Greece
Greece
The Greeks of Alexandria, Egypt
The story of Hellenism in Alexandria goes back more than two millennia, when Alexander the Great established the city.
Ancient Greece
Alexander the Great Campaigns Influenced Egyptian, World Cuisine
Alexander the Great had an enormous influence on the ancient world as a result of the Greek conqueror's military campaigns, including Egypt.
Archaeology
Archaeologists Uncover Ancient Ruins of Monastery, Greek Inscriptions in Egypt
Archaeologists uncovered the ruins of an ancient Christian settlement dating to the fourth and fifth centuries AD in Egypt's Western Desert.
Diplomacy
Greece, Egypt Maritime Deal Posted by UN
The deal on the partial demarcation of maritime boundaries between Greece and Egypt was posted on the website for the United Nation’s Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea on Thursday.
The deal, signed on August 6,...
Greece
Greece Joins Egypt, UAE, France and Cyprus for Military Drills in the Med
Greek military forces joined forces from Egypt and Cyprus on Tuesday for a naval and aerial drill that will last for several days in the Mediterranean Sea, off the coast of Egypt.
The forces participating in the “Medusa 10” exercise...
Diplomacy
Egyptian President Meets With Greek PM and President, Lauds New Ties
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis met with his Egyptian counterpart, President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Wednesday in Athens in a further show of the increasingly cordial relations between the two Mediterranean countries.
After the meeting, the Greek leader stated "Trilateral...
Diplomacy
Egypt Warns Greece of the Threat Posed by Erdogan's Islamic Terrorists
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi warned Greek PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis last week that Turkey may dispatch jihadists to Greece to destabilize the country, a report in the Greek daily Ta Nea reveals.
According to the report, Cairo's concern was expressed...
Cyprus
Maritime Accord with Egypt an Example for All East Med, Greek PM Says
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis hailed the recent accord with Egypt on maritime boundaries on Wednesday, stressing that the agreement is a good illustration of how other regional problems can be solved.
Mitsotakis met with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi...
Diplomacy
Egyptian Parliament Ratifies Greek-Egypt Maritime Deal
The Parliament of Egypt has voted its approval for the recent maritime deal signed by Greece and Egypt in Cairo, setting into law the mutually-agreed-upon boundaries of the Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZs) of the two countries in the Eastern Mediterranean.
According...
Diplomacy
Turkey Reacts to Greek-Egyptian Maritime Deal
Turkey has reacted strongly to the maritime zone agreement signed between Greece and Egypt on Thursday, saying it violates the continental shelf of Turkey and Libya, and thereby is "null and void."
The Turkish Foreign Ministry issued a statement saying that the...
Diplomacy
Greece and Egypt Sign Agreement on Exclusive Economic Zones
Greece and Egypt signed an agreement regarding their exclusive economic zones on Thursday, according to the Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry.
From this point onward, there will be an exclusive economic zone, or EEZ, between the two Mediterranean countries, according...
Diplomacy
Greece, France, Cyprus and Egypt Condemn Turkey-Libya Maritime Deal
The Foreign Ministers of the four Mediterranean states of Greece, Cyprus, France and Egypt, condemned the recent maritime agreement signed between Turkey and Libya. Meeting on Wednesday in Cairo, the leaders stated that the controversial agreement undermines regional stability.
The...
Diplomacy
Egypt Sides With Greece, Calls Turkey-Libya Deal "Void and Non-Existent"
In a letter sent recently to the United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and President of the Security Council Kelly Craft, the nation of Egypt sided with Greece and renounced the two memoranda signed between the government of Tripoli,...
Diplomacy
Greece, Egypt Speed Up Talks on Maritime Borders Following Turkish Provocations
Greece and Egypt will speed up talks on the Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZ) between the two countries, Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias said in Egypt on Sunday, following the controversial agreement between Turkey and Libya.
Following a meeting in Cairo...
Diplomacy
Greek, Cypriot and Egyptian Defense Ministers Condemn Turkish Aggression
The defense ministers of Greece, Cyprus and Egypt condemned Turkey's illegal actions in the East Mediterranean and Syria during a meeting held in Athens on Tuesday.
Reviewing the contents of a joint press release, Greece's Nikolaos Panagiotopoulos said "we condemned...