Complying with the new gas payment terms demanded by Moscow would amount to a violation of European Union sanctions imposed on Russia over its invasion of Ukraine, the European Commission’s Legal Service has found in a preliminary assessment.
The Shipping Deputy Ministry in the Republic of Cyprus says a successful bidder for a state-subsidized ferry link to Greece has been asked to submit a proposal, with reports saying a summer connection could be launched this year.
Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias held a telephone conversation with US Special Climate Envoy John Kerry, the ministry said in a tweet late Tuesday.
Greece has impounded a Russian oil tanker off the island of Evia, the Greek coastguard said on Tuesday, as part of European Union sanctions imposed on Moscow over its invasion of Ukraine.
Finance Minister Christos Staikouras is participating remotely in the 2022 Spring Meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank Group (WBG) that are taking place this week through Easter Sunday (April 18-24).
Turkish authorities jailed a journalist on Tuesday pending trial after he announced hackers had stolen personal information from government websites and shared some of it with him, including President Tayyip Erdogan’s ID card, as proof, his lawyer said.
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday he told his Israeli counterpart Isaac Herzog that he was “very upset” by Palestinians injured or killed in the West Bank and Al-Aqsa Mosque during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
HALC’s Executive Director Endy Zemenides joins our host Thanos Dacelis to break down whether the US is warming up to Turkey amid the war in Ukraine, look at the mixed signals the State Department has been sending to countries in the region, and introduce us to George Tsunis, the next US ambassador to Greece.
Athens is reportedly preparing for retaliation from Moscow after Greece expelled 12 diplomats described as personae non gratae and who were placed on a special flight on Tuesday along with their families to Russia.
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis visited the facilities of the liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal on the island of Revithoussa near Athens on Tuesday, stressing that the government’s top concern is to secure Greece’s energy sufficiency and to support consumers.