Following the announcement that Athens and Ankara have agreed to start the 61st round of exploratory contacts in Istanbul, Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias said he hopes the talks would be an…
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Greece and Turkey are close to reviving talks over maritime zones, government spokesman Stelios Petsas announced on Monday. “We are close to restarting the exploratory talks … There will be an announcement…
Turkey’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Friday summoned Greece’s ambassador over a ‘despicable headline’ in a Greek newspaper about the Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Anadolu Agency reported. The controversial headline –…
Members of the European Parliament adopted a resolution on Thursday which calls on Turkey to immediately end any further illegal exploration and drilling activities in the Eastern Mediterranean. According to the MEPs’…
Greece resumed high-level talks with Turkey to try and de-escalate a dispute over Eastern Mediterranean borders and energy rights. Greek government spokesman Stelios Petsas stated that direct contacts had restarted after the Turkish…
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis had a telephone conversation with German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday, government sources said. The two leaders discussed developments in the East Mediterranean while the Greek PM…
A spokesman for Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has shown once again why Turkey remains an extremely unscientific country with the second lowest IQ on the European continent and its surrounds, according to…
The Greek government has begun giving €2,000 to asylum seekers located on various Aegean islands, to incentivise them to go back to their home countries. The Voluntary Return & Reintegration Programme (AVRR),…
In an interview with Greek television station MEGA, Armenia’s Foreign Affairs Minister said that Turkey has violated Hagia Sophia, a symbol for harmony, tolerance and dialogue. The former permanent representative of Armenia…
In the aftermath of converting Hagia Sophia into a mosque, Turkey is now on a propaganda campaign to demonstrate its supposed religious diversity and tolerance. The five minute video which was entirely…
No matter what German Chancellor Angela Merkel tells Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, or what Donald Trump or Vladimir Putin say to him, there is no one who can control him, Ethnos…
The gradual withdrawal of Turkish forces from the wider area of the southeastern Aegean continues as a number of Turkish warships have returned to the ports of Aksaz and Smyrni (Σμύρνη, Turkish:…
Despite international condemnation, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan led the first Muslim prayer in Hagia Sophia in 86 years on Friday. Thousands of people attended the first prayer in and around Hagia Sophia. The…
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…
Four years after the failed coup against Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, NBA superstar Enes Kanter spoke to Kathimerini about how he experienced that momentous night on July 15, 2016 in the…
Turkish resource surveys to the south and east of the Greek island of Kastellorizo will commence today and will occur until August 2, Attaleia (Ἀττάλεια, Turkish: Antalya) hydrographic service in Turkey announced.…
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan invited the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State, Pope Francis to visit Hagia Sophia (Church of the Holy Wisdom), Anadolou Agency…
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan visited Hagia Sophia (Church of the Holy Wisdom) on Sunday and inspected the ongoing preparations. According to Turkish media reports, Erdoğan was accompanied by Tourism and Culture…
On Friday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan signed a decree changing the status of the Byzantine-era built Hagia Sophia from a museum to a mosque. The first Islamic service in the formerly…
The issue of converting Hagia Sophia into a mosque has deeply touched Greeks. A nationwide poll conducted by Vergina Television found that 70% of Greeks believe the conversion of Hagia Sophia into…