Posts tagged with "Greece"

President unveils Noratlas aircraft in honour of Greek commandos [V] (Update 2) Cyprus

President unveils Noratlas aircraft in honour of Greek commandos [V] (Update 2)

July 20th, 2018 An aircraft, similar to the Noratlas transport plane which was shot down by friendly fire during the 1974 Turkish invasion, was unveiled on Friday by Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades, in a sombre ceremony marking the 44th anniversary of the Turkish invasion. In his address, Anastasiades said the new Noratlas, dedicated to the Greek...
Greece hits back at Russian remarks on expulsion of diplomats World

Greece hits back at Russian remarks on expulsion of diplomats

July 19th, 2018 Russia must stop interfering in domestic affairs and treating Greece with disrespect, the Greek foreign ministry said, after Moscow warned of consequences following the expulsion by Greece of two Russian diplomats. After Russia's foreign ministry reportedly accused Athens of not communicating with Russian authorities, the...
Macedonian leader announces referendum question over name change World

Macedonian leader announces referendum question over name change

July 19th, 2018 Macedonia's prime minister has announced the question his country's citizens will face in a referendum this autumn on a recent deal with Greece changing the country's name to North Macedonia. Zoran Zaev said after a meeting with political party leaders that the question will be: "Are you in favour of membership in the European Union...
Animal Party calls on public to join protest for Santorini donkeys Cyprus

Animal Party calls on public to join protest for Santorini donkeys

July 19th, 2018 The Animal Party called on the public to attend a three-day protest in the Greek island of Santorini next week against the exploitation and abuse of donkeys that are being used to carry tourists up the steep steps on the island. Following the outrage sparked after videos and photos showing abuse of donkeys in Santorini, which are used...
Cyprus to honour the fallen heroes of doomed Noratlas Cyprus

Cyprus to honour the fallen heroes of doomed Noratlas

July 18th, 2018 An aircraft, similar to Noratlas transport plane which was shot down by friendly fire during the 1974 Turkish invasion, will be unveiled on the 44th anniversary of Turkey’s offensive against Cyprus on Friday. The unveiling ceremony, to take place at the crash site, has been described as a small token of appreciation and respect...
Greece to expel two Russian envoys, Moscow to respond in kind (updt) World

Greece to expel two Russian envoys, Moscow to respond in kind (updt)

July 11th, 2018 Russia will expel two Greek diplomats in response to Athens' decision to throw out two of Moscow's envoys, Russian news agency RIA reported on Wednesday, citing a senior lawmaker. Greek media reported earlier that Athens had decided to expel the Russian envoys and ban entry to another two over suspicions they had tried to undermine an...
Archbishop denies claims of links with tainted Athos monastery Cyprus

Archbishop denies claims of links with tainted Athos monastery

July 10th, 2018 Archbishop Chrysostomos has vehemently denied allegations that he was asked to provide financial support to one of the monasteries at Mount Athos, Greece’s self-governing monastic community. He was responding to an article that appeared in an ecclesiastical publication claiming that he had been approached by clerics of a certain...
Greek committee grants asylum to Turkish soldier Greece

Greek committee grants asylum to Turkish soldier

July 5th, 2018 A Greek committee granted asylum on Thursday to a Turkish soldier who fled to Greece with seven other officers after a failed coup attempt against Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan in 2016, judicial sources said. The decision is expected to anger Ankara, which accuses the fugitives of involvement in the abortive coup and wants them all...
Tripartite meeting for diaspora to be held this week Cyprus

Tripartite meeting for diaspora to be held this week

July 1st, 2018 Egyptian Minister of Immigration and Expatriate Affairs Nabila Makram will visit Cyprus on Tuesday for a series of meetings with Presidential Commissioner Fotis Fotiou and Greek Deputy Foreign Minister for the Diaspora Terence Quick. This is the first meeting between the three since the Nostos meeting in Alexandria at the end of April...
IMF: challenges remain to Greece's long-term debt sustainability Greece

IMF: challenges remain to Greece's long-term debt sustainability

June 29th, 2018 Greece exits its third international bailout in August, but without further debt relief it may not be able to sustain market access in the long run, the International Monetary Fund said on Friday. Greece and its European partners agreed last week on a set of debt measures to help the country emerge smoothly from the programme. The...
Defence ministers look to increase cooperation Cyprus

Defence ministers look to increase cooperation

June 22nd, 2018 The defence ministers of Cyprus, Greece and Israel said on Friday they look forward to further developing and enhancing trilateral defence collaboration. After the second Trilateral Defence Meeting held in Larnaca, the ministers of the three countries issued a joint statement saying that Cyprus, Greece and Israel share a close and...
Kammenos: Cyprus and Greece jointly building the future of the region Cyprus

Kammenos: Cyprus and Greece jointly building the future of the region

June 21st, 2018 Cyprus, Greece and Israel “share values” and are keen on promoting “security and stability” in the region, Greece’s Defence Minister Panos Kammenos said on Thursday. “Cyprus and Greece are jointly building the future of the region. Hellenism has never been aggressive,” Kammenos added after meeting his Cypriot counterpart...
Trilateral meeting with defence ministers of Israel and Greece on Friday Cyprus

Trilateral meeting with defence ministers of Israel and Greece on Friday

June 20th, 2018 Regional security, the further enhancement of military cooperation and the promotion of maritime and energy security will be the focus of a trilateral meeting of the defence ministers of Cyprus, Greece and Israel in Larnaca on Friday, Defence Minister Savvas Angelides said on Wednesday. Cyprus will host the second trilateral meeting...
Greece would rather not be Cyprus guarantor Cyprus

Greece would rather not be Cyprus guarantor

June 15th, 2018 Turkey is struggling to adjust to the twenty-first century and a solution to the Cyprus problem should be one without intervention rights or guarantor powers, Greece’s Foreign Minister Nicos Kotzias said on Friday. In an interview with Russian newspaper Izvestia during an official visit to Russia, Kotzias said Greece, like Great...
Greece, Macedonia ‘to sign name change accord June 17’ Greece

Greece, Macedonia ‘to sign name change accord June 17’

June 15th, 2018 Greece and Macedonia will sign an accord on Sunday to change the name of the former Yugoslav republic, the Greek government's press ministry said on Friday as the governments of both countries faced mounting opposition at home over the deal. The accord would be signed in the Prespes region, a lake district which borders Greece,...
Greece’s supreme court blocks Efimova’s extradition to Malta Cyprus

Greece’s supreme court blocks Efimova’s extradition to Malta

June 14th, 2018 Greece’s supreme court on Thursday rejected an appeal against a court decision not to extradite whistleblower Maria Efimova to Malta, Greece’s news site tvxs.gr reported. Efimova, a former employee at Malta’s Pilatus Bank, was a source for Maltese journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, who lost her life in a car-bomb in...
Macedonia president says won't approve name deal with Greece Greece

Macedonia president says won't approve name deal with Greece

June 13th, 2018 Macedonia's president said on Wednesday he would not sign a landmark deal reached with Greece on changing his country's name, dashing hopes of a swift end to a diplomatic dispute that has blocked Skopje's bid to join the European Union and NATO. In Greece too, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras faced a barrage of criticism and the prospect...
Judgement reserved in Kykkos monastery land dispute with Greece Cyprus

Judgement reserved in Kykkos monastery land dispute with Greece

June 12th, 2018 Nicosia district court reserved judgement on Tuesday over the controversial legal battle between Kykkos monastery and the government of Greece over an area of land. The case, which in its previous court session saw Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias take the witness stand, relates to a dispute over 8,000 square metres of land the...
Migrant trafficker, children, among six killed in Greek crash Greece

Migrant trafficker, children, among six killed in Greek crash

June 8th, 2018 Six people were killed and two critically injured on Friday when a minivan carrying Iraqi and Syrian migrants crashed into a wall and overturned on a northern Greek motorway, police said. Three children, aged around five, nine and 12, were among the dead, a hospital official said. Police said a person identified as the "trafficker"...
Greece optimistic for June debt relief deal - official Greece

Greece optimistic for June debt relief deal - official

June 7th, 2018 Greece is optimistic about prospects for a debt relief deal in June that will help make its post-bailout return to bond markets credible, along with EU monitoring and a cash buffer, a Greek government official said. Greece was in talks in Paris on Thursday with its eurozone and IMF lenders about hammering out later this month a debt...
With eye on re-election, Tsipras rolls dice on Skopje issue Greece

With eye on re-election, Tsipras rolls dice on Skopje issue

May 23rd, 2018 Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is taking a big gamble in trying to settle a decades-old name dispute with neighbouring Macedonia (FYROM) which could backfire in a pre-election year among voters already jaded by his economic austerity policies. With about 15 months until the next election is due, the 43-year-old leftist leader has...
Police checking Cypriot link to Greek illegal cigarette factory Cyprus

Police checking Cypriot link to Greek illegal cigarette factory

May 21st, 2018 Greek authorities are working with their Cypriot counterparts to determine whether an elderly couple are the leaders of an organisation which operated one of the biggest factories of illicit cigarettes busted by police in Mesoyia Attikis on Saturday. The couple, a man aged 82 and his 76-year-old wife, are of Cypriot descent and are so...
Kotzias to discuss Cyprus problem during meetings in the US Cyprus Talks

Kotzias to discuss Cyprus problem during meetings in the US

May 19th, 2018 Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias will discuss the Cyprus problem during the contacts he will hold next week with high ranking officials of the US government and the United Nations, in Washington and New York. Kotzias, who arrived on Friday in Washington, will hold a meeting on Monday with his American counterpart Mike Pompeo...
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