Responding to concerns over whether a potential major quake in Istanbul could affect Greece, Papazachos was reassuring: “The fault extends as far as Lemnos and the Northern Sporades, but it doesn’t rupture all at once. An earthquake in Istanbul doesn’t have the capacity to directly affect Greek territory.”
While the Greek exports to Turkey were down, the balance of Greek imports from Turkey during the same period amounted to $2.31 billion, compared to $1.88 billion in the first half of 2023, showing an increase of 22.8%.
President von der Leyen's statement comes at a time when talks on the Cyprus problem are resuming
Prime Minister Mitsotakis also gave an interview to Turkish newspaper Milliyet regarding his upcoming visit
"The decision of the Turkish authorities to start the operation of the Monastery of Chora as a Muslim Mosque constitutes a provocation to the international community", the Greek Foreign Ministry stated
More than 20,000 Turkish tourists flocked to the eastern Aegean isles during a nine-day religious period in the neighboring country
The Muslim holiday of Şeker bayramı, as it’s known in Turkish, is commemorated this year between April 6 and April 14, meaning it will culminate over the weekend
The Greek government will continue to unequivocally support the sovereignty and sovereign rights of the country within the framework of foreign policy principles
The pilot program for seven-day express visas for Turkish citizens visiting 10 islands in the eastern Aegean began on April 1
This is the second terror-related attack in 2024 in the Bosporus metropolis after two masked perpetrators shot at congregants in an Italian-language Catholic Church in Istanbul during a Sunday mass last month
Unilateral claims and disregard for international law, standing treaties re-emerge in official Ankara's language, despite recent 'thaw' in Greek-Turkish relations
Notably, it was decided that Greece and Turkey would join forces in combating illegal migration and the smuggling of migrants
Regarding Turkish aggression in the Aegean, he stated, "The (US) government informed me that it continues to closely monitor this issue to encourage ongoing dialogue between Greece and Turkey."
Out of 346 deputies voting, 287 voted in favor and 55 against, with four lawmakers abstaining
If the announcement materializes, it would be the first direct back-tracking by the Erdogan administration amid a recent rapprochement between Greece and Turkey
The past year was one of the calmest in Greek-Turkish relations, with the rapidly improving bilateral climate culminating in the recent High Cooperation Council meeting and the adoption of the Athens Declaration
The Greek Ministry of Environment and Energy declined to comment on the latest remarks by Erdogan, referring to the details officially released during the Mitsotakis-Erdogan meeting in Athens
It once again rejects third-party interventions in the rapprochement between Athens and Ankara
The arrested man has been identified as a 32-year-old Turkish national
A Turkish multi-millionaire seriously injured last week during a speedboat accident off the Dodecanese Island of Leros remained in an ICU in Istanbul on Monday
According to the Geodynamic Institute of Athens, the tremor was pinpointed at 35 kilometers northeast of Symi, and with a depth of 57.8 kilometers
Direct and indirect investments and business activities from the Turkey are estimated at half a billion euros
"It is no surprise that Sweden has not yet received the vote from Turkey," Bob Menendez noted
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