Germany is demanding written guarantees from Turkey to ensure that Eurofighter Typhoon jets, worth $5.6 billion, won’t be used to violate Greek airspace.
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Cyprus President Nikos Christodoulides met with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen during a European People’s Party summit on Thursday to discuss the EU’s role in resuming negotiations on the Cyprus issue, which have been stalled since 2017.
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Thursday signed a bilateral security defense cooperation agreement, on the sidelines of the European Council in Brussels.
As Greece and Turkey prepare for a pivotal round of talks on November 7, Ankara is pressing for broader discussions, including issues of sovereignty, territorial waters, airspace, the demilitarization of islands, and the control of certain geographical formations.
This past weekend, the political magazine Der Spiegel, known (and dreaded by some) for its exclusive insights, reported that the German government has approved large-scale arms deals with Turkey for the first time in years.
Aram Hamparian, the executive director of the Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA), joins Thanos Davelis to look into the growing pressure on Azerbaijan over its human rights record in the build up to COP29, and break down why COP29 should matter to anyone who believes in human rights.
Turkey has reiterated its call for a comprehensive resolution to its disputes with Greece, covering not only maritime boundaries – specifically the continental shelf and exclusive economic zones (EEZ) – but also broader issues, including the demilitarization and sovereignty of eastern Aegean islands.
Greek and Turkish Cypriot leaders met on Tuesday in New York for informal talks hosted by United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and agreed to meet again soon to discuss discuss “the way forward” on stalled reunification talks.
Three out of five Turkish Cypriots are in favor of a solution to the long-running Cyprus dispute, a recent survey by the Center for Migration, Identity and Rights Studies (CMIRS) based in Turkish-occupied northern Cyprus has indicated.
January is shaping up to be a decisive month for Greek-Turkish relations, as high-level talks between Athens and Ankara continue to explore potential common ground.
A meeting between Greek Foreign Minister George Gerapetritis and his Turkish counterpart Hakan Fidan will be held in Athens on November 8, Greek diplomatic sources said Tuesday.
Last week Turkish President Erdogan set out on a tour of the Balkans, visiting Albania and Serbia. The tour kicked off in Albania, with Erdogan gifting a number of drones and inaugurating the largest mosque in the Balkans – which was funded by Turkey.
Athens has expressed satisfaction with the common European position’s text ahead of Tuesday’s second intergovernmental conference between Tirana and the European Union in Luxembourg.
Greece has played a “positive role from the outset” of the Russia-Ukraine war and “it is unquestionably of strategic significance,” the British ambassador in Athens, Matthew Lodge, said on Monday.
Greece has firmly ruled out any compromise on reducing its territorial waters to six nautical miles in its ongoing dispute with Turkey, a senior government official said, dispelling speculation about potential concessions ahead of crucial diplomatic talks.
An informal dinner between Cyprus President Nikos Christodoulides and Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar, hosted by United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, will take place on Tuesday at the UN headquarters in New York.
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