Greece

Greece accused Turkey on Tuesday of being a troublemaker, escalating provocations in the eastern Mediterranean, following Ankara's decision to extended its energy exploration through its ship the Oruc Reis until September 12. "Turkey continues to faithfully fulfill the role of...

On Wednesday, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis made a major foreign policy speech in response to this week's ongoing tensions in the Mediterranean, sparked by the sending of an oil and gas exploration vessel to the waters between Crete...

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis addressed economic issues and the emerging migration crisis at Greece's eastern borders while addressing the German-Hellenic Economic Forum in Berlin on Monday, where he met with his German counterpart, Angela Merkel. PM Mitsotakis stressed repeatedly...

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan likes to flex his muscles in front of Europe, Greece, Cyprus and everyone else he believes can give something that Turkey wants. Or when Turkey does something which breaks international law. He also likes to threaten...

Arriving at the crucial European Council taking place in Brussels, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis spoke to reporters about his party's recent election victory, as well as immigration and the economy. ''Neither Greece nor Europe can be blackmailed by Turkey,'' Mitsotakis...

Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said that the West interfered in the domestic affairs of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM), bribing and blackmailing lawmakers to approve the Prespa accord with Greece. In an interview with the Greek daily Efimerida...

Attica Bank management has accused the Kalogritsas family of using blackmailing tactics in order to get more loans without collateral, according to a SKAI television report. Specifically, SKAI has produced an Attica Bank letter addressed to Messrs. Christos and Yiannis-Vladimir...

The police arrested one publisher and two journalists for blackmailing public organizations, companies and banks. The persons arrested are Panayiotis Mavrikos, publisher of the newspaper “Acropolis” and reporters Panagiotis Mousas and Christos Fragou. Mavrikos reportedly blackmailed public organization executives and bankers,...

A special unit of Greece's National Intelligence Service (EYP) is investigating a racket of hackers who blackmail Greek banks, including the country's central bank, asking for bitcoin as ransom. According to information released by Greek Police, a group of hackers...

German party Die Linke on Friday expressed its support for outgoing Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, saying that his decision to resign and call elections despite his wide popularity shows how deeply foreign lenders are affecting Greece’s national sovereignty. “Alexis Tsipras...

Greece has rejected creditors’ bailout extension proposal, say gov't sources. In a brief statement from Brussels on Friday, Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras stressed that the European Union's founding principles were not based on blackmail and ultimatums. He said...

Addressing SYRIZA's Central Committee meeting on Sunday, Productive Reconstruction Minister Panagiotis Lafazanis accused Greece's creditors of "the harshest, open blackmail" in their handling of the negotiations with the Greek government. The head of SYRIZA's Left Platform strongly criticized the European...

"Greek democracy cannot be blackmailed," Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras stated after his meeting on Monday with Citizen Protection Minister Yiannis Panousis and noted that "this is addressed to all directions, abroad and within the country." He also clarified that "those...

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has highlighted that the Cyprus problem talks must resume away from any threats and blackmail, Cypriot government spokesperson Nicos Christodoulides said in a written statement issued on Tuesday, just four days ahead of President Nicos Anastasiades' visit to...

On Tuesday, March 24, it was reported that the European Central Bank (ECB) has decided to apply stricter measures in Greece's case. The ECB was supposed to officially ban Greek banks from increasing their holdings of Greek sovereign debt, trying to...