NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said Monday that next month’s summit in Madrid will be a “historic” opportunity to strengthen the alliance in the face of Russian aggression against Ukraine.
Anyone considering visiting Greece for a holiday needs to think twice as once they’re in Greece, they may want to stay forever. This is the central theme in a new campaign for Greek tourism, launched by the Greek National Tourism Organization on Monday.
There’s a Greek song that says “love is for two.” It could have been written about Greek-American relations, except for the fact that there always – but always – seems to be a third wheel somewhere.
Vladimir Putin’s war on Ukraine has sufficiently alarmed Finland and Sweden for them to reverse decades-long policies and apply for immediate membership in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. But what appeared to be a no-brainer for the Alliance has quickly hit a roadblock in the form of Turkey’s mercurial president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has discussed Ankara’s planned military operation in northern Syria and the war in Ukraine with Russia’s Vladimir Putin, Erdogan’s office said Monday. Putin also discussed the export of grain from Ukrainian ports in coordination with Turkey, a statement from Moscow said.
Greece’s Shipping Ministry has strongly recommended that Greek shipping companies avoid Iranian territorial waters when crossing the Persian Gulf, Strait of Hormuz and Gulf of Oman.
The seizure of two Greek tankers by Iran’s Revolutionary Guards last Friday, the rising tensions with Turkey were the focus of a call between the Greek minister and his US counterpart Anthony Blinken.
Teenage sensation Holger Rune outmuscled world number four and last-year’s French Open finalist Stefanos Tsitsipas 7-5 3-6 6-3 6-4 on Monday to move into the quarter-finals with his biggest Grand Slam win to date.
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said Monday he will raise the issue of the escalating Turkish provocations against Greece “as a factor of destabilization in the eastern Mediterranean region,” as he arrived at an EU summit in Brussels on Monday.
EU countries failed to agree on a Russian oil import ban despite last-minute haggling before a summit got under way in Brussels on Monday, exposing a struggle to widen sanctions on Moscow over its war in Ukraine as the economic risk for Europe grows.