He is the author who opined that “geography is taking revenge” and that “you have to think about war, that’s the only way to be prepared.”
“The global environment was crucial to China’s emergence,” University of Virginia professor emeritus of foreign affairs Brantly Womack tells Kathimerini
Turkey’s suspension of trade with Israel seeks to “force” Tel Aviv to declare a ceasefire in its war in the Gaza Strip, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said.
North Macedonia will vote on May 8 in parliamentary elections in which support for the opposition has been buoyed by frustration about the failure to join the EU, falling living standards and alleged corruption.
Greek and Turkish officials are trying to finalize the details of the visit by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis to Ankara on May 13, when he will meet with the president of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Questions have arisen as to whether Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama’s visit to Athens will finally be allowed on May 12, when he is scheduled to address a gathering of Albanian immigrants, members and friends of his party.
The National Security Governmental Council (KYSEA), Greece’s top decision-making body on foreign affairs and defense matters, discussed the conflict in the Middle East, migration and this year’s fire fighting plan at an emergency meeting on Wednesday.
Defence Minister Nikos Dendias will visit the islands of Kos and Patmos on Wednesday and Thursday, he ministry said.
The “correct and fast administration of justice is an integral part of liberal democracy,” Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has told MPs in the context of a debate on a new Justice Ministry bill, adding that his government wants to see cases “finalized within 600 to 650 days.”
The European Union will offer economic aid to Lebanon when the European Commission president and the Cypriot president jointly visit Beirut on Thursday, a Cypriot official has said.
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Turkish tourists can now visit Leros, Lemnos, Kalymnos, Kastellorizo and Symi as of Tuesday part of the “visa express” program after the Aegean islands became part of the initiative.
The Psara frigate, which will replace Greece’s Hydra frigate in the Red Sea around the end of May, will be equipped with a new, even more powerful anti-drone system, Kathimerini understands.
The “Blue Homeland” doctrine which envisages Turkish influence over large swaths of the Mediterranean and other seas at the expense of other countries in the region, including Greece, will be taught during the next school year, local media revealed.
Meta Platforms’ Facebook and Instagram have failed to tackle deceptive advertising and disinformation in the run-up to European Parliament elections, the European Commission said on Tuesday as it opened an investigation into suspected breaches of EU online content rules.
The first part of postal voting for the June European elections was completed on Monday with the relevant platform receiving applications closing one minute before Monday midnight (Greek time).
Top contenders for the presidency of the European Commission engaged in a live debate in Maastricht, Netherlands, on Monday alongside outgoing President Ursula von der Leyen.
Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine has given a fresh impetus to the European Union’s drive to admit more countries, the bloc’s chairman said on Monday, adding he hoped the 27-nation club and prospective new members would be ready by 2030.
Turkey has told its NATO allies that Ankara will back the Netherlands’ outgoing Prime Minister Mark Rutte’s candidacy for the military alliance’s secretary general position, a senior Turkish official said Monday.
Several European member states are expected to recognise Palestinian statehood by the end of May, the EU’s foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said on Monday at the sidelines of a World Economic Forum special meeting in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan on Monday in Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia, according to the Turkish Foreign Ministry.
German center-right Christian Democratic Union’s (CDU/CSU) parliamentary delegation, alongside associated German foundation Konrad Adenauer officials, met with Greek ruling party New Democracy’s Parliamentary Group Director, Petros Tzanetakos, at the parliament in Athens on Wednesday.
The protracted nature of the war in Ukraine and the signal sent a few days ago by the US Congress of the continued bipartisan commitment to Ukraine, with a substantial aid package, are putting pressure on Europeans to continue the flow of weapons systems and ammunition to Ukrainian forces.
Former conservative minister and government spokesman Aris Spiliotopoulos has joined the campaign team of the leftist opposition party SYRIZA ahead of the upcoming European Parliament elections in June, reports indicated Monday.
Political leaders continue touring the country ahead of the upcoming European elections on June 9, despite an expected slowdown this week due to the Easter holidays.
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsostkis insists that his pledge to enforce the law “everywhere” is being implemented, citing the crackdown on sports hooliganism, juvenile delinquency and overall crime.
Meeting with Erdogan not affected by his postponement of US visit, but Athens aware of risks
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis will preside over a Monday morning ministerial council meeting at the Maximos Mansion, where significant legislative proposals will be introduced.
Turkey’s Deputy Foreign Minister, Ambassador Burak Akcapar, transitions to a permanent role as the country’s representative to the United Nations Office in Geneva, according to Turkey’s state television network TRT.
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