Greece

Greece has asked the European Union to examine the possibility of fully suspending its customs union with Turkey, as Athens launched a new diplomatic offensive against Turkey’s repeated and ongoing provocations in the Mediterranean. In a letter to the European...

Greece launched on Monday a new diplomatic offensive against Turkey's repeated and ongoing provocations in the Mediterranean, by writing to the EU, the UN Secretary General, and US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. Official complaints will also be lodged against Turkey...

After Friday prayers, President Erdogan expressed his willingness to meet with Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis personally or over video call to discuss de-escalation of tensions in the Mediterranean, according to reports in the Turkish press today. Currently, the Turkish...

The European Union’s High Representative for Foreign Affairs, Josep Borrell, said on Wednesday that the bloc is “determined” to protect its external borders and the territorial integrity of Greece. Borrell, who was visiting the Kastanies crossing on the Greek-Turkish border,...

United States diplomats are working to reduce the ongoing tensions between Greece and Turkey, according to a Wednesday statement by Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Matthew Palmer, as reported by the Athens-Macedonian News Agency...

Ambassadors and other foreign diplomats from 18 countries have recorded themselves reciting Greek literature in support of the "Stay Home" anti-coronavirus campaign in a video posted on the Greek Foreign Affairs Ministry's Facebook page on Thursday. An initiative of the...

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis spoke on Saturday on the phone with the President of the European Council Charles Michel at the latter's initiative and with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on the issue of Libya. According to...

Government spokesperson Stelios Petsas on Tuesday announced that Greece's Foreign Ministry has sent letters to United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres and the presidency of the Security Council on Monday, in which it outlines Greece's positions on the Turkish-Libyan...

Greek diplomatic sources on Thursday said that Greek authorities have finally obtained the text of the memorandum of understanding on maritime zones recently signed by Turkey and Libya. The same sources said that this text was not provided to Greece...

Russian Ambassador to the EU Vladimir Chizhov warned on Tuesday that the United States will abandon Greece as it did with the Kurds in Syria. In an interview with the TASS news agency concurrent with a conference on the island...

The Republic of Cyprus will establish full diplomatic relations with the newly-named Republic of North Macedonia, it was made public on Wednesday. The news was released by officials of the two countries in Lagonissi, Greece, during the annual conference hosted...

Greece's Foreign Minister Giorgos Katrougalos said on Wednesday that the EU's new stance on Turkey and Cyprus represents an important success in the world of diplomacy. “The General Affairs Council's decision to impose EU sanctions on Turkey is an important diplomatic...

Two cars belonging to Turkish nationals, most likely diplomats, were set on fire in Thessaloniki, in Macedonia, Greece, in the early hours of Monday. The first car was parked on Alexander the Great Avenue, near the famous sea promenade of the...

A Greek court handed down a 28-month suspended sentence on Tuesday to Nikos Georgiadis a former conservative MP, diplomat and vice president of the American College of Greece, who was found guilty of the sexual abuse of minors in...

On Friday, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras will fly to Moscow, Russia, on an official visit. While there, he will meet with his Russian counterpart, Dmitry Medvedev, as well as the Russian President, Vladimir Putin. Greece's Alternate Foreign Minister, Giorgos Katrougalos,...