From Kastellorizo, the PM sent a clear message to Turkey and unveiled a €5,000 annual incentive for island residents
The prime minister’s visit to remote Kastellorizo is therefore taking place against a backdrop of heightened Turkish activity and rhetoric in the Aegean and Eastern Mediterranean.
Mitsotakis defends Greece's growth dividend, stands firm on Turkey and sovereignty, and admits past missteps in a wide-ranging press conference at the Thessaloniki International Fair.
The question is no longer how to keep Turkey in NATO. It is whether NATO should keep Turkey at all
Athens says Turkish objections to Greece’s spatial planning rules and maritime parks have no legal basis, while both countries continue to dispute maritime zones and sovereignty in the Aegean
Ibrahim Kalin met with the head of Greece's EYP and other unnamed officials last week in a visit that went entirely unannounced, Ta Nea reports, raising questions about whether he was relaying messages from Erdogan.
The FDD Turkey Program director says renewed tensions in the Aegean should be read alongside Ankara’s moves in Cyprus, Libya and Syria, as well as President Erdogan’s increasingly confident relationship with Washington
Foreign Minister George Gerapetritis is attending the EU's informal “Gymnich” meeting in Ireland, where he plans to discuss developments in the Middle East, Ukraine and what Athens describes as rising Turkish provocations
Greece’s foreign minister says dialogue with Ankara remains essential while Athens prepares for potential tensions and expects work on the Greece-Cyprus electricity cable to begin in 2026
Reports have surfaced in a handful of cases alleging severe complications for patients seeking cheaper hair transplants and cosmetic surgery in heavily advertised clinics in Turkey
"Turkey's reactions come because for the first time, Greece has taken on the initiative to defend her sovereignty and her coastal region sovereign rights," the Foreign Minister addressed to the Greek Parliament
Ankara published maps of two new marine parks, one of which excludes Greek waters around Kastellorizo. Athens calls the move legally void
Until such goodwill is displayed by our eastern neighbors, the sale of F-35s to Turkey, as recently floated, or its inclusion in SAFE, would incentivize the continuation to the benefit of China, Russia and Hamas and ultimately, to our collective detriment
A Turkish Defense Ministry document says military activity by Greece and Israel in the Eastern Mediterranean is being closely monitored amid growing concerns over possible crises in the region.
The 53-year-old man remains in critical condition in an Athens hospital after a dental procedure in Turkey, highlighting concerns over 'medical tourism' safety and oversight in that country
Osman Kavala, a symbol of Turkey's crackdown on civil society, was arrested in October 2017 and held at Istanbul's high-security Silivri prison
The timeline and geopolitics around Greece's "Hydrocarbons 2.0" plans in the Ionian and Crete, the status of the Great Sea Interconnector, and Turkey
Foreign Minister George Gerapetritis says Athens will keep communication channels open with Ankara while defending its sovereign rights and responding to Turkish provocations if necessary.
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis sent a clear message to Turkey regarding Ankara's reaction to Greece's new spatial planning frameworks during a cabinet meeting
Nearly three years after the Athens Declaration sought to open a new chapter in bilateral ties, Ankara and Athens are once again facing growing tensions over maritime zones, sovereignty and competing regional ambitions