Greek authorities have arrested a Turkish man after discovering a major weapons cache on his drifting vessel near the northern port of Alexandroupolis.

The Greek authorities have expressed their opposition to plans for selling Meteor missiles to Turkey, manufactured by an international consortium including France. We explain the capabilities of this weapon and why the authorities in Athens are taking such a firm stance in this matter.

The Greek authorities have expressed their opposition to the plans of selling Meteor missiles to Turkey, which are manufactured by an international consortium that includes France. We explain the capabilities of this weapon and why the authorities in Athens are taking such a firm stance in this matter.

The United Nations is pushing to restart stalled reunification talks on Cyprus, with plans for an informal five-party summit in Geneva this March.

For Greece, it is contradictory for a manufacturing country to sell weapons systems to two countries that have differences between them.

The crisis over Ιmia, a pair of small uninhabited islets in the Aegean Sea, in January 1996 led Greece and Turkey to the brink of war.

A dispute between two captains from Greece and Turkey escalated into a major international incident, the Imia Crisis, that almost led to war.

Greek authorities say 66 migrants have been found in two locations on the southern island of Crete after arriving on the island on a wooden boat that set sail from the Libyan coast – a route increasingly used by smuggling rings.

On January 7, the European Court of Human Rights ruled that Greece violated the rights of an asylum seeker (a Turkish woman identified as A. R. E.) as part of “a systematic practice of ‘pushbacks’ of third-country nationals by the Greek authorities,

The past few years have seen record-breaking tourism to Greece, a red hot travel destination that is about to get even hotter, thanks to a new world-class golf resort.

Besides, Greece’s air dominance has been raised to a degree of concern in Turkey’s National Security Council (and more than once), as the 24 Rafale aircraft, the 83 F-16 Viper aircraft to be upgraded and the future participation in the F-35 program create conditions of air superiority that push Ankara to look for other solutions.

Greece voiced its concern to France regarding the potential sale of Meteor air-to-air missiles to Turkey, a move that could alter the balance of power in the Aegean Sea. Minister of National Defense, Nikos Dendias, summoned the French ambassador in Athens to express his opposition to the sale.