Turkey and the European Union have started the year positively and steps to restart talks with Greece over hydrocarbons in the Mediterranean are welcome, but the EU remains concerned about human rights, the bloc's top envoy said on Thursday.
"We (...)
Germany's foreign minister is scheduled to meet his Turkish counterpart in the Turkish capital, following a tumultuous year in Turkish-European relations.
Ahead of his arrival in Ankara, German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas noted the difficulties of (...)
Greek lawmakers in a vote Thursday approved a defense procurement program to purchase 18 French-made Rafale fighter planes, part of an armaments plan announced by the government in September.
Greece has earmarked 11.5 billion euros ($14 billion) for (...)
Egypt's Ministries of International Cooperation and of Tourism and Antiquities have signed a COVID-19 tourism recovery technical assistance cooperation package with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), and the the United (...)
On 7 January, Turkish and Greek coastguard vessels clashed in the Aegean Sea, escalating the tensions between the two NATO members. On 22 December, Turkey announced it would continue to conduct its seismic research activities in the Eastern (...)
Coronavirus cases in Europe surpassed 25 million on Thursday, according to a Reuters tally, with several countries reinstating or extending lockdowns as a resurgence in the pandemic threatens to overwhelm health services.
Europe has recorded at (...)
2020 has not been, by all accounts, an ordinary year in human history. There were no global, regional or economic disasters. There was no cold war that made the international order descend into chaos. To the whole world's great surprise, it was a (...)
Reviewing parliament's fifth session (2019-2020), Speaker Ali Abdel-Aal told the media that despite the difficulties caused by the global coronavirus pandemic MPs were able to pass a mix of political, socio-economic, financial, and security laws, (...)
The year 2020 with all its negative connotations associated with the terrible Covid-19 pandemic was also a fruitful year on a geopolitical level, especially for Egypt and Greece.
This was the year that decisively marked the return of the (...)
Greece's Orthodox Church said on Monday it would defy a government lockdown order imposed to limit the spread of the coronavirus and open churches to the faithful during the Epiphany celebration on Jan. 6.
Greece tightened coronavirus curbs for a (...)
Norway is lifting its ban on flights from Britain, introduced to stop the spread of a more contagious variant of the coronavirus, the health ministry said on Friday, with planes allowed to land from Jan. 2 at 1600 GMT.
Following the lead of other (...)
In August, Egypt and Greece signed a deal to maximise benefits from riches available in the exclusive economic zones of both countries
A maritime demarcation deal between Egypt and Greece establishing an exclusive economic zone between the two (...)
Donald Trump will leave the White House without achieving his slogan during the 2016 presidential campaign: “Make America Great Again” (MAGA). Joe Biden will enter the White House with the slogan: Make America United Again. Biden will likely leave (...)
For Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), 2020 opened with denial. The country of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan had some magic immunity to the Covid-19 pandemic. By mid-March, when it was no longer possible to cover up Covid-related (...)
Egypt is getting closer to becoming a regional energy hub, exporting its excess production of natural gas and facilitating exports from neighbouring countries. It has also embarked on several projects connecting the electricity grids of Arab, (...)
In the first half of the last decade the army backed the people in two grassroots revolutions, and in the second performed a complementary role to civilian bodies in fostering economic recovery, development, and growth. The army performed these (...)
To the dismay of Cairo, 2020 brought an end to four years of good chemistry-driven rapport between the Egyptian regime and the US administration. Indeed, US President Donald Trump's failure to secure re-election is one of the most annoying political (...)
Police in Greece have detained a Turkish consular official on suspicion of spying, a senior Greek source said on Friday, in a case likely to further strain troubled relations between the two NATO allies.
Turkey's foreign ministry swiftly condemned (...)
President Tayyip Erdogan told European Council President Charles Michel in a call that Turkey wants to build its future with the EU, calling for Ankara and the bloc to move on from a "vicious cycle" in ties, the Turkish presidency said late on (...)
The House of Representatives reconvened after a short fall recess on Tuesday, writes Gamal Essam El-Din. Secretary-General Mahmoud Fawzi said parliament has held five legislative terms since January 2016.
Tuesday was the final day in the (...)
Turkish policies on defence and foreign affairs are clearly angering the Europeans and the Americans. On Friday, German Chancellor Angela Merkel announced that the European Union intended to discuss “questions about arms exports” to Turkey with NATO (...)
The Trump administration on Monday imposed sanctions on its NATO ally Turkey over its purchase of a Russian air defense system, in a striking move against a longtime partner that sets the stage for further confrontation between the two nations as (...)
Draw on Monday for the last 32 in the Europa League:
First Leg
Feb. 18
* Wolfsberger (Austria) vs. Tottenham (England)
* Dynamo Kyiv (Ukraine) vs. Club Brugge (Belgium)
* Real Sociedad (Spain) vs. Manchester United (England)
* Benfica (Portugal) vs. (...)
EU leaders plan to discuss arm exports to Turkey with NATO allies and Washington, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Friday, after Greece pushed for an arms embargo on Ankara.
Merkel spoke after a summit where the bloc's 27 leaders agreed to (...)
Turkey on Friday called on the European Union to act as an `honest mediator' in its dispute with EU members Greece and Cyprus over the exploration of gas reserves in the Mediterranean, after European leaders approved expanding sanctions against (...)
