Politics

Turkey’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, removed one of the final hurdles blocking Sweden from joining NATO by submitting a bill approving membership to parliament for ratification. The move on Monday was in line with a commitment Erdogan made to NATO...

Today's Cairo Peace Summit saw Arab leaders condemn Israel's intensive bombing campaign in Gaza, while Europeans urged for the protection of civilians. However, with the absence of Israel and senior United States (US) officials, no agreement was reached to...

Humanitarian aid convoys have started entering Gaza from Egypt through the Rafah border, crossing more than two weeks after the war broke out. Egyptian state television showed a number of trucks entering the gate earlier today (Saturday, October 21). The carrier...

Stefanos Kasselakis, the new leader of Greek main opposition SYRIZA, will marry his partner, Tyler Macbeth, at a civic ceremony in New York on Thursday. Greece does not recognize same-sex marriages, so Kasselakis flew to the US to marry Macbeth. https://twitter.com/ellada24/status/1714718400700674433 He...

The demographic collapse in Greece is becoming an "existential threat" to the future of the nation, PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis warned on Tuesday. In his address to the conference "Demographics 2023, Time for Action", Mitsotakis pointed out that the Hellenic Statistical...

The ruling conservative party in Greece suffered unexpected defeats in the second round of local elections, both regional and municipal, held on Sunday. Kyriakos Mitsotakis' New Democracy (ND) party candidates lost in Athens and Thessaloniki and five of the six...

Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian said that if Israel decides to invade Gaza, the Hamas resistance leaders will turn it into a graveyard for Israeli soldiers. The Iranian official made the statement after meeting on Sunday the Emir of Qatar...

Athens and Thessaloniki, Greece's two major cities, voted in new mayors in Sunday's runoff local government elections with abstention reaching a record high. However, abstention was the real winner of the local government elections, as 48 percent of registered voters...

Israel is generally understood to possess nuclear weapons, yet the country has never officially denied or admitted it has a nuclear arsenal

A report has been published on nuclear weaponry by the Congressional Commission on the Strategic Posture of the United States in response to "the militarily troubling and increasingly aggressive behaviors of Russia and China." The Commission, comprised of six Democrats...

Federal prosecutors in New York City have rewritten their indictment against U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey and his wife, charging them with conspiracy to having him act as an agent of Egypt and Egyptian officials. The superseding indictment,...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is reportedly engaged in negotiations with Hamas, aiming to secure the release of around 150 Israeli hostages. They were abducted by Gazan terrorists. Turkish news site Haberturk disclosed that Erdogan has directed talks for the...

"Greece stands by Israel," the Ministry of Foreign Affairs says in a post on Twitter. The post was accompanied by a photo in which the flag of Israel is seen flying next to that of Greece and the flag...

The results of the first round of the local and regional elections in Greece confirmed the dominance of the ruling Conservative Party and the lack of strong opposition in the country. Kyriakos Mitsotakis' New Democracy (ND) party secured victories in...

Citizens in Greece are voting on Sunday, 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., in local elections which are expected to provide crucial political conclusions.