Sourced: Shephard Greece will this summer lease two state-of-the-art French warships, the defence ministry said 20 April as Athens seeks to bolster its defences in the Aegean Sea amid growing tensions with Turkey. Confirming a report by the daily Kathimerini,…
Sourced: Foreign Policy By Yiannis Baboulias The relationship between Greece and Turkey has never been easy. The neighboring countries have been at war with each other several times in the 20th century and were close to military conflict over the…
Sourced: EKathimerini European Union leaders meeting in Brussels on Thursday unanimously condemned Turkey for its aggression toward Greece and Cyprus and called on Ankara to release two Greek soldiers who have been in Turkish custody for more than three weeks.…
Sourced: Cyprus Mail By Elias Hazou German chancellor Angela Merkel on Monday said Turkey has played an important role in the failure to reach a negotiated settlement on Cyprus. “We have a very large problem when it comes to Cyprus.…
Sourced: BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 765, March 11, 2018 By Dr. Spyridon N. Litsas The Eastern Mediterranean has entered a new period of high volatility, with Israel and Greece in the eye of the storm. Both countries are facing…
Sourced: Jerusalem Post By Georgeb N. Tzogopoulos Greece and Israel are slowly but steadily enhancing their strategic cooperation. Defense ties have been strengthened as a result of regularly organized bilateral military exercises. Greece and Israel – with the participation of…
Sourced : EKathimerini By Vassilis Nedos The passage of a Turkish drillship through the Aegean Sea on Thursday was seen as a loud message to Athens that Ankara plans to play a part in energy exploration in the Eastern Mediterranean…
Sourced : EKathimerini.com Kemal Kilicdaroglu, the head of Turkey’s opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), on Tuesday challenged President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of limiting his demands to an “update” of the Lausanne Treaty during his recent visit to Greece. “Why didn’t…
Sourced : FRANCE24.COM President Recep Tayyip Erdogan began a state visit to Greece on Thursday, the first by a Turkish head of state in 65 years, by needling his hosts with revisionist border talk and complaints about its treatment of…
Sourced : ERT International By ANA-MPA/A. Viketos Greece, Cyprus, Israel and Italy will sign the terms of agreement for the EastMed natural gas pipeline within 2018, their representatives said in Nicosia on Tuesday. Energy Ministers Giorgos Stathakis from Greece, Giorgos…