Russia

Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said that the West interfered in the domestic affairs of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM), bribing and blackmailing lawmakers to approve the Prespa accord with Greece. In an interview with the Greek daily Efimerida...

According to data derived from Russia's Vestnik ATOP Association of Tour Operators, which works closely with Greece’s Tourism Organization in Moscow, Russian tourists who visited Greece between January and September 2018 preferred visiting Athens and its riviera, as well...

Greece's Defense Minister Panos Kammenos is in Russia as part of a two-day official visit, spanning Monday and Tuesday. On Monday, prior to meeting with his Russian counterpart Sergei Shoigu, Kammenos visited the memorial of the unknown soldier in central...

The installation of Russian S-400 surface-to-air missile systems in Turkey will begin in October 2019, Turkish Defence Minister Hulusi Akar has announced. Turkey’s purchase of the S-400 systems, which are not compatible with NATO's defense apparatus, has unnerved the United...

The Russian Foreign Ministry, commenting on the parliamentary vote that took place in Skopje on Friday, blamed the United States for the "unfair vote" which began the process of changing the constitutional name of the Former Yugoslav Republic of...

The Orthodox Church of Russia has issued a decision prohibiting Russian pilgrims from visiting Mount Athos in Greece. This order follows the recent interruption of relations between the Russian Orthodox Church and the Orthodox Ecumenical Patriarchate in Constantinople. Russian church...

The United States expressed its support to the decision of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople to recognize the Ukrainian Orthodox Church as independent. A spokesman for the Department of State said on Tuesday that the U.S. administration is supporting the...

In the largest schism in Orthodox Christianity for over a century, the Russian Orthodox Church has cut all ties with the Constantinople Patriarchate over a "historic" decision to recognize the Ukrainian Orthodox Church as independent. Metropolitan Hilarion, a bishop in...

Greek PM Alexis Tsipras is to visit Russia in December where he will hold talks with the country's President Vladimir Putin, Moscow has confirmed. Preparations for a visit to Russia are underway, the visit may take place in the coming...

Russia is implicitly threatening that it may block the Prespa agreement at the UN Security Council. In a statement on Monday, following the referendum in FYROM, the Russian foreign ministry says that the low turnout "means that the referendum cannot...