One question that needs answering is why the US deploys aircraft carriers and takes extensive measures to protect Israel from missile attacks by Iran and Hezbollah, yet does not offer the same level of support to Ukraine when it faces similar attacks from Russia.
Foreign Minister George Gerapetritis will meet with his Turkish counterpart, Hakan Fidan, in Brussels on Thursday, as announced on Wednesday.
The Greek Foreign Ministry condemned on Saturday the desecration of the Greek Orthodox Cemetery of Agios Eleftherios in Istanbul, calling on the Turkish authorities to take appropriate action against this heinous act.
News reports state that Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi will visit Turkey on September 4 and meet with his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan, which is seen as another sign of Ankara’s rapprochement with Cairo.
Greek-Turkish relations have been in a state of calm for some two years now. Turkey, however, has violated the Athens Declaration.
A total of 27 countries will be represented by exhibitors in the 88th Thessaloniki International Fair (TIF), running September 7-15 in the northern port city’s HELEXPO Exhibition & Congress Center.
Certainly influenced by the message of fair play, noble competition and the unique honor of participation that the Olympic Games convey, I am reminded of the famous – now largely forgotten – three-word Olympic motto introduced by Baron Pierre de Coubertin upon the creation of the International Olympic Committee: “Citius, Altius, Fortius.”
The Turkish Minister of Defense, Yasar Guler, discussed Greek-Turkish relations in an interview with the television network Haberturk published on Wednesday.
The prospect of a further deterioration of the situation in the Middle East, as well as the unforeseen direction that the Russian-Ukrainian war has taken, has generated concern in Athens, which is closely monitoring developments but, of course, unable to have a meaningful impact.
The US Branch of the Venizelos Foundation has announced the completion of the restoration of the historic statue of Eleftherios Venizelos at the Embassy of Greece in Washington.
Greece on Tuesday thanked 10 countries and the European Union for sending firefighters and planes to support the country in its firefighting efforts.
The Pan-Pontian Federation of Greece issued a statement at the weekend about a song sung by a Turkish-Cypriot singer Isin Karaca during an event organized in the central square of Komotini in northwestern Greece on August 4 as an “unacceptable provocation” and a “direct insult,” as it references the destruction of Smyrna.
The mayoral elections in Himare, southern Albania, to replace the jailed ethnic Greek Fredi Beleri were reportedly marred by influence that the government of Prime Minister Edi Rama seems to have used to back its chosen candidate, Vangjel Tavo.
Athens is closely observing Ankara’s plans to enhance its fleet for hydrocarbon exploration and extraction.
The Mediterranean island of Cyprus is on standby to assist in the evacuation of Europeans and third-country nationals if conflict in the Middle East deepens, officials said on Thursday.
Athens is on high alert in the event that Lebanon becomes a theater of military operations.
