A draft bill on the restructuring of the Foreign Affairs ministry was approved in Parliament’s plenary on Friday, following legislative amendments by Minister Nikos Dendias and a 12-hour discussion.
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Greek Citizen Protection Minister Michalis Chrysochoidis paid a visit to Skopje on Friday, where he met with North Macedonia’s Minister of Interior Affairs Oliver Spasovski, responsible for police, and Prime Minister Zoran Zaev.
The German Embassy in Athens is launching an initiative on social media on Friday to mark the bicentennial of the 1821 Greek Revolution, showcasing 21 German philhellenes.
The president of ethnically divided Cyprus said on Thursday he’ll attend a United Nations-hosted meeting in April with the leader of the breakaway Turkish Cypriots with “full political will” to get dormant peace talks up and running again.
Turkey further escalated tension with Greece late Tuesday threatening to withdraw from exploratory contacts between the two sides.
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For Europe, Joe Biden’s presidency brings high hopes for reinvigorating the transatlantic partnership. For the United States, succeeding in this task is a prerequisite for achieving an ambitious broader agenda.
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The EU foreign ministers decided on Monday to quickly impose additional sanctions on Russia over the jailing of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said after meeting his counterparts in Brussels.
Turkey’s president says mutual interests with the United States outweigh their differences and has called for more cooperation with President Joe Biden’s new US administration.
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As next month’s EU Summit approaches and the discussion on possible sanctions against Turkey intensifies, it would be useful if Greece were to focus not only on Ankara’s policies in the Eastern Mediterranean, the Aegean and Cyprus.
Athens Thursday lodged a carefully worded demarche with Turkey over its plans for hydrographic surveys between the Greek islands of Limnos, Skyros and Alonnisos until March 2.
Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) spokesman Omer Celik on Thursday slammed Greece over his country’s perceived exclusion from the regional Philia (Friendship) Forum that convened in Athens last week, while accusing Greece of harboring “maximalist” aspirations.
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Despite Turkish Ambassador to Greece Burak Ozugergin’s positive messages regarding Greek-Turkish relations on Wednesday, he expressed Turkey’s intransigence on the Cyprus issue.
Greece’s Foreign Ministry on Thursday lodged a demarche with Turkey’s Foreign Ministry through its embassy in Ankara in protest at the announced plans for an upcoming Turkish hydrographic survey between the Greek islands of Limnos, Skyros and Alonnisos from Thursday to March 2.
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US President Joe Biden will seek to further deepen US-Greek relations, the country’s Ambassador to Greece said on Wednesday while stressing the importance of energy diversification in Southeastern Europe and the prospects for US investments in renewable energy in Greece.
Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias discusses the status of bilateral relations and developments in the Eastern Mediterranean with his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov on Wednesday, the minister said in a series of tweets.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken expressed his support for the ongoing exploratory talks between Greece and Turkey in a phone call with Greek counterpart Nikos Dendias earlier on Monday, Sate Department spokesperson Ned Price said.
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