Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias had a “brief social encounter” with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu ahead of the opening session of Wednesday’s NATO summit in Madrid. according to a tweet by the Foreign Ministry.
As NATO’s Madrid summit opened in Madrid on Wednesday, the meeting between Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and US President Joe Biden was considered crucial.
Greece’s health authorities reported 20,084 new infections on Tuesday, as the Omicron subvariants BA.4 and BA.5 continued to drive the sixth wave of the Covid pandemic in the country.
Greece’s Development Ministry ordered on Wednesday an administrative inquiry to clarify why it was never informed in advance by the competent officials about Turkey’s successful effort to register the term “Turkaegean” with the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO).
Last week Bulgaria’s government collapsed after a no-confidence vote in parliament. The move comes at a delicate time – especially considering Bulgaria’s position vis-a-vis Ukraine and Russia, and its role in holding up the EU integration of North Macedonia and Albania.
The first of a total of 250 European forest firefighters arrived on Monday to assist the work of the Greek authorities during the current firefighting season.
A woman from Patra accused of intentionally killing her 9-year-old daughter while in hospital in January has been called to testify as a suspect in the investigation over the deaths of her two other children, who also passed away under suspicious circumstances.
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis congratulated an Iranian student who excelled in Greece’s nationwide university entry exams this summer in a call on Wednesday.
The focus of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) should be the war in Ukraine and not another source of instability within its ranks, Greek Premier Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Wednesday, as heads of state were preparing to meet again to discuss the latest developments in Russia’s invasion.
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said on Wednesday he expected a swift ratification of Sweden and Finland’s membership of the military alliance.