Major fire at migrant camp on Greek island of Samos
A major fire that broke out Sunday evening at the Vathy migrant camp on the Greek island of Samos, was brought under control, the Greek Ministry of Migration said. “There is no danger for...
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Greece facing ‘ecological disaster’ from raging wildfires
Hundreds of firefighters battled Thursday to contain new flare-ups in wildfire-ravaged areas of Greece, where summer infernos have caused what the prime minister described as the country’s “greatest ecological disaster in decades”. Rain overnight...
Turkey is sending the wrong signals in terms of human rights, Germany warns
Turkey is sending the wrong messages to the European Union by withdrawing from a pact designed to counter violence against women and closing down the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), German Foreign Minister Heiko...
Greek President’s visit to a Turkish claimed territory
Since the time of Turkey’s birth under the rule of Kemal Atatürk in 1930, Greece and Turkey share a history of falling out and making up. They have had more good days than bad....
Turkey-Greece Mediterranean Stand-off: Peace or Pause?
There has been a sign of relief between Ankara and Athens’s weeks-long standoff. Turkey on 14th September was witnessed taking the first positive step towards ensuring peace and stability in the region, by pulling...
Greece-Turkey Relations: From Past to Present
Geographically surrounded by the Aegean sea, Greece and Turkey despite being neighbouring countries have exchanged strenuous relationship for decades. The nations have been sailing on the boat of unfriendly relations with some brief intervals...
East Mediterranean on high alert as tensions between Turkey and Greece escalate
The severe hostility in the relationship of the two NATO countries, Turkey and Greece, is not a recent development but it has to be examined in its long and tumultuous history. The two states...
A Shift in Evros River Escalates Tension at Turkish-Greek Border
The Turkish-Greek border, which runs along a twelve-kilometre-long stretch of Evros river is in the headlines again. The Turkish militia and police forces have encroached a small piece of land in the pocket of...
Craiova Group, a quadrilateral cooperation formula more important than the Visegrad Group
The quadrilateral summit that took place in Varna, Bulgaria on November 2, 2018, highlights the political affinities, experience and resources of the four South Eastern European countries: Romania, Bulgaria, Greece and Serbia. The name...
Netanyahu first foreign leader to participate in Balkan Craiova Summit
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took part in a summit of the Craiova Group as the guest of honor in Varna, Bulgaria, on Friday. The summit was attended by the heads of state of Bulgaria,...
