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The Turkish side insists on its claim that, after behind-the-scenes diplomatic negotiations among Athens, Rome, and Ankara, it granted “permission” (!) to the Italian research vessel to complete its investigations south of Kasos – Karpathos. The Greek side denies Turkey’s “scenario” of…

An intense negotiation is underway in Brussels over the distribution of the European Commission’s portfolios following the re-election of Ursula von der Leyen. Greece is interested and likely to claim one of five specific portfolios. With the announcement of the new Greek…

Ankara is causing tension near Greek territorial waters in Kassos with the presence of five Turkish warships, due to investigations by the Italian ship “Ievoli Relume” for the installation of submarine cables connecting Crete to Cyprus. Turkey claims that the surveys violate…

The Mitsotakis government has made the fateful decision to withdraw elite amphibious commandos from the Greek islands and redeploy them to the Ukrainian border. Greek commandos, guardians of the Aegean, are now in Poland. The demilitarization of the Greek islands, initiated by…

“I have not evaded taxes, I have never been asked to explain myself,” he says Popular Greek singer Antonis Remos has found himself at the centre of a 1.5 million euro tax evasion and money laundering investigation. The Anti-Money Laundering Authority has…

It means the traditional 40-hour working week could be extended to 48 hours for some companies. Under the telling headline “Greece introduces six-day working week with ‘growth orientation'”, the UK’s Guardian reports on the implementation of the six-day working week in Greece,…

On 6 July, there is a call for a Family Pride starting from the White Tower in Thessaloniki. “We are celebrating the Greek family” is the central message on the poster that has been making the rounds on the internet recently. Family…

Matthew Nimitz, the UN Special Mediator for the name issue (1994-2019), was awarded the first Prespa Peace Prize by Alexis Tsipras and Zoran Zaev. Regardless of the theatrics of Prespes: No matter what they do, history can not be unwritten, that is…