Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan appeared positive today about meeting with Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis in the context of the bilateral dialogue that Greece and Turkey are starting. Erdoğan said as…
Tag: Turkey
Greece on March 25 will celebrate the 200-year anniversary since the beginning of the Greek War of Independence that broke 400 years of Ottoman dominance. Although the first Greek state to emerge…
Greece submitted a request to the European Commission and Frontex to immediately return 1,450 illegal immigrants not entitled to international protection under the EU-Turkey Joint Statement. This is a very important development…
On January 1st, Portugal took over the six-months’ rotating presidency of the EU Council.
Turkey’s illegal drilling inside of the Cypriot Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) is likely to lead to new sanctions. A list was presented by Greece, Cyprus and France in accordance to the conclusions…
Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias met with his Italian counterpart Luigi Di Maio and discussed, among other things, Italy’s unwillingness to support sanctions against Turkey. Dendias made it clear that despite respecting “their…
During a televised interview on ANT1 with journalist Nikos Chatzinikolaou, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis discussed the covid-19 vaccination program and the upcoming exploratory talks with Turkey. “We knew that a second…
Turkey’s dream of a “Blue Homeland” and the illegal memorandum between Turkey and the Tripoli-based Muslim Brotherhood Government of National Accords in Libya are facing collapse, said Cihat Yaycı. Yaycı, the former…
New mobility is observed in the relations between Greece and Turkey as exploratory contacts are expected to resume again between Athens and Ankara on January 25, as announced by the Ministry of…
The increase in compulsory military service is being considered by the Ministry of National Defense, however the changes will not be immediate as the main concern is the defense shield of Greece…
The 61st first round of exploratory contacts between Greece and Turkey will start on January 25 in Constantinople (Κωνσταντινούπολη, Turkish: İstanbul), the Greek Foreign Ministry announced. A few hours ago, the Turkish…
Replying to a journalist’s question, a spokesperson of the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Alexandros Papaioannou stated the following: “The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has received no invitation so far from the…
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…
The number of people caught trying to enter the EU illegally dropped last year to its lowest level in seven years, the European Border and Coast Guard Agency reported. An estimated 124,000…
Risk of ignition over the Imia islets in the eastern Aegean – How the regime of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan will try to take advantage of political instability in the U.S.…
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said that Greece and Turkey will soon start discussions. “There is a window of opportunity to have a much better dialogue with Greece. The Minister of Foreign…
Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama met with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in Ankara at the invitation of the latter, expressing his deep concern over the Greek-Albanian agreement on referring the border…
Turkey’s so-called Defense Minister Hulusi Akar has claimed that Greece is “cheating with lies,” once again claiming that Turkey wants to negotiate but that Greek leaders are preventing this. “He goes from…
Greeks in Greece, Cyprus and wherever we land, say goodbye to 2020 and welcome 2021 with bad omens. It is not just the ten-year crisis and the pandemic that have caused huge…
The mini-war with Turkey is just around the corner if “Greece does not leave aside its begging syndrome”, as Professor George Margaritis noted on SLPress a few months ago. At the same…