Qatar Airways has announced that it will begin a phased approach to expand its network, initially to 52* destinations by the end of May and to 80* in June. Athens is scheduled…
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The Greek Foreign Ministry has congratulated North Macedonia for becoming the 30th member of NATO. “We congratulate the Republic of North Macedonia that joins NATO as the 30th member of our alliance.…
North Macedonia on Friday officially became the 30th member of the NATO military alliance. “North Macedonia is now part of the NATO family, a family of 30 nations and almost 1 billion…
According to the news wire service agency Agence France Presse (AFP) on Monday, EU member states agreed to open accession talks with North Macedonia and, conditionally, with Albania. Citing several diplomatic sources,…
Aegean Airlines on Monday announced that it will suspend all international flights, both inbound and outbound, from March 26 to April 30. “Given the extraordinary circumstances of the COVID-19 pandemic, travel restrictions…
From 6am on Wednesday, March 18, Greece will close its borders to non-EU nationals, GTP Headlines reported. The decision was announced by Greek Deputy Minister of Civil Protection and Crisis Management, Nikos…
After warning against border closures and urging solidarity, the European Commission on Monday proposed a ban on foreign nationals entering the 22-state Schengen open-border zone in efforts to curb the spread of…
Greece’s Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias declared a small win, after the European Council agreed to enforce an arms embargo on Libya by air and sea, in statements made in Brussels on Monday.…
Greece’s Defence Minister, Nikos Panagiotopoulos on Thursday called for a greater presence of NATO in the Aegean, during the two-day meeting of NATO Defence Ministers in Brussels that occurred on the 12-13th…
Sophia Meletiadou from Giannitsa, Greece and Hara Zeniou from Lekfosia, Cyprus were announced as the winning representatives of their country in the European Commission’s ‘Juvenes Translatores’ translation contest for secondary schools. This…
Greece’s Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is making good on his word to attract foreign investment to the country. With a ministerial delegation concluding meetings in Japan today, to China’s COSCO confirming it…
Greece’s Ministry of Culture announced that the Athens Acropolis is to be lit blue on Wednesday evening, to mark the 30th anniversary since the signature of the United Nations Convention on the…
President Ursula von der Leyen has unveiled her picks for the next European Commission and named Greece’s Margaritis Schinas as Vice President for “Protecting our European way of life.” President von der…
Whilst Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotaks is set to chair an immigration policy meeting today in Athens with senior EU officials, his Foreign Affairs Minister is on his way for his first EU…
In light of Turkey’s ongoing provocations against Greece and Cyprus in the Aegean, diplomatic sources on Friday said the EU is preparing a series of measures against Turkey. According to the sources,…
Representatives of Greek communities abroad have written a letter to Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, condemning their lack of voting rights in the upcoming elections. In the joint letter, the Greek communities of Brussels,…
Greece’s National Defence Minister Evangelos Apostolakis met with his Turkish counterpart, Hulusi Akar on the sidelines of the NATO ministers meetings in Brussels on Wednesday, and expressed Greece’s protest over Turkey’s presence…
Greek activists petitioned Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Tuesday to push EU leaders harder for climate change initiatives at the upcoming European Council on June 20 and 21. The upcoming Council meeting…
The European Commission spokesman Margaritis Schinas, called for a focus away from Brussels and instead put it on EU citizens, during an interview with Greek news agency ANA. Schinas said Europe is…
Greece’s Foreign Minster George Katrougalos, had a joint press conference with his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu following their meeting in Brussels on Thursday, declaring their willingness to de-escalate tensions between the two…