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.
The government is running out of leeway to introduce any further support measures or tax breaks, following last week’s statements by the European Commission about the extension of the general escape clause – but only with special prudence for overindebted countries.
Berlin is carefully monitoring developments in Greek-Turkish relations and appeals for an understanding to be reached through dialogue between the two sides, German deputy government spokesperson Christiane Hoffman said on Monday.
Greek Foreign Affairs Minister Nikos Dendias said he spoke with Cypriot counterpart Ioannis Kasoulides to coordinate on a wide range of issues including on the seizure of two Greek-flagged ships by Iran in the Gulf.
The Greek government attaches great importance to Greece’s relationship with Saudi Arabia and to the prospect of Saudi investments in the country, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Monday, during a meeting with Saudi Arabia’s Investment Minister, Khalid bin Abdulaziz Al Falih.
EU member states will probably not reach a full agreement on new sanctions against Russia at their summit on Monday, Estonia’s Prime Minister Kaja Kallas said several hours before the start of the meeting.
The number of new coronavirus infections eased to 2,400 in Greece in the last 24 hours, according to official data from the National Organization for Public Health (EODY).