Mike Pompeo
Politics
The CIA “Plotted to Kidnap and Assassinate” Julian Assange
A report published on Friday by Yahoo News reveals how the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) of Donald Trump's presidency plotted to kidnap and potentially assassinate WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.
The report details the ways in which the CIA conceived of...
Diplomacy
Mike Pompeo Praises Greek FM Dendias as “Spectacular Pro”
Mike Pompeo, the US Secretary of State during the Trump administration, took to Twitter this week to thank a string of his counterparts all across the world for their friendship and cooperation in the realm of foreign affairs.
Pompeo's Tweet...
Diplomacy
Mike Pompeo Praises Greek FM Dendias as “Spectacular Pro”
Mike Pompeo took to Twitter this week to thank a string of his counterparts all across the world for their friendship and cooperation.
Greek News
Mike Pompeo Welcomes 2021 with Spectacular Acropolis Photo
Mike Pompeo welcomed 2021 by posting a series of photographs celebrating the New Year, among them a photo of fireworks over the Acropolis.
Europe
Mike Pompeo Meets With Patriarch Bartholomew as Turkey Snubs Visit
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met with the head of the Orthodox Church, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, in Istanbul on Tuesday to discuss religious freedom in the country.
"Honored to meet with His All-Holiness, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, and to...
Europe
Pompeo Will Not Meet Turkish FM, Will Speak With Patriarch Bartholomew on Turkey Trip
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo discovered on Tuesday that he will not in fact be meeting with Turkish leaders as he had planned on his upcoming trip to Turkey next week, according to Middle Eastern media reports.
The London-based...
Diplomacy
Mike Pompeo Condemns Turkish Actions in Letter to Greek Counterpart
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo expressed support for Greece in the Eastern Mediterranean crisis and underscored his disapproval of Turkish actions in a letter addressed to his Greek counterpart Nikos Dendias.
The letter was sent in reply to Dendias'...
Cyprus
Pompeo Says Opening of Cypriot Ghost Town is "Provocative", Must be Reversed
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo voiced deep concern about Turkey's reopening part of a beachfront resort of Varosha, which was abandoned since Turkey invaded the island in 1974, calling it provocative and seeking its reversal, the State Department said...
Greek News
Is the US Eyeing Crete as an Alternative to Military Base in Turkey?
The visit of U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to Athens and Crete in the last several days has reinforced a notion expressed by senior Wisconsin Senator Ron Johnson, who chairs the Senate Foreign Relations subcommittee for Europe: that...
Diplomacy
Mike Pompeo Hails Greece as “True Pillar of Stability” in the Mediterranean
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo highlighted on Tuesday the US' strong bilateral relations with Greece and said Washington "strongly supports" dialogue between Greece and Turkey amid tensions between the two NATO allies in the Eastern Mediterranean.
Speaking during a...