Russia
Erdogan’s dilemmas: He barks a lot, but when someone shows his teeth, he usually stops
BY ALEXIS PAPACHELAS Editor of Kathimerini Turkey is plunging into a deep crisis. It’s impossible to predict what shape the country
Wess Mitchell and the musical chairs in the Trump foreign policy team: A negative development
By ENDY ZEMENIDES When Donald Trump nominated Wess Mitchell to serve as assistant secretary of state for
Defence Minister Panos Kammenos to visit Moscow, discuss the maintenance of Russian weaponry
Defence Minister Panos Kammenos will pay an official visit to Russia, a few days after his visit to USA where he met with high ranking US officials, among them the Secretary of Defense James Mattis.
Greek PM Alexis Tsipras’ visit to Russia will take place in winter, Kremlin press secretary verifies
The Kremlin said on Monday that preparations are underway for the visit of Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras but refrained from giving the dates the Greek leader will be in Russia.
Russia’s decision arbitrary and retaliatory: Greece will respond with forbearance and sobriety, answers Kotzias
The Greek Foreign ministry on Friday in an announcement referred to the Russian authorities’ decision to expel staff of the Greek Embassy in Moscow.
“Only with a cool head will the tension between Greece and Russia be overcome” says Papadimoulis
In international relations, the best policy is to keep a cool head and avoid entering a vicious cycle of bad-tempered reactions, European Parliament Vice-President and head of SYRIZA’s group of MEPs Dimitris Papadimoulis said on Friday, talking to the Athens-Macedonian News Agency’s (ANA) radio station “Praktorio 104.9 FM” about recent developments in Greece’s relationship and […]
Gazprom, Edison and Greece’s DEPA sign agreement for southern gas supply route
Russia’s Gazprom, the Italian energy company Edison and Greece’s Public Gas Corporation DEPA on Friday signed a cooperation agreement at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum 2017 in Russia for the supply of Russian natural gas to Europe via a southern corridor pipeline.
Tsipras and Putin underlined need of strengthening the relations between Russia and Greece
Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras underlined the strengthening of the Greek-Russian relations in the sectors of economy, trade and tourism in his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of the Belt and Road forum that is taking place in Beijing.
Greek and Cypriot foreign ministries condemns ‘heinous murder’ of Russian ambassador in Ankara
Greece’s foreign ministry on Monday strongly condemned the murder of Russia’s Ambassador to Turkey Andrey G. Karlov by a gunman at an art gallery in Ankara, and extended its “sincerest condolences” to his family, friends and the Russian foreign ministry with a tweet posted on the ministry’s twitter account @GreeceMFA.
Cyprus President shocked by attack against Russian Ambassador in Ankara
Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades said he was shocked by the attack against the Russian Ambasador Andrey Karlov in Ankara.