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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.
Foreign minister in Cyprus: Greece hopes for a European Turkey
Foreign minister Nikos Kotzias said on Monday that Greece “always dreams and hopes for a European Turkey, with which we’ll have normal relations and normal borders”, after meeting with his Cypriot peer Nicos Christodoulides in Nicosia.
PM Tsipras: Processing of asylum applications, infrastructure projects a priority for N. Aegean
Greece needs to accelerate the processes examining asylum applications, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said in his address wrapping up the 14th Regional Conference on the North Aegean, on Lesvos on Thursday evening.
European Parliament calls on Turkey to swiftly release detained Greek soldiers
In a resolution adopted by an overwhelming majority of 607 MEPs on Thursday, the European Parliament plenary has called on Turkey to swiftly conclude the judicial process and release two Greek soldiers held in a Turkish prison since early March, when they accidentally wandered across the border into Turkish territory while on patrol.
President Pavlopoulos: Turkey must respect Greek borders if it wants EU membership
Greek President Prokopios Pavlopoulos sent on Wednedsay a clear message to Turkey regarding the respect for borders, stressing that “we always want to have good relations, we favour its European perspective but this requires respect of the European Union and Greece’s borders and we are not willing to make concessions.”
Eight Turkish officers to be released in May, justice minister says
The eight Turkish officers who are detained in Greece will be released within May, as they are gradually reaching the maximum detention of 18 months prior to a trial, Justice Minister Stavros Kontonis told News 247 FM on Monday.
Greece will not concede an inch of land to Turkey, Vitsas says
Greece will not concede an inch of land to Turkey, Migration Policy Minister Dimitris Vitsas said on Sunday in an interview with SKAI TV.
Gov’t concludes adjustment programme without breaking its alliances with the socially weaker, Dimitris Tzanakopoulos says
The freedom in exercising economic and social policy will extend after the conclusion of the programme, noted government spokesman Dimitris Tzanakopoulos in an interview with the Sunday edition of Ethnos newspaper.
PM Tsipras: Greece on the final stretch before exiting memoranda
Greece is now on the final stretch to achieving the goal that brought the government to power; an exit from strict surveillance and the end of the memoranda, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said on Tuesday during his opening speech at the cabinet meeting.
Detention of Greek soldiers by Turkey ‘starting to exceed limits’, gov’t spox Tzanakopoulos says
The fact that the two Greek soldiers detained by Turkish authorities continue to be held without any specific charges against them has “started to exceed the limits,” government spokesman Dimitris Tzanakopoulos said on Monday in an interview with Real FM.