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Greece limiting contacts with Russian Embassy

Greece limiting contacts with Russian Embassy

Greek authorities have frozen contacts with the Russian Embassy and the Consulate General in the Balkan nation, Russian Ambassador to Athens Andrey Maslov told the Rossiya-24 TV channel on Monday. According to him, Russia’s …

Turkish intelligence catches Greek spy

Turkish intelligence catches Greek spy

Turkey's National Intelligence Organization has announced the arrest of a Greek intelligence spy, the Star newspaper informs. It is noted that the spy is a Greek citizen Mohammed Amar Ampara. The newspaper reports that …

Greece and Turkey to continue "positive" dialogue

Greece and Turkey to continue "positive" dialogue

On Thursday, June 16, Turkish Minister of National Defense Hulusi Akar and Greek Defense Minister Nikos Panagiotopoulos met at NATO Headquarters in Brussels. The negotiations took place after a meeting of NATO Defense Ministers on …

Two Greek ships detained in Persian Gulf

Two Greek ships detained in Persian Gulf

Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy detained two Greek oil tankers - the Prudent Warrior and Delta Poseidon - in the Persian Gulf, Tasnim news agency reports. This follows the detention of ships with Iranian oil under the …

Erdogan says Greek PM 'no longer exists' for him

Erdogan says Greek PM 'no longer exists' for him

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday that Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis "no longer exists" for him, accusing the Greek leader of trying to block sales of F-16 fighter jets to Turkey during a visit to the United …

Greece's DEPA concludes payment to Gazprom for gas supplies

Greece's DEPA concludes payment to Gazprom for gas supplies

DEPA Commercial, Greece’s biggest gas importer, has paid Russian gas producer Gazprom in euros for April natural gas supplies, the semi-state Athens News Agency reported on Monday. State-controlled DEPA Commercial has a gas supply …

What tourist venues has the cleanest sea

What tourist venues has the cleanest sea

Culture and Tourism Minister Mehmet Nuri Ersoy announced on Friday that the number of Turkey’s beaches with Blue Flag status has reached 531

EU looks for ways to ease anti-Russian oil sanctions

EU looks for ways to ease anti-Russian oil sanctions

The countries of the European Union (EU) have excluded the ban on Russian oil from the sixth package of anti-Russian sanctions, DPA writes with a reference to diplomatic sources. Further coordination at the international level is needed …

Greece lifts COVID-19 curbs for travellers

Greece lifts COVID-19 curbs for travellers

Greece lifted COVID-19 restrictions on Sunday for foreign and domestic flights, its civil aviation authority said, ahead of the summer tourism season that officials hope will see revenues bouncing back from the pandemic slump. To fly in …

Greece to ask 12 Russian diplomats to leave country

Greece to ask 12 Russian diplomats to leave country

Greece will ask 12 Russian diplomats to leave the country, declaring them "personae non-gratae", the foreign ministry said on Wednesday. The Greek foreign ministry's general secretary has informed the Russian ambassador of …

Alexis Heraclides: Greece should improve relations with Turkiye

Alexis Heraclides: Greece should improve relations with Turkiye

Strong anti-Turkish narrative misinforms Greek public, poisons Turkish-Greece relations. Greece should be willing to recognize Turkiye’s legitimate rights and interests in the Aegean Sea said a senior Greek expert for Turkish-Greek …

Turkish, Greek leaders agree to improve bilateral ties

Turkish, Greek leaders agree to improve bilateral ties

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Sunday agreed to improve bilateral relations and to focus on positive agenda, the Turkish Communications Directorate said. Apart from bilateral …

Fire breaks out on ferry off Greek island, 11 reportedly missing

Fire breaks out on ferry off Greek island, 11 reportedly missing

At least 11 people from the Italian Euroferry Olympia that caught fire in the Ionian Sea are missing, and authorities have not yet been able to find them following the evacuation of passengers and crew members, the Greek TV channel Open reported …

Europe relies on Southern Gas Corridor

Europe relies on Southern Gas Corridor

Southern Gas Corridor, which crosses six countries, stretches over 3500 km and costs 45$ billion, aims to increase and diversify European energy supply by bringing Azerbaijani gas to markets in Europe

Demographic crisis hits Balkans

Demographic crisis hits Balkans

No country in the Balkans has been spared from a dangerous combination of migration and population ageing