Greek-Turkish Tensions

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Editorial Ta Nea: Maintaining composure

Turkey knows that Greece and the West constitute a stable front in confronting the game of revisionism, with composure and without high-pitched rhetoric.

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Editorial To Vima: The PM’s daring decision

The prime minister dared. He made a difficult choice that is not in line with the tradition in Greek politics of the PM calling elections when it best suits him.

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Editorial Ta Nea: Political stability

Rumours of snap elections over many months, for which the opposition is mainly responsible, had led many ministers to neglect their jobs and focus on their re-election campaigns.

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Mitsotakis warns Ankara not to test its territorial claims on the ground

'Greece has proven that it is ready to defend its sovereignty and its sovereign rights,' Mitsotakis said during remarks at a health conference today.

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Mitsotakis tells US Congress the international community will not accept revisionism

A joint session of the US Congress received visiting Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis with an extended standing ovation as he stepped to the podium.

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Mitsotakis-Biden talks: Greek-Turkish relations, the war in Ukraine, wayward Turkey’s new role in NATO

The talks come amid heightened Greek-Turkish tensions in the Aegean, with an exponential increase in violations of Greek national airspace, and Ankara's return to the fold.

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Akar says Turkish Navy is ‘on alert’, accuses Greece of ‘provocations’

“Greece, with provocations and actions during military exercises is attempting to establish a de facto situation. We shall not allow it,” Akar said.

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State Department official: Greek sovereignty over Eastern Aegean islands indisputable

The US official representative said that, 'The sovereignty and territorial integrity of all countries must be respected and protected. Greece’s sovereignty over these islands is indisputable.'

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Akar slams mutual defence pact between Greece, France, says Ankara will not back down in EastMed

While Ankara has systematically harassed and blocked the Nautical Geo research vessel, which is to conduct research in the Mediterranean to plot the course of the EastMed pipeline, occupying a large swathe of Cyprus’ EEZ, Akar claimed that the ship is violating Turkey’s maritime jurisdiction.

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Shadows of the past haunt UN-sponsored five-way Cyprus talks

The informal talks will review the worst settlement proposal to date, the Turkish Cypriot demand (guided by Ankara) for a two-state solution that would bring the permanent, de jure partition of the island.

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Athens purchase of 18 Rafale war planes boosts Greek-Frenck defence cooperation

The addition of the French war planes to the Greek Air Force fleet has been touted as giving the Greek Air Force a strategic boost in its deterrent force amid Turkish threats.

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Editorial Ta Nea: Pressure

Turkey was well aware of the cost to Greece of being on constant military alert and hoped that this would break Athens' resistance and force it to retreat and accept Ankara's claims.

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Editorial Ta Nea: Equation

In Turkey, his sacking of his son-in-law and finance minister, Berat Albayrak, showS that Edogan will not hesitate to sacrifice even family members in order to stay in power.

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Lavrov in Athens urges Greek-Turkish talks, defends Athens’ legal right to extend territorial waters

However difficult the situation between Greece and Turkey may be at present, we will always support discussion and the resolution of these problems through the direct talks," Lavrov said.

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Government denounces Ankara’s move to hold up Dendias’ plane returning from Iraq

Turkish foreign ministry spokesman Hami Aksoy dismissed the suggestion that the plane carrying Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias had been deliberately held up as a provocation to Athens.

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Editorial Ta Nea: Reforms

The government must not allow the pandemic and the Turkish crisis to disorient them and they must speed up reform efforts so as to implement necessary changes.

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Mediterranean, Arab states blast Turkey, want it out of Libya

The Foreign Affairs ministers of Greece, Cyprus, Egypt, France and the United Arab Emirates called on Turkey to «fully respect the sovereignty and sovereign rights of all states in their marine zones in the East Mediterranean,» during a teleconference on Monday. At the meeting to discuss the latest developments in the East Mediterranean, the five […]

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Along with lockdown lifting government grapples with home foreclosure protection

That protection commenced during the administration of former PM George Papandreou with a law drafted by then economy minister Louka Katseli (still known as the 'Katseli law') which provided protection for over-indebted households and came into effect in August, 2010.

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Editorial: One-way street

The prospect of Turkey exporting its internal problems - whether by sending into Greece’s or Cyprus’ Exclusive Economic zones a hydrocarbons research vessel or by creating strong migrant flows toward Greece - is not unlikely.

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Dendias sees inter-party consensus after briefing opposition on Turkey, Libya

The foreign minister dismissed opposition criticism that the government has not been pro-active enough in dealing with Turkey.

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Greek pursues de-escalation, plans for prospective clash

As accustomed as one may be to such actions by Turkey, they still offer a foretaste of what may happen if the limits are surpassed.

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Mitsotakis, Erdogan agree to keep open line of communication with High Level Cooperation Council

Mitsotakis told Erdogan that he supports Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades’ proposal for the sharing of the island’s hydrocarbons wealth between the two communities.

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Turkey ratchets up Aegean tensions to unprecedented levels

The numbers are truly amazing and unique globally if one considers the number of lives that were lost over the Aegean over the past decades in an undeclared war.

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Mitsotakis receives congratulatory calls from Trump, Pence

The Greek readout indicated that both leaders agreed on the need to deepen exceptionally good bilateral relations.

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Foreign ministry blasts Ankara’s plans for drilling off Cyprus

'We express our full solidarity with the Republic of Cyprus and yet again call upon Turkey to immediately cease illegal activity and to respect the sovereign rights of Cyprus,' the ministry stated.

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Foreign Minister Dendias seeks consensus amidst Turkish threats, other challenges

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was the first foreign leader to call and congratulate Mitsotakis, even before the final results were in.

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Apostolakis stands by Greek-Turkish military-to military talks, announces CBMs

'We seek peace and security but under no circumstances will we back off from defending our sovereign rights. We wish to avoid tensions,' the Greek defence minister said after a meeting with his Turkish counterpart Hulusi Akar at a Nato meeting.

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Editorial To Vima: National foreign policy strategy now!

Instead of constantly rushing to answer all of Erdogan’s provocations and threats, it is more effective to create the necessary conditions and strengthen the necessary alliances to confront them on our own.

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Editorial To Vima: Energy roles and obligations

Drilling for and exploiting hydrocarbons without a strong Air Force, without a battle-worthy Navy, and without credible intelligence collection networks is inconceivable in the contemporary world.

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Pyatt urges Turkey to stop provocations, dialogue

The US Ambassador said the US, EU 'share a perspective on developments in the waters off of Cyprus... and in avoiding any further provocative actions by Turkey'.

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Turkish brinkmanship triggers concerns in Athens, Nicosia, Washington

In a lengthy statement, the Defence Department clearly articulated US interests and power in the region and the crucial nature of the US-Greece military alliance.

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Ex-PM Simitis urges caution over prospect of new Imia-style crisis

Turkey may consider that this period is opportune for it to impose its views on the delimitation of Greece’s territorial waters and continental shelf.