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PM Tsipras' Relations With Ex-Ally Kammenos Tense
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras sent a letter on Monday morning to Speaker of the Parliament Nikolaos Voutsis, urging him not to change the House’s regulations regarding the composition of parliamentary caucuses.
Tsipras, in a move which escalated the already-tense relations between...
Greece
ANEL MP's Break with Kammenos' Request to Dissolve Coalition
Only two out of seven lawmakers from ANEL, the Independent Greek Party, backed party chief Panos Kammenos' request, which he made on Friday, to withdraw ANEL officials from their ministerial posts and dissolve the country's coalition government.
With so few...
Greece
Defense Minister Kammenos Sued For Homophobic Verbal Abuse
Greek Minister of National Defense Panos Kammenos was sued on Thursday by the organization "Greek Helsinki Monitor" for his alleged homophobic verbal abuse of Georgios Amyras, an M.P from the centrist party ''To Potami''.
Kammenos reportedly called Amyras ''little bride'' during a heated verbal exchange...
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Crucial Coalition Meeting Between Tsipras, Kammenos Postponed
A greatly-anticipated meeting between Greek Premier Alexis Tsipras and his Defense Minister Panos Kammenos over the future of their coalition government has been postponed.
Kammenos, the leader of the nationalist Independent Greek party (ANEL) had threatened to withdraw from the...
Greece
Coalition's Future at Stake With Tsipras/Kammenos Meeting
The Greek prime minister and president of the ruling left-wing SYRIZA party, Alexis Tsipras, will meet the defense Minister and president of the co-governing right-wing ANEL party, Panos Kammenos, on Friday. The talks will be held in a last-minute...
Diplomacy
Turkish Foreign Minister Calls Greece's Kammenos "Spoiled Child"
Greece must do something about its “spoiled child” defense minister, Panos Kammenos, to avoid a military response by Turkish armed forces, Turkey’s Foreign Minister, Mevlut Cavusoglu, said on Wednesday.
“We have a warning for Greece. You have a spoiled child...
Diplomacy
Kammenos Warns ''We Will Crush'' Turkey
In response to the recent series of incursions and airspace violations committed by Turkish fighter jets over several Greek islands in the eastern Aegean Sea, Greek Defense Minister Panos Kammenos sternly warned Turkey against further violations of the country's integrity...
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Kammenos Says FYROM Name Deal is Virtually Dead
The Prespa agreement between Athens and Skopje is coming to an end after the latest statements by FYROM Prime Minister Zoran Zaev, said Greek Defense Minister Panos Kammenos on Friday.
Kammenos' statement came after recent comments made by Former Yugoslav...
Diplomacy
Kammenos Says Greece and Egypt Are ''Axis of Stability''
Greek Defense Minister Panos Kammenos stated on Tuesday that both Greece and Egypt share a common vision to create an axis of stability in the southeast Mediterranean. Kammenos made his remarks as he spoke about the upcoming visit of Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah...
Diplomacy
Kammenos Slams Erdogan Over 'Pirates of The Aegean' Remark
Greek Defense Minister Panos Kammenos slammed Turkish president Tayyip Erdogan on Monday after meeting with the U.S. ambassador to Greece Geoffrey Pyatt.
Speaking with journalists outside of the country's Ministry of National Defense, Kammenos said that "Greece respects international law,...
Diplomacy
Kammenos, in Moscow, Promotes Strategic Relations with Russia
Greece's Defense Minister Panos Kammenos is in Russia as part of a two-day official visit, spanning Monday and Tuesday.
On Monday, prior to meeting with his Russian counterpart Sergei Shoigu, Kammenos visited the memorial of the unknown soldier in central...
Greece
Kammenos: ANEL Will Leave Greek Coalition Government Over Macedonia Name Deal
Panos Kammenos commented on Sunday that the name deal granting FYROM permission to call itself “North Macedonia” is the "last straw" for his party.
Kammenos stated that thus far, “We cooperated to save the country,” speaking of the ANEL party's...
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Tsipras is Hostage to Kammenos, Says Greek Opposition
Greece's opposition launched a fierce attack against Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras after Nikos Kotzias' resignation, accusing him of being a weak leader and the victim of blackmail by Defence Minister Panos Kammenos.
New Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis highlighted the fact...
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Greek Government Reacts to Kammenos' Proposals on FYROM Name, US Bases
The Greek government reacted strongly to Defense Minister Panos Kammenos' proposal to his U.S. counterpart for a Balkan defense zone as a Plan B to FYROM's accession to NATO.
While in Washington for an official visit, Kammenos proposed to U.S....
Diplomacy
Defense Minister Kammenos Asks the U.S. to Establish 3 More Military Bases in Greece
The Greek Defense Minister, Panos Kammenos, called on the U.S. to deploy military assets on a "more permanent base" in three more locations in the country, beyond Souda base.
Kammenos was in Washington to meet Secretary of Defense John Mattis...