Καθημερινή The Greek Current 24 Δεκ 2021 Why Libya postponed its elections and what comes next A Libyan parliamentary committee said Wednesday that it has become “impossible” to hold the long-awaited presidential election scheduled for December 24th, a major blow to international efforts to... 13 λεπτά
Καθημερινή The Greek Current 22 Δεκ 2021 The US-Greece defense bill and US policy in the Eastern Mediterranean On Monday we looked at the defense angle - specifically the clause opening the way for Greece to acquire F-35s - of the US-Greece Defense and Interparliamentary Partnership Act, which the Senate... 11 λεπτά
Καθημερινή The Greek Current 20 Δεκ 2021 Will Greece acquire F-35 jets? Last week the US Senate voted on and passed the NDAA, which included the U.S.-Greece Defense and Interparliamentary Partnership Act, which was introduced by Senators Bob Menendez and Marco Rubio.... 13 λεπτά
Καθημερινή The Greek Current 18 Δεκ 2021 Omicron, travel restrictions, and Russia dominate EU summit agenda EU leaders held their last summit of 2021 amid heightened concerns about the spread of the omicron variant, which saw some members - including Greece and Italy - impose unilateral travel... 10 λεπτά
Καθημερινή The Greek Current 16 Δεκ 2021 The Turkey-Russia relationship: "Collusion or Collision?" As Turkey increasingly drifts from the West, we’ve seen Turkey and Russia have moved closer. In a recently published report for the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, a team of experts look at... 16 λεπτά
Καθημερινή The Greek Current 15 Δεκ 2021 Greece pushes ECB to keep buying its bonds The Greek central bank is planning an appeal for the country’s bonds to remain eligible for new European Central Bank purchases after March when the vast bond-buying scheme launched in response to... 8 λεπτά
Καθημερινή The Greek Current 15 Δεκ 2021 Bulgaria elects a new prime minister: What this means for the country and the Western Balkans Bulgaria’s parliament on Monday formally approved the country’s new centrist-led government in a bid to restore stability, tackle the coronavirus crisis, and spur economic development in the... 13 λεπτά
Καθημερινή The Greek Current 14 Δεκ 2021 Androulakis wins election to lead Greece's centre-left KINAL party Nikos Androulakis, a European Parliament deputy, defeated former Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou by a wide margin in a runoff election on Sunday to become the new leader of Greece's third... 13 λεπτά
Καθημερινή The Greek Current 11 Δεκ 2021 Is Bosnia on the brink of collapse? Separatist rhetoric among Bosnian Serb leadership is raising concerns about the dissolution of Bosnia-Herzegovina, with Milorad Dodik, the leader of Republika Srpska, recently ramping up talk of... 14 λεπτά
Καθημερινή The Greek Current 10 Δεκ 2021 Climate change and its impacts in Greece Climate change and its impacts have been central topics of discussion in Greece, especially after a summer of intense heat waves and devastating wildfires. Aside from creating a new ministry to... 17 λεπτά
Καθημερινή The Greek Current 9 Δεκ 2021 The East Med, energy, and bilateral relations with Israel and Russia the focus of busy diplomatic week for PM Mitsotakis It’s been a busy week in Greek diplomacy. It kicked off with Prime Minister Mitsotakis first speaking to Secretary of State Antony Blinken about the US-Greece partnership and developments in the... 9 λεπτά
Καθημερινή The Greek Current 7 Δεκ 2021 Pope Francis wraps up five-day visit to Cyprus and Greece On Monday Pope Francis wrapped up a five day trip to Cyprus and Greece. Francis' trip was dominated by the migration issue, and he called for European countries to stop building walls, stoking... 13 λεπτά
Καθημερινή The Greek Current 7 Δεκ 2021 New momentum for the return of Parthenon Marbles to Greece? Is there a new momentum for the return of Parthenon Marbles to Greece? That’s what Janet Suzman, the chair of the British Committee for the Reunification of the Parthenon Marbles, argued in her... 15 λεπτά
Καθημερινή The Greek Current 4 Δεκ 2021 Greece's Alexandroupoli hosts the largest transfer of US military equipment On Friday the northern Greek port city of Alexandroupolis hosted the largest transfer of US military equipment through the port to date as part of the Atlantic Resolve 2021 exercise. US Ambassador... 15 λεπτά
Καθημερινή The Greek Current 3 Δεκ 2021 Council of Europe initiates infringement proceedings against Turkey Europe’s leading human rights body, The Council of Europe, has initiated rarely used infringement proceedings against Turkey after Ankara’s failure to release businessman and philanthropist Osman... 14 λεπτά
Καθημερινή The Greek Current 2 Δεκ 2021 The COP26 summit and the threat of rising temperatures World leaders recently gathered in Glasgow for the COP26 summit, where they signed off on the Glasgow Climate Pact, which states that carbon emissions will have to fall by 45 percent by 2030 to... 19 λεπτά
Καθημερινή The Greek Current 1 Δεκ 2021 Why the EU must stand firm on rule of law issues with Turkey Under President Erdogan, Turkey has undergone a substantial degradation of its rule-of-law architecture in all relevant fields. One example of this is the continued imprisonment of philanthropist... 15 λεπτά
Καθημερινή The Greek Current 30 Νοε 2021 Athens: The unexpected hub for Afghan women In recent months, Greece appears to have welcomed more women fleeing Afghanistan than any other country. In just a matter of weeks, Athens has become the landing place for more than 700 of... 12 λεπτά
Καθημερινή The Greek Current 25 Νοε 2021 Greece-US security ties and the deepening bonds between Athens and Washington Expert Alan Makovsky, who was recently in Greece, joins The Greek Current to talk about the progress he is seeing in Greece-US security ties, which he described in an interview in Kathimerini as... 15 λεπτά
Καθημερινή The Greek Current 24 Νοε 2021 US-Greece defense bill included in NDAA, Turkey's request to purchase F-16s, and more Last week the US-Greece Defense and Interparliamentary Partnership Act made headlines as it was included as an amendment to the must-pass National Defense Authorization Act, or the NDAA. This move... 14 λεπτά
