Greece, Cyprus, Italy and Malta Unite Against New Migration Crisis
Greece, Cyprus, Italy, and Malta have agreed to form a unified front on immigration, warning that the instability across the Middle East could trigger a…
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Turkish Analysts: Erdogan’s New Law Lets Him Claim Aegean Islands Are Under His Control
Turkish political analysts are warning that a new “Blue Homeland” law gives Erdogan the legal authority to declare that Greek islands, islets, and rocky…
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Turkey Plans to Legally Enshrine “Blue Homeland” Claims Against Greece
Turkey is preparing to submit a bill to its parliament in June that would give legal and institutional status to the “Blue Homeland” doctrine, its sweeping…
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Occupied Cyprus: Ditch the Lira, Adopt the Euro
The economy in Turkish-occupied northern Cyprus is on the edge of collapse, and a growing number of voices inside the Turkish Cypriot community are now openly…
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Greek Rebetiko Takes the Stage in Istanbul
Greek folk and rebetiko music drew a strong crowd at Bahcesehir University in Istanbul recently, in a concert organized by musician Ivi Ntermantzi, who has…
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Turkish Missile Boat Harasses Greek Cable Ship Near Kos
A Turkish missile boat moved to harass a cable-laying vessel operating in Greek waters between the islands of Kos and Astypalaia, according to eKathimerini…
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Congress Warns Rubio Over Barrack’s F-35 Turkey Comments
Members of Congress are pushing back hard against US Ambassador to Turkey Tom Barrack, demanding Secretary of State Marco Rubio explain whether Barrack’s…
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Greece and Cyprus Push $1B EIB Loan for Power Cable Turkey Opposes
Greece and Cyprus are pushing ahead with the Great Sea Interconnector, the long-delayed undersea electricity cable linking the two countries, and are now…
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Greeks in Constantinople: A Plan to Reverse the 2,000-Person Crisis
The Greek community of Constantinople has shrunk from 150,000 people at its peak to roughly 2,000 today, with most of those remaining over 75 years old. That…
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Turkey’s Bill Would Block Greece From the Aegean
Turkey is preparing legislation that would write its sweeping maritime claims in the Aegean and Eastern Mediterranean into domestic law, and Athens is already…
