rebuke from the Greek Cypriots but also the international community, the EU, the UN and the USA. Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias, is rushing to the island state. …
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September 5, 2020
FEATURED, Greece, Politics
“Negotiations with Turkey can be held as soon as Turkish ships withdraw from the Greek continental shelf” Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias reiterated Greece ‘s position while in New York for a meeting with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday. Dendias briefed Guterres on Turkey’s provocations against peace and regional stability …
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February 25, 2020
Greece
Greece, as a neighbour of Libya that is directly affected by developments there and as a factor for stability in the region, also has a role and a say in the situation in Libya, Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias stressed during his meeting in Geneva with UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres. …
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February 16, 2020
Turkey-GR
United Nations’ Division for Ocean Affairs will post the geographical coordinates outlined in the maritime border agreement signed by Turkey and Libya in November 2019. Including the memorandum’s sea zone maps in the UN’s database is expected to give them an official character. Athens is concerned, however, it tries to …
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December 12, 2019
Turkey-GR
“Turkey has applied to United Nations to register the agreement signed with Libya that sets the countries’ maritime boundaries in the Eastern Mediterranean,” Anadolu news agency reported on Thursday. Citing diplomatic sources, Anadolu said Ankara applied to the UN to register the memorandum on Wednesday. A Foreign Ministry official confirmed …
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December 10, 2019
Greece, Politics
Greece has lodged objections to the United Nations over the agreement between Libya and Turkey mapping out maritime boundaries as a violation of international law, the Greek government spokesman said on Tuesday. “This agreement was compiled in bad faith, it violates the Law of the Sea” government spokesman Stelios Petsas …
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October 26, 2019
Turkey-GR
Turkey has sent a letter to United Nations General Assembly is which it accused Cyprus of “ethnic cleansing against Turkish Cypriots between 1963 and 1975.” The letter submitted by the Turkey’s permanent representative to UN, is dated October 9, the day Turkey started its military operation against Syria. The letter …
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September 28, 2019
Greece, Politics
“Nations must share the burden of migration and refugee flows,” Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said addressing the 74th United Nations General Assembly Friday. Greece has had to handle the burden alone throughout the migration movement of recent years, as the country at the EU borders and the forefront of …
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