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Haftar defeats prompt Athens to take fresh look at Libya crisis

Tue, 26 May 2020 12:57:00 GMT

by Turkey has scored some victories over Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar, are causing concern in Athens... reclaimed from Haftar’s forces. Last week, Haftar also lost the key airbase of Wuitya. Foreign... Halifa Haftar last November following the signing of the two memorandums regarding between Turkey

Turkey maintains maritime pressure as Athens and Ankara court Haftar

Mon, 15 Sep 2025 09:40:00 GMT

Benghazi-based leader Khalifa Haftar to sign it. Over the last couple of years, the Turkish government has been in close contact with Haftar and his sons to achieve this goal. In fact, a few weeks ago it became known that Haftar was invited to visit Ankara and meet Erdogan. Athens is trying to block

PM riles SYRIZA with remarks on EU anniversary

Fri, 28 May 2021 07:35:00 GMT

Greece marked on Thursday the 40th anniversary of its accession to what was then the European Economic Community, but remarks made in the presence of EU dignitaries by Prime Minister Kyriakos... for Greece, not a party-political gathering. SYRIZA referred to Mitsotakis’s remarks as “incendiary

Greece locked in talks with Egypt over monastery, struggles to gain footing in Libya

Tue, 10 Jun 2025 05:59:00 GMT

. Gerapetritis emphasised in his remarks the importance of these relations. “Our relationship with Egypt...) of Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar. Until very recently, Benghazi’s rulers were firmly against Turkey... in Tobruk and now, in Benghazi. But now it seems that Haftar appears willing to discuss

Excluded from Libya talks, Athens vows to block decisions that ignore sea border concerns

Fri, 17 Jan 2020 07:20:00 GMT

unchallenged, the Greek government invited the commander of the Libyan National Army (LNA), Khalifa Haftar to Athens. Haftar was due to meet both Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias and Prime Minister Kyriakos... General Khalifa Haftar may have been enough for the Greek government to be excluded, with the UN

Greece seeks better relations with Albania as wariness of Turkey grows

Thu, 05 Apr 2018 10:05:00 GMT

. These remarks, which are not in line with governmental responsibility, cause great concern.” Some... described Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan as a “sultan.” He also tried to distance himself

New Democracy seeks to counter with marine parks and migration policy, rhetoric

Tue, 22 Jul 2025 09:07:00 GMT

and his documentaries, and poetic remarks about the ocean’s fragility, added emotional texture... Haftar, of enabling illegal crossings. While the spike in the number of the arrivals in question, up

Reactions to reshuffle continue as government seeks fast track prosecution of former minister

Wed, 19 Mar 2025 10:00:00 GMT

. On Monday, Deputy Energy Minister Nikos Tsafos came under fire from opposition parties over... to show understanding for some of Turkey’s claims in the Aegean make Tsafos unsuitable to hold such a sensitive post. Tsafos, who had previously served as Mitsotakis’s advisor on energy, was forced

Amid signs of split over Tempe probe, government plays down EU prosecutor’s remarks

Fri, 03 Oct 2025 08:11:00 GMT

The government attempted to put a positive spin on the pointed criticism delivered by European Chief Prosecutor Laura Kovesi during her visit to Athens but Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’s administration continues to be dogged by some of the issues ...

Greek pensions laid bare

Wed, 17 Jun 2015 13:23:00 GMT

pensions amounts to 884 euros. Note, though, that for around 45 percent of pensioners their monthly... and they receive on average monthly pensions of 771 euros. This is below the overall average of 884 euros since