09.08.2022
Editorial: Composure
Under no circumstances will our country’s stance be determined by the actions of Turkey, nor will Greece allow itself to be exploited by Erdogan’s games.
Eastern Mediterranean
01.08.2022
Editorial Ta Nea: Maintaining composure
Turkey knows that Greece and the West constitute a stable front in confronting the game of revisionism, with composure and without high-pitched rhetoric.
30.05.2022
Editorial: Maintaining composure in Greek-Turkish relations
PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis’ trip to Washington triggered hostile outbursts against him from Ankara, which is attempting to exploit current challenges to its benefit.
13.03.2022
Op-Ed: Is Putin making wayward Erdogan realign with West, and with what impact on Greek-Turkish ties?
Erdogan has not moved an inch in pursuing a wide array of claims and challenges to Greek sovereignty, and the PM must make tough calls on what more Athens may legitimately negotiate, without compromising sovereignty and national interests.
11.03.2022
Editorial: A critical wager
It is imperative to make it perfectly clear that under no circumstances will Greece enter into a discussion of Ankara’s neo-Ottoman, revisionist demands.
11.01.2022
Editorial: Fluidity
The State Department wanted to allay concerns and maintained that the US wants to actively support regional efforts to bolster cooperation and stability.
10.11.2021
Editorial: The predictably unpredictable Mr. Erdogan
Erdogan has often demonstrated that the only way he knows to address domestic problems is through aggressiveness in the Eastern Mediterranean and elsewhere.
15.10.2021
Blinken underlines US ‘respect for sovereignty and territorial integrity’ in letter to Mitsotakis
'We also firmly believe in respecting sovereignty and territorial integrity, as well as sovereign rights and jurisdiction in accordance with international law of the sea.'
28.09.2021
Mitsotakis, Macron announce mutual defence pact, Greece’s procurement of French frigates
The two leaders presented the agreements as a substantial step toward the much touted EU defence autonomy and ended a joint press conference at Elysee Palace with beaming smiles and raised clasped hands.
24.05.2021
Editorial: Maintaining geopolitical balances
Regarding Greek-Turkish differences and the Cyprus problem, Russia is near to the position that these should be resolved through the implementation of international law.
14.04.2021
Dendias to meet Cavusoglu, Erdogan in bid to transcend quagmire in bilateral talks
While the meeting with Cavusoglu had been scheduled earlier, Erdogan’s surprise move to meet Dendias comes straight on the heels of his snub of European Commission President Ursula van Der Leyen.
11.01.2021
Greek-Turkish exploratory talks to resume on 25 January amidst international pressures
Five dozen rounds of talks in nearly 20 years proved fruitless as Athens steadfastly rejected all of Ankara's demands that are outside the parameters of international law.
30.12.2020
Editorial: The need for stability
The exceptionally good personal relationship between Donald Trump and Recep Tayyip Erdogan, gave Ankara great leeway in charting its geopolitical moves and to harrass other NATO member-states and to ignore good neighbourly relations.
22.12.2020
Editorial: Pressure
The undeclared war with Turkey cost Greece dearly. During the 100 day crisis involving Ankara's oil and gas research vessel "Oruc Reis" the Greek Navy was deployed to constantly monitor the Aegean.
13.10.2020
Editorial: Opportunity
The best answer to Turkish provocations is always diplomacy. That way Athens demonstrates that it is by being the trustworthy regional interlocutor and that in contrast with Turkey it can be a basic pillar of stability.
11.09.2020
Pompeo rushes to ease Eastern Mediterranean tension, calls for pullback of Greek, Turkish forces, dialogue
'The Germans have done a good job trying to diplomatically get them to begin their conversations about how to proceed. We hope they’ll be real conversations and we hope the military assets that are there will be withdrawn so these conversations can take place,; Pompeo said.
09.07.2019
New Foreign Minister Dendias seeks consensus on national issues
Ankara is challenging Greee’s sovereign rights in the continental shelf and EEZ of the Greeek island of Kastelorizo
25.06.2019
Tsipras stresses strong EU, international backing of Greece’s sovereign rights
'Adopting tactics of escalation that lead to an impasse and are fruitless is of no use. It is not a sign of strength. It is a sign of weakness,' the PM said in response to remarks by Tayyip Erdogan.
