Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias in an interview with POLITICO highlighted that Germany is not taking a leadership role in the EU by insisting on continuing their arms sales to Turkey despite…
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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan blamed Greece and Cyprus for German commandos inspecting a Turkish vessel on behalf of a European Union mission to implement an arms embargo on Libya. “Despite the…
Authorities in Greece arrested three suspected members of a people-smuggling gang responsible for transporting migrants from Greece to Italy, the Hellenic Coast Guard announced on Tuesday. The arrests were made after the…
The police arrested eight people for being members of a human tracking network in the wider area of Omonia and Agios Panteleimon in central Athens. The leading member of the human trafficking…
German newspaper Die Tageszeitung headlined German ‘weakness’ in the face of ongoing Turkish provocations in the East Med and the Caucus as Armenia and Azerbaijanagree to a ceasefire. “In the eyes of…
Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias spoke of Germany’s soft approach to Turkey in an interview, saying that such a policy had failed. Dendias, in an interview in the Sunday edition of German…
Belgium’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has included Greece, Latvia and regions of France, Germany, Italy and Spain in the list of “red” countries. This means that Belgium strongly discourage travel to this…
Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias renewed a request for Germany to embargo and cancel its arms sales to Turkey during his Wednesday visit to Berlin. During the visit, the Greek Foreign Minister…
Following a long procurement process, the Hellenic Navy (Πολεμικό Ναυτικό) signed an important deal with German company Atlas Elektronik for heavyweight torpedoes. The deal covers the procurement of new SeaHake mod 4…
OXI Day on October 28, 1940, commemorates the anniversary when former military general and Prime Minister of Greece, Ioannis Metaxas said “OXI” (NO) to an ultimatum made by Italian Prime Minister Benito…
An agreement has been made between Greece, Germany, England, Hungary for a new missile intercepting laser beam technology. Greece will soon acquire a new missile interceptor with laser beam capabilities. As OPEN…
One hundred and four illegal immigrants who had been living in overcrowded Greek island camps, have been relocated to Hannover, a city in Germany. According to the German embassy in Athens, the…
Germany has responded to a Greek request that it suspends the export of military equipment to Turkey because of Ankara’s aggressive policies in the region, with the country’s Foreign Ministry saying that…
In July I hypothesized that “Germany’s presidency over the EU may be the most important junction in the bloc’s history since the collapse of the Soviet Union. The world is on the cusp of…
The EU leaders’ summit on Friday did not bode well for Greece, especially as five countries are blocking sanctions against Turkey. More precisely, it had a worse ending than the previous Summit…
The Egyptian Minister of Foreign Affairs in a telephone conversation yesterday with his German counterpart, Haiko Maas, emphasized the need for stability in the Eastern Mediterranean and said that Greece and Cyprus…
Greek Spokesman: Ankara’s actions in the East Med is to distract Turks from their economic situation
In an interview on Greek television, a government spokesman highlighted that Turkey is partially motivated to cause hostilities in the East Mediterranean by the need to distract their citizens from the declining…
“Turkey’s goal is to blow up exploratory talks,” said Angelos Syrigos, a professor of international law and a Member of Parliament for the ruling New Democracy Party, while speaking to SKAI’s main…
“At the recent summit we offered a very clear choice to Turkey, but unfortunately it seems that Ankara is choosing the path that leads to sanctions,” Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said during his discussions…
In what can be seen as a move to signal Turkey, German Foreign Minister Haiko Maas has canceled Wednesday’s visit to Turkey as Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan continues to provoke with…