Mitsotakis affirmed that the government will serve its full term. Credit: AMNAGreek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis officially quelled rumors of snap elections in the fall during his closing address at the 16th New Democracy (ND) party congress on Sunday. Affirming that the government will serve
Greek Defense Minister Nikos Dendias during his visit to Agathonisi, where he warned Turkey against revisionist maritime claims in the Aegean. Credit: Evangelos Karaiskos / AMNAGreek Defense Minister Nikos Dendias warned Turkey against challenging Greece’s sovereignty and maritime rights in the Aege
Maria Karystianou has said her new party will not align with traditional labels like Left, Right, or Center. Credit: Public DomainNext Thursday, the founding declaration of a new political party led by Maria Karystianou, a mother who tragically lost her 20-year-old daughter in the Tempi railway disa
Former European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker revealed that a European minister proposed that Greece sell the Acropolis during the negotiations of the Greek Crisis era. Credit: GreekReporter ArchiveCredit: Greek ReporterFormer European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker reflected on
The geopolitical importance of Cyprus has placed the island at the heart of several centuries of conflicts. Credit: Alexander Gerst / CC BY-SA 2.0 / Wikimedia Commons“Geography is destiny,” the 14th-century Islamic scholar Ibn Khaldun is believed to have said. This aphorism certainly rings true for
Lawmakers demand clarification of US policy towards the F-35 jets to Turkey. Credit: Wikimedia Commons / US Air Force / Public DomainMembers of the US House of Representatives are calling on Secretary of State Marco Rubio to clarify whether recent public statements on the potential sale of F-35s to
Greece is considering a diplomatic protest to Ukraine after an explosive naval drone was found off Lefkada. Public Video ScreenshotGreece is expected to issue a formal diplomatic protest to Ukraine if authorities confirm that a Ukrainian-built unmanned naval drone carrying dozens of pounds of explos
Two Greek tourists were arrested in Istanbul after unfurling a Greek Orthodox flag inside Hagia Sophia on Holy Thursday. Credit: Flickr / Dennis Jarvis / CC BY SA 2Two Greek tourists arrested in Istanbul after displaying a flag inside Hagia Sophia remain in pretrial detention, Greece’s Foreign Minis
Greece’s ruling party has set out 30 major constitutional reform proposals, covering education, artificial intelligence, justice, public administration, taxation, climate policy and political accountability. Credit: Orestis Panagiotou / AMNAGreece’s ruling party has presented a broad constitutional
U.S. Ambassador Kimberly Guilfoyle says President Donald Trump plans to visit Greece in 2026. Credit: Will Oliver/ EPA via AMNAUS Ambassador to Athens Kimberly Guilfoyle expressed her wish that President Donald Trump “will hopefully visit Greece in 2026.”Guilfoyle made the comments during a visit to
Francesca Albanese. Credit: wikimedia commons / Esquerda.net CC BY 2.0Israel has chosen Greece to advance its regional ambitions and will exploit Greek fears and insecurity to do so, the UN special rapporteur on Palestine Francesca Albanese said.Speaking at a presentation of her new book, When the W
NATO flags wave outside the alliance’s headquarters in Brussels, as US lawmakers urge Greece to back Kosovo’s NATO integration. Credit: Wikimedia Commons / Estonian Foreign ministry / CC BY 2US Congressmen Keith Self, Ritchie Torres, and Mike Lawler have introduced a resolution in the House of Repre
Alexandros Panagoulis in front of a court set up by the Colonels’ regime, after the failed assassination attempt against Greek Dictator Papadopoulos. Photo from ERT ArchivesMay 1, marks the anniversary of Alexandros Panagoulis’ death in 1976 in Athens, in a mysterious car accident near Athens.Panago
Greece moves to end anonymous social media accounts as part of efforts to curb online abuse and political manipulation. Credit: Flickr / Light Up / CC BY NC 2Greece is advancing a plan to end anonymous social media accounts by requiring platforms to link profiles to verified real identities. The Gre
Dijsselbloem disclosed that during the infamous joint press conference with Yanis Varoufakis in early 2015, he could not hear the translation in his earpiece. Credit: AMNAFormer Eurogroup President Jeroen Dijsselbloem has admitted that the first two bailout programs imposed on Greece relied too heav
Greece backs UN call to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. Credit: Ali Haider / EPA via AMNAGreece has joined more than ninety countries in backing a joint declaration that calls for maritime security and the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz following recent developments that have raised renewed concerns
The Greek Supreme Court “insulted and undermined the authority of justice,” the main opposition PASOK said. Credit: Gerard McGovern CC BY 2.0The decision by the Greek Supreme Court to archive the case of Greece’s wiretapping scandal brought widespread accusations of an “institutional deviation” and
Emmanuel Macron (C), President of France, and Kyriakos Mitsotakis (L), Prime Minister of Greece, speak during a discussion moderated by Alexis Papahelas. Credit: Giannis Kolesidis / AMNAFrench President Emmanuel Macron visited Athens, Greece, on Friday after attending an informal European Union summ
PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis meets Donald Trump at the White House early in 2020. Credit: US Embassy in AthensPresident Trump spoke in notably warm terms about Greece during a press briefing at the White House on Thursday, prompted by a recent interview given by the Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotaki
EU prosecutor Laura Kövesi. Credit: Vasilis Asvestopoulos / AMNAEurope’s top public prosecutor has warned Greece that it cannot directly challenge the appointment or renewal of prosecutors handling sensitive corruption cases tied to European Union (EU) funds. Laura Kövesi said any legal dispute must