The chronically tense relations, between Greece and Turkey, both NATO members, has put a spanner in the works for NATO's unity and cooperation as the Alliance celebrates its 50th anniversary. The tension has fuelled defence industrialisation in both countries. At a time when the majority of ...
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told reporters after prayers in Istanbul that he would “positively” consider a meeting that he said Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis had requested. Erdogan said the two countries’ foreign ministers had met and bilateral talks were ongoing. “So we...
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Senior Greek and Turkish coast guard officials have agreed to boost cooperation in restricting one of the main illegal migration routes into Europe, authorities said Wednesday. A Greek coast guard statement said Tuesday’s meeting on Greece’s eastern Aegean Sea island of ...
Turkish media on Sunday published aerial images that they said showed the deployment of armored vehicles by Greece to the Aegean islands of Samos and Lesbos, heightening tensions between the two NATO countries that have a history of rivalry. Turkish officials say the deployment is in ...
Turkish-Greek relations have often been characterized by high levels of tension in recent years. While armed hostilities have never broken out between the two neighbors, there has been more than one occasion on which the brink of war has been approached. Such a state of affairs does appear unu...
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — The crew of a Greek coast guard patrol boat fired warning shots early Thursday to deter a Turkish coast guard vessel that was trying to ram them in the eastern Aegean Sea, authorities in Athens said, as tensions between the two neighbors remain high. ...
In the heart of Istanbul stands a building that has witnessed the ebb and flow… 0 Shares Greek Culture,Greek NEWS,HISTORY,Turkey 28 December 2024 Turkish Uproar: Steve Bannon's "Free Constantinople" T-shirt Sparks Controversy A photo of former Trump advisor Steve Bannon wearing a "Free Consta...
Tensions have escalated between Turkey and two EU member states – Greece and Cyprus. But that hasn't stopped another EU country, Germany, to continue exporting arms to Ankara, according to official government data.
Athens had said Turkish surveys in a section of the Greek continental shelf escalate tensions in a region where Turkey disputes Greek maritime rights. "We call on Turkey to immediately cease its illegal activities, which violate our sovereign rights and undermine peace and security in the region,...
Energy exploration is adding a new wrinkle to the Turkish-Greek rivalry over the island of Cyprus Greeks Pushed to the Edge by Austerity Measures A spike in suicides is blamed on the economic crisis that could also bring down the country ...