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Defense Bill Calling for Sanctions on Turkey Over S-400 Missile Purchase Passes Overwhelmingly
The United States, with or without the blessing of President Trump, may be soon lowering the boom on fellow NATO ally Turkey over its purchase last year of the Russian S-400 missile system.
On Friday, the gigantic $741-billion defense bill...
Cyprus
Greece Calls Once Again for EU to Impose Sanctions on Turkey
Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias made yet another plea for the European Union to impose stiffer measures on the nation of Turkey for its rogue acts in the Mediterranean on Thursday, calling its behavior a “delinquent and provocative policy.”
In...
Greece
Greece Joins Four European Allies in Building NATO's Next Generation Helicopter
France, Germany, the United Kingdom, Italy and Greece signed letters of intent to construct NATO’s next-generation helicopter earlier this week.
The five allies will participate in the program dubbed “Next-Generation Rotorcraft Capability,” or NGRC, as they are planning to replace...
Diplomacy
Turkey to Conduct Military Exercises on Greek National Holiday, Breaking NATO Agreement
Just hours after an agreement to cancel military activities planned on each country's respective national holidays, Turkey announced that it would go ahead with planned military exercises scheduled on Greece's OXI Day.
This announcement breaks the moratorium announced by NATO...
Cyprus
NATO Chief Announces Greece, Turkey to Cancel War Games
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg announced on Friday in Brussels that Greece and Turkey plan to cancel their respective war games, which had been scheduled for next week on the national holidays of each other's country.
The move was seen as...
Diplomacy
Why Turkey's New Provocation is the Most Dangerous Yet
As the Turkish seismic vessel Oruc Reis has once again entered Greece's continental shelf -- accompanied by warships -- Athens sees Turkey's new provocation as the end of any possibility for exploratory talks that the two countries had agreed...
Greece
Is Turkey the New Iran?
By now, no one could have any doubt that Recep Tayyip Erdogan has a shady agenda and he pays absolutely no attention to warnings by international organizations or other national leaders.
What is becoming more and more obvious is that...
Greek News
US State Department “Deeply Concerned” Over Turkish S-400 Missile Test
The US State Department on Tuesday announced that it was "deeply concerned" that Turkey may test the Russian S-400 missile system that it purchased last year. The weapons system, which was purchased from Russia despite the protestations of many...
Diplomacy
Turkey's Behavior is a Challenge to NATO and All Europe, Greek PM Says
Greek PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis told visiting NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg on Tuesday that Turkey's actions "threaten the peace, stability and cohesion of NATO itself."
"We discussed everything that has happened in recent months in the Eastern Mediterranean," Mitsotakis said...
Cyprus
Greece and Turkey Agree on Mechanism to Avoid Eastern Med Accidents
According to NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg, the countries of Greece and Turkey have now agreed upon a mechanism that would allow them to avoid any accidental incidents in the Eastern Mediterranean, like the one which occurred between a Greek...