Greece

After the failed 2016 coup against him, Erdogan’s decisions have completely undermined Turkey’s EU course.

EU foreign ministers noted Turkey’s illegal drilling in Cyprus’ EEZ and suspended talks on the EU-Turkey air transport agreement and other high-level EU-Turkey dialogues.

The looming issues are the Greek government’s hopes of lowering the 3.5 percent of GDP primary surplus target and granting generous tax cuts (business, real estate, etc.), in order to spur an economic restart.

The ministry’s condemnation came just one day after Mitsotakis discussed the regional situation for 20 minutes with US Vice President Mike Pence and following a stern State Department statement criticising Ankara.

The European Council on 20 June had called on the European Commission to come up with a list of possible sanctions against Turkey over its violations of Cyprus’ sovereignty and issued the sternest warning to Ankara yet

There is very little the EU, which lacks a Union army, can do in the situation except perhaps for imposing some kind of economic sanctions.

Russia has so far kept a stance of equal distances between Ankara and Nicosia.

“In line with our established approach, fully composed, we will not be dragged into actions that lead to tension in the region,” Cypriot Defence Minister Savvas Angelides said.

Speaking of a “major foreign ministry scandal”, Yalim maintained that the coordinates effectively handed over to Greece 92,000kms of continental shelf and five islands that he said belong to Turkey.

According to a report in the Turkish daily Milliyet entitled “They are coming in July! 600-metre wall”, despite the American and Nato threats the procurement of the Russian missile system will act as a deterrent in the Aegean

The Senate bill is part of a comprehensive strategy in the region that relies in great measure on the Greece-Cyprus-Israel energy and security cooperation while at the same time drawing distinct red lines for Turkey’s actions.

'By lifting the U.S. Arms Embargo on Cyprus and extending necessary Foreign Military Assistance to Greece, this legislation brings forth a comprehensive approach to the stability of key regional partners,” said Senator Mark Rubio.

Greece’s position for decades has been that the only issue up for negotiation with Ankara is the delimitation of the Aegean continental shelf and has constantly rejected Turkish demands for a no-hold-barred dialogue.

The committee will be established in May and will be tasked with resolving problems between businesses and with consumers on both sides of the border and internationally.

'Novartis AG said its own internal investigation found no evidence of bribery to Greek officials as an upcoming election puts the Swiss drugmaker back in the spotlight,' Bloomberg reported.

It is unclear which part of Turkey’s Exclusive Economic Zone the minister was referring to as all drilling so far has occurred in the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) of the Republic of Cyprus.

'You will never be able to turn Istanbul into Constantinople. We have been here for 1,000 years. Whoever tries to remove us from here will leave in a casket.'

In the interview, Voskopoulos compares the Slavo-Macedonians to the Jews in Germany in the 1930’s and the Greek government with the Nazi regime.

Extreme right-wing Chrysi Avgi places third with 8.6 percent followed by the Movement for Change (7.9 percent), and the Greek Communist Party (6.7 percent).

Maintaining that Ankara is attempting to solve problems with Greece through dialogue, Aksoy demanded the extradition to Turkey of individuals allegedly related to the “Gulenist” movement