Greece on Monday designated neighboring Turkey as a safe country in which to seek international protection for the majority of asylum-seekers departing its shores for Greece.
A joint decree from the Greek foreign and migration ministries said the (...)
Greece and Turkey pledged on Monday to smooth differences which erupted into a public spat between their foreign ministers, announcing a meeting between President Tayyip Erdogan and Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis at next month's NATO summit.
The (...)
The Pharaohs Golden Parade, the magnificent display organised by Egypt that glorified the ancient historical past of the country, was an apt reminder of the importance of historical culture for modern nation-states.
The historical past forms a (...)
While the ancient Greek historian Herodotus is probably the best-known visitor to ancient Egypt, some other ancient visitors left less extensive accounts behind that contain observations of almost equal value.
Herodotus visited Egypt in the mid-5th (...)
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Saturday 1 May
Ahmed Elmohamady (Aston Villa)
The right-back was kept on the bench as Aston Villa defeated Everton 2-1 in the Premier League.
Sunday 2 May
Mohamed Elneny (Arsenal)
The Egyptian midfielder scored his first ever Premier (...)
In a step aimed to ease tensions with Egypt, a delegation led by Turkey's deputy foreign minister will visit Cairo in early May, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said last week. The delegation will lay the groundwork for a later meeting (...)
Greece cannot ignore its differences with Turkey over territorial disputes in the Mediterranean and other issues but while a solution is difficult, it is not impossible, its foreign minister told a newspaper on Sunday.
The two countries are NATO (...)
Greece's centre-right government said on Friday it wanted a "positive agenda" with Turkey despite differences, a day after their foreign ministers clashed during a news conference, while President Tayyip Erdogan defended Ankara's response.
The (...)
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said he will discuss all disagreements between Turkey and Greece in a meeting with his Greek counterpart Nikos Dendias in Ankara on Thursday and that it was important for the NATO allies to maintain (...)
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis reopened Greece's embassy in Libya on Tuesday, urging a reset of relations soured by the Tripoli government's 2019 maritime boundary agreement with Greece's Mediterranean rival Turkey.
Libya's unity government took (...)
Tareq Alaows, a refugee who fled military conscription in Syria, is withdrawing his bid to win a seat in Germany's parliament due to security concerns after his candidacy prompted a wave of racist insults, his Greens party said on Tuesday.
Alaows (...)
The summer Olympic Games in Tokyo show that there is light at the end of the tunnel of the coronavirus pandemic, International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach said on Tuesday.
Bach was in Athens to attend a ceremony for the unveiling of new (...)
A new power equilibrium is steadily emerging throughout the Eastern Mediterranean and the Middle East. Turkish interference is receding on all fronts due to the decisive stance adopted by a network of states composed of Egypt, Greece, Saudi Arabia (...)
Greece and Turkey began another round of exploratory talks in Athens on Tuesday, seeking common ground on a long-standing maritime boundaries dispute before a European Union summit later this month.
The two neighbouring NATO allies are at odds over (...)
Supporting the pillars of stability in the Middle East is one of the objectives of Egypt's foreign policy during President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi's era.
This is what the president's speeches always point to on different occasions through the recurrent (...)
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's spokesman said on Monday that Ankara is ready to open a ‘new chapter' with the Gulf and discuss the eastern Mediterranean crisis and the developments in Libya with Egypt.
Speaking to Bloomberg, Ibrahim Kalin (...)
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang struck a late winner as Arsenal dug deep to beat Benfica 3-2 on the night and 4-3 on aggregate to reach the last 16 of the Europa League on Thursday.
When a dreadful mistake by Dani Ceballos just past the hour mark allowed (...)
Greece said on Thursday it had protested to Turkey over its deployment of a research vessel in the Aegean Sea, in what it called an "unnecessary" move as the two NATO allies seek to resume talks over a long-standing maritime dispute.
An advisory (...)
On 11 February Greece hosted the Philia Forum, a conference which brought together the foreign ministers of Cyprus, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Iraq, and the minister of state for international cooperation of the United Arab Emirates. The (...)
The first Philia (Friendship) Forum was held in Athens in Greece in early February in the wake of an initiative by the Greek government and with the participation of Egypt, Greece, Cyprus, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and France. (...)
Egypt's Minister of Foreign Affairs Sameh Shoukry and his Cypriot counterpart, Nikos Christodoulides, discussed on Thursday in Athens bilateral relations and coordination over regional issues of common interest.
According to an official statement, (...)
Egypt and Greece agreed on Wednesday on the importance of continued consultations and coordination on bilateral relations and regional developments between the two countries, ahead of their participation in a joint Arab, European forum in the Greek (...)
Police and protesters clashed outside Greece's parliament Wednesday amid student demonstrations in Athens and other cities against an education bill that would allow police to patrol university campuses.
In the capital, riot police used tear gas and (...)
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday that the only way to resolve decades of dispute over Cyprus was to establish two states on the island, and a federation favoured by Athens would not be on the agenda of upcoming talks.
On Monday the (...)
Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry left on Tuesday for Athens at an official invitation of his Greek counterpart Nikos Dendias to participate in a ministerial meeting on conditions in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Middle East.
In a press release, (...)
