Greece

A parliamentary debate between Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and opposition leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Wednesday turned out to be an exchange of accusations. Tsipras dismissed Mitsotakis' call for early elections, accusing him of wanting to avoid the decision of...

Recurrent airspace violations continue in the central and southern Aegean above tiny Greek islets that are under dispute by Turkey. The Greek Defense Ministry, as cited by Reuters, stated that it registered 138 violations of Greek airspace over the...

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu indirectly threatened Greece with an "accident" in the Aegean and called on Greek Defense Minister Panos Kammenos to "come back to his senses." In an interview with Hurriyet newspaper, the Turkish minister criticized comments made...

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras spoke with German Chancellor Angela Merkel on the phone on Wednesday to discuss issues relating to the latter’s visit to Turkey which starts on Thursday. According to Tsipras’ office, the two leaders discussed Cyprus, Europe’s...

A group of about 20 AEK fans unfurled a banner on the staircase above the Monument to the Unknown Soldier on Syntagma square on Wednesday, in support of the monks living inside Esphigmenou Monastery in Mt. Athos, after a...

Former Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis returned to the news on Wednesday with an interview with BBC where he expressed the view that western democracies need a "New Deal." The outspoken economist said that Europe needs "a new Bretton Woods,"...

European Stability Mechanism President Klaus Regling said on Wednesday, that Greece is a special case and this is the reason it is still in a rescue program, while he warned that a fourth bailout might be needed. Regling addressed a...

The eight Turkish servicemen consisting of pilots and flight engineers who fled to Greece a day after the failed military coup in Turkey on July 15, 2016, are to be temporarily detained after a ruling by the Greek court. ...

A total of 1,012 refugees and migrants arrived at the islands of the northern Aegean in January. More specifically, 456 arrived at Lesvos, 324 at Chios, and 232 at Samos. 4,846 persons (3,462 on Chios and 1,815 on Samos), who have...

Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades described Wednesday's meeting with Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci as “creative,” as they continue their talks in the framework of UN-led negotiations to solve the Cyprus problem. He also said they discussed the way forward for...