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"The unilateral declaration of the illegal secessionist entity 32 years ago was a flagrant violation and affront to international law and international legal order," the Foreign ministry said in an announcement, on Sunday. "The Turkish military invasion, the ongoing illegal...

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras will meet with both Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan during his visit to Ankara on November 18th, Greek media reports. The primary goal of his state visit to Turkey is to discuss...

The European Union will insist on an action plan that includes joint Greek-Turkish patrols in the Aegean in order to tackle the refugee crisis, according to an official EU document. According to a Euro2day.gr report citing an official EU document...

Thousands of people have traveled from Turkey to the city of Thessaloniki in Northern Greece to commemorate the 77th anniversary of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk's death, in his childhood home. Kemal Ataturk, who is considered the father of the modern Turkish...

A Turkish citizen who was transferred to Turkey following the 1974 Turkish invasion of the island, claiming that he might be a Greek Cypriot, has been proven not to be based on genetic tests, Cyprus' Foreign Ministry has announced. According...

In August, Syrian sisters Sarah and Ysra Mardini swam for three hours between a coast of Turkey to the Greek island of Lesvos seeking asylum. Today, they practice swimming at a Berlin swimming pool that was built for the...

Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu has reportedly invited his Greek counterpart Alexis Tsipras to watch together the friendly football game between the national teams of Greece and Turkey. The Greek prime minister's official visit is scheduled for November 17-18 when...

A recent OECD report revealed that Lithuania has the highest per capita consumption of alcoholic beverages. On the other hand, Greece, occupies one of the lowest positions on this list. Specifically, Greece ranked 32nd among the 44 countries classified...

European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker reiterated his request that Greece and Turkey should conduct joint patrols in the Aegean, a proposal that Athens has rejected. Juncker spoke in Frankfurt on the occasion of his one-year anniversary in the Commission presidency. The...

Turkey has granted access to 30 "military areas" in occupied Cyprus, over a three-year period for excavation of missing persons. According to a press release issued Thursday by the Committee on Missing Persons in Cyprus (CMP), the Committee was notified by...