Turkey
Defence minister Kammenos: “No solution with FYROM without changing their constitution”
The government will not bring any agreement on the FYROM name issue to parliament unless the neighbouring country first changes its constitution, Defence Minister and head of the Independent Greeks party Panos Kammenos said in an interview with Alpha radio on Tuesday.
Pavlopoulos sends clear messages to Turkey, FYROM during meeting with Estonian counterpart
President of the Republic Prokopios Pavlopoulos sent clear messages on Thursday to FYROM and Turkey, as well as calling for the resolution of the Cyprus issue, during his meeting with visiting President of Estonia Kersti Kaljulaid at the presidential mansion in Athens.
Greek soldiers held in Turkey ‘should have come home’, says Pyatt
The United States views Greece as a pillar of stability in the region and the two countries “share a compelling interest” in supporting regional energy infrastructure projects, U.S. Ambassador Geoffrey Pyatt said on Wednesday during his inaugural speech at the Prometheus Energy Lecture, organised by the University of Piraeus.
Release of the two Greek soldiers more pressing than ever, Voutsis says
Greek Parliament President Nikos Voutsis paid a visit on Wednesday to the two Greek soldiers being held in Turkish prison in Edirne. During the meeting, he told them that they have the universal support of the Greek people and of the country’s state and political leadership for their unfair detention.
Turkish servicemen want asylum and travel documents to leave Greece
The eight Turkish servicemen who fled from Turkey after an attemped coup in June last year and landed in Alexandroupolis airport want to leave Greece once they are granted asylum, their lawyers said Wednesday at a press conference.
Migration flow is rising but things are still under control, says EU Commissioner Avramopoulos
“Even if the number of arrivals remains relatively low, arrivals from Turkey have seen a significant increase since March 2018 and arrivals on the western Mediterranean route continue to show an upward trend,” EU Commissioner for Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship Dimitris Avramopoulos said on Wednesday at a press conference.
MEP Kefalogiannis visits two Greek servicemen held in Turkish jail
The release of the two Greek servicemen being detained in Turkey “is an issue of top national and EU priority,” Eurodeputy Manolis Kefalogiannis said on Monday following a visit to jail in Edirne, where the men are held pending trial.
Mitsotakis from Alexandroupolis: “Turkey holds our soldiers illegally, they must be released”
New Democracy (ND) leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis, who was attending anniversary celebrations in Alexandroupolis on Monday, referred to the ongoing detention of two Greek officers in Edirne prison in Turkey.
Pavlopoulos message to Turkey: “Greek border shaped by international law, no gray zones
“International and European Law have definitively and irrevocably shaped the borders of Greece, which are also borders of the European Union. There is no question about these borders. So there are no gray zones,”
Tsipras: We want to ensure peace, prosperity and cooperation
The 4th Greece-Cyprus-Israel Summit was held in Nicosia on Tuesday with energy cooperation as the main focus in the agenda of talks between Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.