US and Cypriot officials on Wednesday launched a strategic dialogue they said would bolster security and stability in a crisis-wracked region through initiatives including counterterrorism training of personnel from Middle Eastern countries and fighting sanctions evasion.
Athens’ interest in boosting the Western Balkans’ European integration prospects and particularly those of Serbia was underscored by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’ visit to Belgrade, during which he and his Polish counterpart attended a dinner hosted by the Serbian president.
The rift between Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and former New Democracy leader and prime minister Antonis Samaras, who served from 2012 to 2015, deepened on Wednesday.
Greece’s Foreign Ministry on Wednesday condemned a deadly attack on the Turkish Aerospace Industries facilities in Ankara earlier in the day, with a post on social media X.
Endy Zemenides, the executive director of the Hellenic American Leadership Council, joins Thanos Davelis to look at why the death of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar is a chance to reopen the door to the brief era of regional cooperation that was being celebrated before October 7th, particularly the 3+1 mechanism between Greece, Cyprus, Israel, and the US.
The construction of new power plants and a gas hub in Turkey will be part of talks that Russian President Vladimir Putin will hold on Wednesday with Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, Russia’s RIA news agency reported.
The rift in New Democracy with respect to the policy Greece should follow toward Turkey is growing, with former prime minister Antonis Samaras indirectly accusing the government of, in essence, getting ready to capitulate to Ankara.
Former Greek president Prokopis Pavlopoulos emphasized that a resolution to the Cyprus issue must align with both international and European law.
There are only three ways that our differences with Turkey can be resolved: With a bilateral negotiation and agreement, through the arbitration of an international court or in a military conflict.
Speaking from the United Nations podium on September 24, 2024, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan likened Turkey to the Allied Powers who defeated Nazism during World War II. “Just as Hitler was stopped by the alliance of humanity 70 years ago, [Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin] Netanyahu and his murder squad must be stopped by the ‘alliance of humanity.’”
“Although the Middle East remains beset with perennial challenges, the region is quieter than it has been for decades.”
Greece wants to keep relations with its difficult neighbor and nominal NATO ally Turkey as drama-free as possible in the run-up to the meeting of the bilateral Supreme Cooperation Council in Turkey toward the end of January.
In early 2024, the alliance of states known under the acronym BRICS grew from five (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) to nine members.
Greece has declined a request from the Baltic nations – Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia – to participate in air patrols over their airspace, citing its current obligations in the Balkans.
The grand master of the Sovereign Military Hospital Order of St John of Jerusalem, Rhodes and Malta, Fra’ John Dunlap, began an official visit to Greece on Friday with a warm reception by President Katerina Sakellaropoulou at the Presidential Mansion.
The Greek-Ukraine security cooperation agreement that Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed Thursday is part of a matrix of bilateral agreements aimed at supporting Ukraine while NATO puts off the country’s accession to the alliance.
