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A Piraeus lower court judicial council unanimously decided not to approve a decision by Piraeus prosecutor Eirini Tziva banning businessman Vagelis Marinakis from leaving the country, on the grounds that he was liable to attempt to flee to avoid prosecution. The same Council also rejected exit restrictions imposed on three other people. In its ruling, […]

The government is forced to walk on a tightrope, balancing between crisis budget cuts and the absolutely necessary procurement and systems upgrades required to keep the armed forces battle-worthy.

Athens is asking Skopje to amend the FYROM Constitution to remove irredentist references, and to guarantee that the country’s new name will apply domestically and in all of FYROM’s foreign relations, including bilateral.

The Mirage fell slightly before landing and after completing its mission in the Aegean. In the morning it was in a state of readiness and was alerted for a scramble.

Data on arrivals this year, combined with the war in Syria, have raised fears in Athens of a renewed migrant crisis, which until now had been contained by the EU-Turkey migration agreement.

The arrest six days ago in Istanbul of a major Turkish drug trafficker, Sherif Zindashti, who is considered the basic funder of the transport of a 2.1 tonne heroin cargo from Dubai to Elefsina in the summer of 2014, is considered a significant breakthrough in the case. An international arrest warrant was issued last September […]

The 48-year-old imam, Murat Elmas, is accused of being a member of Islamist cleric Fethullah Gulen’s religious movement, branded a terrorist organisation and named FETO in Turkey.

What is required, army sources say, is a comprehensive plan that would include making it mandatory to begin military service at age 18, the voluntary enlistment of women, and the hiring of professional soldiers.

The document was drafted over two weeks after the capture of the two Greek officers in Kastanies, Evros, but may explain why efforts by the Greek commander to resolve the 1 March incident with his Turkish counterpart failed.

Party leaders who were briefed by Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias on the progress in FYROM naming talks were given the impression that the affair has taken a new course after recent talks. Kotzias had first brief Greek Communist Party leader Dimitris Koutsoumbas, and yesterday he briefed Movement for Change and Pasok leader Fofi Gennimata and […]

New Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis blamed Syriza’s abolition of the Delta police motorcyclists’ rapid reaction unit, and a law to decongest prisons passed by ex-justice minister Nikos Paraskevopoulos, as two causes for the high incidence of violent crime

The Turkish government is directly rejecting Greek sovereignty over the Imia islets, declaring them Turkish and expressing objections to the inclusion of 2,000 Greek rock islets in the Aegean in the European Union’s Natura 2000 programme.

UN mediator Nimetz described the “constructive” talks as cause to be optimistic about the future, as regards the name issue, but he noted that there are a number of open and thorny technical issues

Such cases have no real chance of reaching even the Council of Appellate Court Judges. They are manufactured with the sole aim of using them as a tool to smear all those who have been chosen to be political opponents.

Turkey's powerful National Security Council made clear that Ankara will continue to actively pursue its claims and interests in the Aegean and in Cyprus’ Exclusive Economic Zone.

The officers will remain in prison until further notice, without formal charges having been filed against them during their month-long incarceration.

A Greek source privy to the talks conceded that there are “technical difficulties” in pushing forward privatisation in the energy sector, and most particularly the law on the Public Power Corporation and the privatisation of its four lignite plants.

The controversial Aegean Marine Petroleum Network (AMPN) takeover of a company owned by founder Dimitris Melissanidis has been terminated.

An extraordinary mission readiness exercise that includes retaking rock islets captured by the enemy was ordered suddenly in the early hours this morning by Defence Minister Panos Kammenos and Greek military top brass.

Hopes for the release of the two officers pending trial were dashed today by a Turkish judge, who again rejected the petition of the lawyers, once again on the grounds that they have no residence in Turkey and are liable to flee.

The government has withdrawn from public consultation a law establishing draconian rules and astronomical fines and fees for pet owners and people who tend to stray animals, following a huge public outcry and a petition signed by 26,000 citizens as of last night. Raking in the money The law establishes huge fees and fines for […]