According to recent news reports, the United Nations and Turkey are mulling the creation of a “humanitarian contact group” which will meet on Turkish territory with the participation of Ukrainian and Russian officials.
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic is going through a difficult time. Until now he was happy to maintain a balance between Russia and the West, adding a “sprinkling” of China and Turkey.
The Greek prime minister is heading to the White House on Monday to meet with US President Joe Biden, armed with Greece’s steadily growing credibility over the last decade and the advantages of the country’s geographical position and regional alliances.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has always been eager to share an instructive story from his childhood, about how, when he was growing up in poverty in Soviet Leningrad, he used to spend his days chasing rats.
Greece has for almost half a century failed to crack down on rampant lawlessness and violence on university campuses. It is, rather embarrassingly, the only country among its European peers facing such a challenge.
Success in dealing with the issue of outstanding pensions shows that the state apparatus is capable of tackling the most complex challenges, provided there is solid political will – when all available means are mobilized while steering clear of the pitfalls of prejudice.
Asked in the Pulse opinion poll released on Thursday when they believe the next national elections should be held, 46 percent of respondents said “by the end of 2023, around the end of the government’s term,” which is also in agreement with the prime minister’s statements. Meanwhile, 41 percent said elections should be set up in 2022.
The central state cannot always match the reflexes of the local administration. It is simply not possible for a government ministry to have full knowledge and clear understanding of every municipality’s needs in the area of civil protection.
In the parliamentary clash Thursday over the Greece-US defense agreement, the leader of the main opposition party, Alexis Tsipras, repeatedly accused Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis of having made the country a “committed ally” of America (with the implication that it can be taken for granted by the superpower).
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis will meet US President Joe Biden on May 16 and speak in the Congress the day after. The visit showcases the dynamism of Greek-American relations.
One of the first times US Ambassador in Athens Geoffrey R. Pyatt publicly mentioned Greece as “a pillar of stability” was autumn of 2017 at the University of Macedonia in front of a group of my students at the Department of International Relations and European Studies.
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