Saudi Arabia and Greece ushered in a new era of relations as King Salman and Greek President Prokopis Pavlopoulos held bilateral talks to enhance cooperation. “I consider this a historic visit,” said Polychronis Polychroniou, the [ More … ]
Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım has sent a letter to his Greek counterpart Aleksis Tsipras to convey Ankara’s disappointment at the court decision rejecting the extradition of eight Turkish soldiers, calling on the Greek government [ More … ]
Turkey’s Chief of General Staff Gen. Hulusi Akar on Jan. 29 paid a visit to the disputed Aegean islets of Kardak, the Turkish Armed Forces has announced. Turkish Military Chief of Staff General Hulusi Akar [ More … ]
Turkey will take necessary steps to cancel migration deal with Greece after court decision rejects extraditition of eight FETÖ coup soldiers who fled to Greece Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said in Ankara on Fiday [ More … ]
NAGEHAN ALÇI* An important phase of the Cyprus talks in Geneva has drawn to a close. The Cyprus question, which has come to epitomize the concept of intractability, has now provoked hopeful excitement for a [ More … ]
Egypt has recently shown significant interest in Balkan states through several diplomatic and economic movements. There is no doubt that some of these moves are related to Egypt’s economic needs as it faces one of its [ More … ]
Ten thousand refugees stranded in Greece are ready to be relocated, European Parliament Vice President Dimitris Papadimoulis, who is also a member of Greece’s Syriza, said Tuesday. The refugees are unable to do so after several [ More … ]
Greece on Friday accused neighboring Turkey of endangering ties between the two NATO allies by questioning the wisdom of an almost century-old treaty that established the modern boundaries between the two countries. At the Ankara [ More … ]
There are now more than 60,000 refugees and migrants in Greece, most of them seeking to travel to Germany and other EU countries. But they are unable to do so after several eastern European and [ More … ]
– In total, 8 Turkish soldiers had fled to Greece following the July 15 bid – Three out of the eight Turkish alleged coup plotters, who fled to Greece following their defeated July 15 bid, [ More … ]
Thousands of people were forced to flee to safety on Monday after a fire, set on purpose according to police, tore through a refugee camp on the Greek island of Lesbos. No casualties were reported [ More … ]
Turkey’s state-run news agency says 137 migrants have been stopped trying to cross from Turkey’s Aegean coastline to the Greek islands, where thousands are stuck after the colsure of Balkan route earlier this year. Anadolu [ More … ]
– Turkish foreign ministry again rebuffs Greece’s ‘sine qua non’ expectations of removing Turkish troops from the divided Cyprus island Turkey on Saturday once again hit back at Greek expectations of removing Turkish troops from [ More … ]
– Understanding the situation in Turkey is critical before a decision is made on the soldiers’ fate, says one of their lawyers Greek authorities Wednesday issued a month’s extension on the asylum process for eight [ More … ]
– The coup plotters who fled to Greece should not be given political asylum, says FM Mevlut Cavusoglu Turkey expects Greece to send back eight fugitive “traitors” who fled following the July 15 failed coup, Foreign [ More … ]
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