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Greece’s new government spokesman Christos Tarantilis, hailed the tabling of a new bill foreseeing the extension of the western limit of Greece’s territorial waters in the Ionian Sea to 12 nautical miles…
Athens will have a constructive disposition when exploratory contacts with Ankara resume, Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias said during an interview with Kathimerini. He also stressed that the agenda of the exploratory…
Turkey has blamed Greece for provocative and escalatory military activities in the Aegean and the Eastern Mediterranean according to a statement issued by the Turkish Foreign Ministry on Sunday. The ministry pointed…
The Turkish Foreign Ministry announced it would not abandon its “sovereign rights” in Kastellorizo or airspace covering 10 nautical miles, despite the possibility of sanctions imposed against it. The statement was made…
In what was described by sources as a fiery confrontation between Turkey and NATO allies at Tuesday’s NATO Foreign Affairs Ministers meeting, the US did not hold back its feelings on Turkey’s change of foreign policy and behaviour.
Defence Minister Nikos Panagiotopoulos stressed that Greece condemns “Turkey’s illegal, provocative and unilateral actions in Greece’s and Cyprus’ maritime zones that comprise blatant violations of international law and of good neighbourhood relations.”…
Greece’s Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis also met with visiting Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi. During their joint news conference, Mitsotakis stated that Greece and Egypt will welcome “a more decisive role of…
Greece’s Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis sent a message of optimism for the Greek economy, predicting a “very robust” recovery once the vaccine for the coronavirus is found. His comments were made during…
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis appealed to Turkey to find a diplomatic solution to the tension in the Eastern Mediterranean, in a pre-recorded address to the 75th United Nations General Assembly on Friday.
Turkish Foreign Affairs Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu stated that Ankara is ready for de-escalation and an “unconditional” dialogue with Greece and the EU. However he stressed that “current tension in the Eastern Mediterranean…
Renowned Greek composer Mikis Theodorakis made a statement about the current tension in Greek-Turkish relations. In the statement published on Friday, Theodorakis said he accepts that in the distant past he was…
Greece received the unanimous support of all its EU partners during the informal meeting of EU Foreign Affairs Ministers in Berlin, Greek FM Nikos Dendias said on Friday. “I am happy, because…
“The conversation windows between Greece and Turkey must now be opened further and not closed. For this, instead of new provocations, we finally need steps to relax and initiate direct discussions. We…
The Egyptian parliament during a plenary session on Tuesday, approved the agreement demarcating maritime borders with Greece. “The riches of the Mediterranean have pushed some to act provocatively in the territorial waters and…
Germany has not expressed any official reaction to the Greek-Egyptian agreement to delimit the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ). However, as mentioned in an Open TV report, both the Chancellery and all the…
A poll has found that Greeks are more willing to go to war with Turkey, compared to Turks willing to go to war with Greece. Kapa Research analyzed several issues relating to…
In a tweet made on Thursday afternoon, the representative of the Egyptian Foreign Minister, Ahmed Hafez, announced that Greece and Egypt signed an agreement to delimit maritime zones, to establish their own…
Foreign Affairs Minister Nikos Dendias also met with Minister-President (Ministerpräsident) of North Rhine-Westphalia Armin Lasche in Athens on Monday, where they discussed Turkey’s provocative actions and the migration crisis. Dendias told Laschet that…
“Greece wants dialogue to resolve the one and only pending issue: the delimitation of maritime zones,” government spokesperson Stelios Petsas said on Thursday during a press briefing. He added that Greece responded with…