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Erdoğan attempts to gain advantages from NATO by opposing Swedish, Finnish membership

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is set to veto the Swedish and Finnish accession into NATO, arguing that these countries bring…

3 years ago

Turkey blocks Nato accession talks with Sweden and Finland

Turkey has thwarted Nato’s initial decision to process Finland and Sweden’s request to join the military alliance, throwing into doubt…

3 years ago

Turkey “can not say yes” to NATO membership for Sweden and Finland, says Erdogan.

Once a country has decided to apply for NATO membership, all members of the alliance must agree unanimously to proceed…

3 years ago

Erdoğan set to block Swedish and Finnish entry into NATO

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is set to block the Swedish and Finnish accession into NATO after saying on Friday…

3 years ago

Europe’s $8 “Travel Tax” is being rolled out in Nov 2023 Greece and Cyprus Included

ETIAS stands for European Travel Information and Authorization System. Europe will establish its long-awaited ETIAS, which is an electronic travel…

3 years ago

Jump for Greece in the happiness index 2022 – Northern Europeans lead the way

Greece is ranked 58th in the new World Happiness Index 2022, which evaluates countries for the period 2019-2021. In the…

3 years ago

Dendias: Greek companies “could offer their valuable expertise to African partners”

Greek Foreign Affairs Nikos Dendias addressed the online 7th EU-Africa Business Forum 2022 via a pre-recorded video message on Monday.…

3 years ago

EU: Greece and Cyprus high on female scientists and engineers

Greece and Cyprus have recorded among the highest proportion of female scientists and engineers in the EU at 41% - 45%  according to…

3 years ago

GREECE: Third highest material and social deprivation rate among youth

Greece has the third highest proportion in the EU of young people who were severely materially and socially deprived in…

3 years ago

Finnish FM and Çavuşoğlu square off over Turkey’s fake news against Greece and migrants (VIDEO)

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu fired new shots and non-existent accusations against Greece during a joint press conference with his…

3 years ago

Amazon announced an investment in Greece

Amazon Web Services will expand its activities to more than 30 major cities around the world and announces that among…

3 years ago

European Parliament President: We will not be intimidated by an authoritarian Turkey

The President of the European Council, David Sassoli, accused Turkey of sliding into authoritarianism following the Turkish President's intention to…

3 years ago

Turkey’s Erdogan orders expulsion of 10 Western ambassadors

Envoys of the US, Germany, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway and Sweden called for release of…

3 years ago

70% of adult population in Greece use the internet daily, Cyprus close to 90%

An estimated 70% of the adult population (16-74) in Greece uses the internet daily, 10 percentile points below the EU…

3 years ago

Cyprus leads Greece with 645 cars per 1000 inhabitants

Cyprus is among EU countries with the highest number of cars per 1000 inhabitants at 645 beating Greece who is…

3 years ago

“MOTHER I AM WELL, SEND SOUVLAKIA” – A Culinary Plea from Scandinavia

At Greek City Times we thought we'd add a bit of weekend humour given the usual doom and gloom and…

3 years ago

Greece among 67 countries demanding safe passage out of Afghanistan

Greece joined 65 other countries in asking that Afghans and international citizens who wish to depart must be allowed to…

3 years ago

Greece and Cyprus record highest decrease in work hours

It will come as no surprise to discover that in the first year of the pandemic, the number of actual…

4 years ago

Greece drops to 70th place in 2021 press freedom rankings

Greece has suffered a decline in press freedom, according to data published by Reporters Without Borders (RSF). In its annual…

4 years ago

A third of Greece is covered in forest, just below EU average

More than 30% of Greece and 19% of Cyprus are covered in forest according to Eurostat in a report released…

4 years ago