Nikos Tsafos, the chief energy advisor to the Prime Minister of Greece, joins Thanos Davelis to discuss Greece’s renewable energy success story, as highlighted by Prime Minister Mitsotakis at COP28.
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Professor Aristotle Tziampiris, the author of the recent book “The Monroe Doctrine and the Greek Revolution,” joins Thanos Davelis on the 200 year anniversary of the Monroe Doctrine to look at how the Greek fight for independence captivated the American public, the role it played in the formulation of the Monroe Doctrine, and they ways in which the “Greek Fire” and the Monroe Doctrine set the framework that has come to define US-Greek relations for almost two centuries.
Henry Kissinger, the controversial former US National Security Advisor and Secretary of State, passed away on Wednesday, aged 100.
On Wednesday Greece filed a written statement with the Council of the European Union stating it will not support Albania’s EU accession process as long as the case of the imprisoned ethnic Greek mayor elect of Himare, Fredi Beleri, remains unresolved. Vassilis Nedos, Kathimerini’s diplomatic and defense editor, joins Thanos Davelis with the latest analysis on the diplomatic initiatives underway over the Beleri case.
Bruce Clark, a contributor to The Economist and the author of the recent book “Athens, City of Wisdom”, which dives into the story of Lord Elgin and the Parthenon Sculptures, joins Thanos Davelis to discuss British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s “unprecedented” decision to snub Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis over the issue of the return of the Parthenon Sculptures.
In about two weeks Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will meet in Athens, marking the third meeting in five months between the two leaders.
This week Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis unveiled a recovery plan in wake of this summer’s wildfires in Evros and floods in Thessaly, outlining a series of initiatives to address the climate crisis.
On Monday Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides said Cyprus is fully ready to launch a maritime aid corridor from the port of Larnaca to Gaza.
Tom Ellis, the editor-in-chief of Kathimerini English Edition, joins Thanos Davelis to look at whether PASOK can build on the latest polls that show it overtaking SYRIZA and take advantage of the crisis in SYRIZA to establish itself as Greece’s main opposition.
The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom published an in-depth report this week examining threats to religious properties in Turkey, including places of worship, religious institutions, and cemeteries.
Sinan Ciddi and Endy Zemenides join Thanos Davelis to break down how Turkey’s latest decision to continue holding up of Sweden’s NATO bid, its support for Hamas, and its lambasting of the West is playing out in Washington.
On Tuesday Prime Minister Mitsotakis highlighted to German Chanellor Olaf Scholz that Greece has the fastest rate of debt reduction in the world. From around 206% of GDP in 2020, Greek debt is expected to decline this year to around 160% of GDP, and this downward trajectory is expected to continue throughout the decade.
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis was just in Germany, where he met with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz. Migration, Turkey, energy issues, and the Middle East dominated the discussion, while the economy, once the top issue dominating relations between Athens and Berlin, took a backseat.
Following several weeks of tensions, a left-wing faction within SYRIZA, Greece’s main opposition, announced on Sunday that it was peeling off. Politico’s Nektaria Stamouli joins Thanos Davelis to discuss the current crisis within SYRIZA, and break down what SYRIZA’s implosion means for both New Democracy and PASOK.
The Cypriot plan to supply Gaza with humanitarian aid, presented by President Nikos Christodoulides at the Paris Peace Forum this week, is gaining traction.
Egypt has been coming under “conflicting pressures” as the war in Gaza unfolds, both from Israel, the US, the EU, Hamas, and its public, all while looking at a potential economic crisis at home, leading to a difficult balancing act for Egypt.
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