Sanctions

Turkey's president said Saturday the country will freeze the assets of two United States officials in retaliation for sanctions against Turkey's justice and interior ministers over the detention of an American pastor. Speaking in Ankara, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said...

Greek diplomats denied a Financial Times report, according to which Athens blocked the imposition of EU sanctions to Venezuela. According to Kathimerini news daily, diplomats dismissed the report as “misinformed”. The same sources insisted that sanctions “were never proposed” during a...

Nearly half of Greeks, 45 percent, said they are opposed to the punitive sanctions the European Union has imposed on Russia, according to an opinion poll. The survey was conducted by U.S. based Gallup in the period May 14 to June...

Moscow is to prolong its embargo on Western food imports in response to the extension of sanctions imposed on Russia by the European Union. The embargo includes Greek agricultural products. Russia's embargo on products from European Union countries, U.S.A., Australia...

A Greek businessman is on the list of 89 businessmen who are blacklisted and forbidden to enter Russia. Theodoros Margellos, businessman and investment consultant, is on the list compiled by the Russian foreign ministry. The 89 "undesirable" individuals have no...

Our government's goal is to remain in the euro zone, since Greece's problem is a European problem and should be resolved within Europe, Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said in a speech at the Institute of International Relations in...

The Russian government is willing to discuss with Greece the possibility of a loan and a discount on the price of gas, according to a Sputnik report. With Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras visiting Moscow on Wednesday, there is a lot of speculation...

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande view Greece’s overtures toward Russia as political theater and won’t be drawn into a debate on the matter, says a Bloomberg report. The two country leaders are said to believe that...

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Russia will help Greece if Athens asks for financial support. The statement was made during a meeting with his Greek counterpart, Nikos Kotzias, on Wednesday. The two men met in a joint effort to revive...

The first trucks that were transporting Greek peaches and nectarines to Russia, returned back to Greece without being able to unload their goods due to the import embargo imposed by Russian President Vladimir Putin on products from Europe, USA, Australia and Canada. Putin...