Turkish Provocations
Diplomacy
Greek Defense Minister Apostolakis Concerned About Turkey's Increasing Provocations
Greek Defense Minister Evangelos Apostolakis expressed his concern about Turkey's increasing provocations in the Aegean Sea during a news conference in New York on Wednesday night.
Apostolakis said that an accident is possible due to Turkey's behavior in the Aegean...
Diplomacy
Greece Slams New Turkish 'Provocation' in the Aegean
The Greek ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a statement slamming Turkey after it emerged that a Turkish ship will conduct unauthorized seismic research in a section of the Greek continental shelf. This statement follows a series of similarly provocative...
Greece
Greece Counts Cost of Protecting its Borders
With the tragic loss of pilot Giorgos Baltadoros off Skyros island on Thursday, the Greek armed forces have issued a tally of the deaths and losses of aircraft amid 28 years of Turkish provocations in the Aegean.
More than 150...
Cyprus
President Anastasiades: I Will Not Enter Turkey’s Blame Game
Greece nePresident Nicos Anastasiades on Wednesday pointed out that he is not going to enter Turkey’s blame game, saying that Turkey is trying to create an atmosphere in order to pursue its own goals.
Speaking to the press, President Anastasiades...
Greece
Defense Minister Says He Briefed NATO Counterparts on Turkish Provocations
Greek Defense Minister Panos Kammenos said on Wednesday he has briefed his counterparts in NATO about Turkey’s recent provocations in the Aegean.
Speaking at a press conference announcing the return on public television of a show on the Greek Armed...
Greece
ND's Koumoutsakos Calls For National Council on Foreign Policy to Discuss Turkish Provocations
Main opposition New Democracy's shadow minister for foreign policy George Koumoutsakos on Monday urged the government to convene the National Council on Foreign Policy, while criticizing its reaction to the latest provocations from the Turkish side.
"New Democracy had promptly...
Greece
Turkish Jet Fighters Fly Over Greek Islet 30' After Defense Minister Places Wreath
Turkish provocations in the Aegean continued on Wednesday as jet fighters of the neighboring country flew over Imia islet, just 30 minutes after Greek Defense Minister Panos Kammenos dropped a commemoration wreath by helicopter.
According to a SKAI television report,...
Greece
ND Leader Mitsotakis Suggests Calmness Against Turkish Provocations
Main opposition New Democracy (ND) leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis suggested calmness and self-confidence against Turkey's provocations in an interview with three radio stations of Thessaloniki (FM 100, Radio Thessaloniki, Focus FM) on Monday.
"Greece continues to send a message of friendship...
Cyprus
German Chancellor Merkel: Cyprus Talks Must Be Conducted Away From Threats and Blackmail
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...
Cyprus
President Anastasiades to Visit Athens on Friday Ahead of Resuming Cyprus Talks
The President of the Republic of Cyprus, Nicos Anastasiades, is scheduled to travel to Athens on Friday, April 17, in order to brief the country's political leadership ahead of the scheduled resumption of the United Nations-Backed bicommunal talks "in one of...