Greece rejects legal demands of Muslims for place of worship
BY BETÜL USTA ANKARA EUROPE FEB 22, 2021 A view of the Sultan Hortac Mosque in Greece’s Thessaloniki, which is not open to worship despite its good condition, May, 30, […]
Greek side pushes for federal solution to Cyprus issue
BY DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL EU AFFAIRS FEB 09, 2021 Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis (L) and Greek Cypriot leader Nicos Anastasiades talk during a press conference after their meeting at […]
Diplomacy prevails again in Turkey, Greece talks
BY YAHYA BOSTAN COLUMNS JAN 29, 2021 Turkey’s research vessel Oruç Reis, in red and white, is surrounded by Turkish naval vessels as it cruises near Antalya province on the […]
Archbishop of Athens recklessly alleges Muslims “are people of war”
22nd January 20210 Atta-ul-Naseer, Missionary and National President, Jamaat Greece In a recent interview on Open TV, Archbishop Ieronymos of Athens said: “… as we know, Islam is not a religion; it is a political party, a political movement. They are people of war – the people of expansion. This […]
Turkey reacts to Greece’s territorial waters extension
MANOLIS KOSTIDIS ISTANBUL – Turkey’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs noted in an announcement Wednesday that Greece’s extension of its territorial waters from 6 to 12 miles does not regard the […]
Greece, Turkey hold first crisis talks since 2016
By AFP – Jan 25,2021 – JORDAN TIMES This photo taken and released on Monday, by the Turkish foreign ministry press office shows Greek diplomat Pavlos Apostolidis (second left), Turkish […]
Archbishop of Athens Alleges Islam is Not a Religion but a Political Party
22nd January 2021 Ataul Naseer, Greece In a recent interview on Open TV, Archbishop Ieronymos has stated that ‘…as we know Islam is not a religion, it is a political party, a political movement. They are people of war – the people of expansion. This is a characteristic of Islam […]
Greece wants EU pressure on Turkey to take back migrants
A migrant takes cover behind an umbrella during clashes with Greek police in the buffer zone on the Turkish-Greek border at Pazarkule. (AFP) Short Url https://arab.news/mw4aq Under an EU-Turkey 2016 […]
Turkish Cyprus’ Tatar calls on Anastasiades to quit ‘unrealistic dreams,’ support 2-state solution
BY DAILY SABAH WITH AA ISTANBUL DIPLOMACY JAN 03, 2021 Turkish Cypriot President Ersin Tatar attends the commemoration ceremony of Turkish martyrs at the Museum of Barbarism, which showcases the […]
Footage shows Greek coast guard trying to sink migrant boats, falsifies pushback denials
BY DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL EU AFFAIRS DEC 04, 2020 Turkish coastguard shows illegal migrants being rescued after their boat sank in the Aegean sea, off the coast of southwestern Turkey, […]
CNN: Athens’ first mosque in nearly 200 years opens for Friday prayers
Story by Reuters Updated 1106 GMT (1906 HKT) November 7, 2020 Muslims who live in Greece pray inside the first state-funded mosque in Athens on Friday, November 6, 2020. (CNN) […]
Muslims’ efforts pay off in Greece as Athens welcomes 1st mosque since Ottomans
BY DAILY SABAH WITH AGENCIES İSTANBUL EUROPE NOV 03, 2020 Sunni Muslims living in Greece pray on the first day of Eid al-Fitr (Ramadan Bayram) prayers in Piraeus, near Athens, […]
Europe’s migration ‘crisis’ isn’t about numbers. It’s about prejudice
Source: The Guardian By Shada Islam, who is a Brussels-based commentator on EU affairs. She runs New Horizons project, a strategy, analysis and advisory company Reforming the EU’s inhumane refugee […]
What’s the best way to distribute asylum seekers in Europe?
The fires in the refugee camp of Moria, on the Greek island of Lesbos, sent thousands of people back on the road. Migration expert Etienne Piguet and his team at […]
Greece slams Turkish decision to send out research ship
The Turkish Oruc Reis vessel would carry out activities in the region, including the south of the Greek island of Kastellorizo. (Reuters) Short Url https://arab.news/pdd92 Move comes as Athens and Ankara are trying to set a date for talks to defuse the row Turkey and Greece in dispute over […]
Cyprus asks UN to step in as beach in north is opened after 46 years
Helena Smith in Athens The UN security council has been called on to address whether the opening of what was once the fabled Varosha beachfront in breakaway Turkish northern […]
Dutch activists want to airlift migrants off Greek island
By MIKE CORDER, Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A group of Dutch refugee activists is planning to fly an empty plane to the Greek island of Lesbos in […]
NATO: Military talks between Turkey, Greece to help resolve underlying problems
BY DAILY SABAH ANKARA EU AFFAIRS SEP 29, 2020 NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg meets with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin, Germany, June 22, 2018. (AA Photo) NATO-led technical military talks […]
Germany calls on Greece to demilitarise islands near Turkey
September 22, 2020 Greek navy ship patrol the Aegean Sea between Turkey and Lesbos Island on 13 October 2019 [Christopher Furlong/Getty Images] September 22, 2020 at 10:42 am As Ankara […]
New camp for refugees in Greece ‘worse than Moria’
As EU members states attempt to agree on a new migration pact, refugees in Lesbos describe the new camp on the island as worse than Moria, as Marianna Karakoulaki reports […]