French Prime Minister Emmanuel Macron welcomed his Greek counterpart, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, on Monday at the Elysee Palace in the French capital for a short-notice working meeting on the war in Ukraine.
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Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan and Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov on Thursday discussed “the dire humanitarian situation in Gaza” and steps that could be taken on it at the G20 in Rio de Janeiro, a Turkish diplomatic source said.
The fact that Alexei Navalny’s death was easily foretold does not make it less heroic nor less sad. It does not reduce the value of his sacrifice, nor the importance of the warning that it sends to the Russians and the rest of the world – Vladimir Putin will act in this way until he is forced to stop.
President Katerina Sakellaropoulou has expressed her shock at the death of jailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny. “Shocked by the death of Alexei Navalny, a prominent human rights activist dedicated to the fight for freedom and democracy,” Sakellaropoulou said in a post on X, formerly Twitter.
Alexei Navalny’s “courage will not be forgotten,” Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has said, reacting to the death of the Russian opposition leader in a Siberian prison.
France, Poland and Germany accused Russia on Monday of putting together an elaborate network of websites to spread pro-Russian propaganda to undermine their governments, warning of a mass spread of such content ahead of EU elections in June.
A Ukrainian court has confirmed a request from the country’s government to seize the assets of Greek-Russian businessman Ivan Savvidis and his wife, Kyriaki. In a statement posted on its website, the Ukrainian Justice Ministry said that the High Anti-Corruption Court of Ukraine had accepted its request to seize the Savvidis’ assets.
Russian President Vladimir Putin will discuss the conflict in Ukraine with his Turkish counterpart Tayyip Erdogan during his upcoming visit to Turkey, the RIA news agency cited Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov as saying on Friday.
Prof. George Demacopoulos joins Thanos Davelis to explore why Russia is trying to undermine the Patriarch of Alexandria and split the Orthodox Church in Africa, and explain why this should be viewed as part of a larger Russian project whereby Russia’s President Vladimir Putin uses the church to advance his own global ambitions.
Cyprus is making an “extremely important” contribution in increasing sanctions pressure on Moscow, said Ukraine’s ambassador to the east Mediterranean island, which was long in the spotlight for close business ties with Russia.
A suspicious envelope was discovered at the Russian embassy in the northern Athens suburb of Palaio Psychiko on Friday morning.
A Cypriot brokerage firm caught up in an investigation by French prosecutors probing financial transfers possibly tied to Yevgeny Prigozhin on Wednesday denied it had ever had direct relations with the late Wagner mercenary chief.
The French judicial authorities decided on Greek businessman Nikos Bogonikolos’ extradition to the US on Wednesday afternoon.
When Russia invaded in February 2022, the courage, determination and skill of Ukrainian fighters quickly captured imaginations in Europe and the United States.
Serbia on Sunday completed the interconnector to a pipeline in Bulgaria which would allow the Balkan country to diversify its gas supplies and reduce its dependence on Russia.
How can human rights be safeguarded in the midst of war? Dr Photini Pazartzis, the Constantine G. Karamanlis Chair in Hellenic and European Studies at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University, and former vice chair of the UN Human Rights Committee ICCPR, emphasizes that international law establishes clear […]
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