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Prime Minister of Greece Kyriakos Mitsotakis said that Wednesday's meeting with President Erdogan "was an opportunity for a restart in relations with Turkey following four difficult years." "It confirmed my view that Turkey appears to be ready for a change...

A meeting between the Prime Minister of Greece Kyriakos Mitsotakis and the President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan was held on Wednesday afternoon on the margins of the NATO Summit in Vilnius, Lithuania. The two leaders agreed that the positive...

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has expressed his belief that an upcoming meeting with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will offer Greece and Turkey a chance to improve their bilateral relations and put tensions aside. The meeting is expected to take...

Just a day after his electoral victory, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has reportedly agreed to meet with his Turkish counterpart President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at an upcoming summit next month. In recent years, tensions between Greece and Turkey had...

New Democracy (ND) leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis expressed his desire to convey a “message of friendship” from Greece to Turkey during his visit to the Dodecanese island of Leros ahead of the June 25 elections. Addressing a crowd of ND supporters...

Spain and Poland have withdrawn from military drills that would have included units from the occupied side of Cyprus, the so-called Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC). The "Anatolian Phoenix" exercise is held by Turkey twice a year. One...

On Sunday, May 14, the Turkish general elections will decide whether incumbent President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan retains his seat. Erdoğan's main rival is Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, the leader of the opposition. Political commentators are billing the 2023 election as the...

In a further sign of the improvement of relations between Greece and Turkey, Greek Defense Minister Nikos Panagiotopoulos joined his Turkish counterpart Hulusi Akar on Tuesday in a rare visit to Turkey. The last time a Greek defense minister visited...

The Greek Prime Minister said he will continue to pursue EU funding for the barrier fence along the Evros border with Turkey. 

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,...