Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, referred to the coronavirus pandemic, the EU recovery fund and Greek-Turkish relations during the 2020 Aspen Security Forum. During the Aspen Security Forum, international leaders address critical…
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The SK Group and Plasan of Israeli consortium are interested in the tender for the acquisition of the Hellenic Vehicle Industry (ELVO). The acquisition process of ELVO is expected to be completed…
It appears that the Greek military’s strong response in dealing with Turkish plans to illegally violate Greece’s maritime waters, has caused a panic in Ankara with a spokesman for Turkish President Recep…
The American Naval transport ship ARC Endurance sailed to the port of Alexandroupolis in northern Greece carrying American forces. Not only is the ship transporting American soldiers to Alexandroupolis, it also has…
President of the Hellenic Republic Katerina Sakellaropoulou held talks with her Cypriot counterpart Nicos Anastasiades at the Presidential Mansion in Athens on Tuesday. During their meeting, Sakellaropoulou stressed that “Greece will continue…
US senators have demanded to permanently remove Turkey from the F-35 fighter jet program. This is in retaliation for Ankara’s cooperation with Russia and not submitting to demands made by Washington. Republican…
The United States has announced its intention to provide International Military Education and Training (IMET) to the Cypriot Army beginning in 2021. This is based on the State Department’s strategy for the…
Kostas Stoupas Although Turkey is on the verge of bankruptcy and joining the IMF, it continues to spend huge sums on defence equipment and is constantly announcing new investment programs in the…
The US State Department is reportedly pleased with the fact that the channels of communication between Athens and Ankara remain open, following the rare telephone call on Friday between Greek Prime Minister…
Greece Prime Minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, spoke with the President of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, by telephone on Friday, after months of heightened tensions between the countries. According to Maximos Palace, “the two…
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s ambition for dominance in the Mediterranean has changed the climate in the West and his hostility is under the international microscope, as he has expanded aggression against…
While French and Turkish frigates almost opened fire against each other on June 16, tensions within the Atlantic Alliance are increasing. Dominique Trinquand, a former French military chief of mission to the…
Stelios Petsas, Greece’s government spokesman, outlined the government’s international initiatives, the steps taken to tackle isolated pockets of coronavirus in Greece and the government’s economic decisions, during a press briefing on Friday.…
Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson Maria Zakharova has hit back at the unfounded claims made by US Ambassador to Athens. During a weekly briefing to journalists, Zakharova responded to questions made…
Russia and the U.S. have been engaging in a war of words over Greece after American Ambassador to Athens, Geoffrey Pyatt made unfounded claims that Russia wants Greece to be in conflict…
The Soviet Union collapsed in 1991, and this calls to question why NATO still exists today. Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, NATO has militarily intervened in many sovereign countries such…
A prerequisite for maintaining NATO cohesion, in order to be able to carry out its mission, is the full compliance of the allies with international law, the principle of good neighbourliness and…
Russia’s Ambassador to Athens in an interview with APE-MPE, joined the European Union and the United States in saying that islands do have a continental shelf and Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) in…
On December 19, 2016, Andrei Karlov, who had been the Russian Ambassador to Turkey since 2013, was murdered by off-duty police officer Mevlüt Mert Altıntaş at an art exhibition in the Turkish…
73.3% of Turkish citizens are in favour of turning the Hagia Sophia into a mosque, according to a poll by pro-government newspaper Yeni Şafak. Only 22.4% answered “No”, while 4.3% did not…