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President Pavlopoulos: Greek Veto on FYROM's EU-NATO Bid is Non-Negotiable

Greek President Prokopis Pavlopoulos said that Greece's stand on the ongoing name dispute with the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) is non-negotiable. Visiting the Macedonian Tombs of Lefkadians, near Naoussa, the Greek leader said that those who dispute...

Russian Foreign Minister: Turkish Expansionism Toward Greece Not Good

The Turkish expansionist tendencies and continued violations of Greek air space in conjunction with NATO's tolerance are not good, said Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. The Russian official gave an interview to Ria Novosti news agency where he spoke, inter...

U.S. State Department Urges Greece and Turkey to Show Restraint in the Aegean

The U.S. State Department advised Greece and Turkey to show restraint in the Aegean Sea after the tension near Inousses, a cluster of islands. On Friday, a Turkish Navy boat harassed a Greek fisherman near Inousses. At the same time, a CN-235...

Turkish demands posing obstacles for NATO mission

Since NATO started patrolling the Aegean Sea in an attempt to reduce the number of refugees attempting to cross from Turkey to the Greek islands, various obstacles have arisen. While having to deal with the task of trying to keep...

Migrant Flows from Turkey to Greece Pick Up Again

The migrant flows from Turkey to Greece have picked up, after a hiatus due to the implementation of the European-Ankara agreement. "The arrivals in Greece which were down to literally zero this month are beginning to creep back up. In...

NATO Secretary General to Visit Athens and Ankara

The NATO Secretary General, Mr. Jens Stoltenberg will travel to Greece and Turkey next week. In his short visit, he will meet in Athens with President Prokopis Pavlopoulos and Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras. Mr. Stoltenberg wants to make clear to both...

FM Kotzias Announces April Meetings on Migration With Balkan Countries

Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias said on Friday two important meetings on the refugee issue have been planned for April 14 and April 21-22 in Thessaloniki, with the participation of neighboring countries. Speaking during a briefing of the press, Kotzias...

PM Alexis Tsipras Expresses Concerns to NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Wednesday had a phone conversation with NATO secretary-general Jens Stoltenberg. According to sources, Tsipras conveyed to Stoltenberg the government's discontent that NATO's action has not produced the expected results, and the refugee flows continue unabated...

From Ataturk to Venizelos

MYTILENE, Greece – Crossing the Bosporus from Istanbul to Athens with a university colleague – one the daughter of Turkish immigrants, the other the daughter of Greeks – transported us through a poignant wormhole of parallels between the 20th...

Greek PM: Success of EU-Turkey Deal Will Depend on Low Migration Flows

The deal achieved between the European Union and Turkey was a diplomatic success for Greece in collaboration with Cyprus, Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said on Friday after the European Council meeting on the migration crisis. He warned, however,...