Diplomacy

Greece and Turkey have agreed to move ahead on the “positive agenda” items in bilateral relations after the fourth round of discussions on the Joint Action Plan. The deputy foreign ministers of Turkey and Greece, Burak Akçapar and Konstantinos Fragkogiannis,...

On Tuesday, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida made a surprise visit to Ukraine, coinciding with the second day of Chinese President Xi Jinping's trip to Russia. The two visits are emblematic of the changing nature of the global strategic...

On Monday, Chinese President Xi Jinping met with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in Moscow. The two-day visit is the first time Xi has visited Russia since the invasion of Ukraine commenced in February last year. Putin welcomed Xi to...

Turkey will support Greece's bid to become a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Monday in Brussels. At a meeting with his Greek counterpart Nikos Dendias, Cavusoglu confirmed that in return Greece will...

The Minister of National Defence of Greece said in an interview that he wouldn't rule out a meeting with his Turkey counterpart.

On Thursday Greece officially launched the campaign to become a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council for the period 2025-26. Foreign Affairs minister Nikos Dendias launched the bid at an event organized by the Permanent Mission of Greece to the...

The newly elected President of Cyprus Nikos Christodoulides made his first official visit abroad to Greece on Monday where he met President Katerina Sakellaropoulou and PM Kyirakos Mitsotakis. Christodoulides and Mitsotakis announced the creation of a new body, the Supreme...

On Thursday, the UN issued an urgent warning after the power supply to the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine was disrupted following a barrage of Russian missile strikes. Nuclear power is a crucial component of Ukraine's energy grid. Four...

Ukraine has denied any involvement in the underwater explosions which damaged the Nord Stream Pipeline in September 2022. The Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2 pipelines transport gas from Russia to Europe. Both failed due to damage caused...

Five Greek shipping firms have been placed on a list compiled by the National Committee for War and Sanctions for allegedly continuing to cooperate with Russia despite the ongoing war in Ukraine and the levying of Western sanctions. The five...

The new foreign minister of China, Qin Gang, has warned the US to alter its "distorted" foreign policy vis-a-vis China or face "conflict and confrontation". Qin made the comments during his first press conference as foreign minister since assuming office...

On Monday, Saudi Arabia announced that it deposited $5 billion into the Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey. The move was made to support Turkey's economy, which has taken a battering from pervasive inflation and from the earthquakes that...

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov met for the first time in person since the Russian invasion of Ukraine commenced last year on February 24. The pair met briefly on the sidelines of the...

Iran could make enough materials to produce a nuclear bomb in just "12 days" a senior US official claimed on Tuesday. Preventing the proliferation of nuclear weapons in Tehran has been a strategic priority in Washington for decades. However, successive...

On Monday, Greece applied for a seat at the UN Human Rights Council, UNHRC, whose mission is to promote and protect human rights around the world. Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias presented Greece's candidature for the period 2028-2030, saying its aim...