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405-11: Armenian genocide recognized by the US House

Last week the US House of Representatives passed two historic votes. The first was an almost unanimous vote (405-11) to pass H. Res. 296 recognizing the Armenian, Greek, and Assyrian genocide. The second vote saw the House pass a bill (403-16) to impose sweeping sanctions on Turkey. The Armenian National Committee's Executive Director Aram Hamparian joinds The Greek Current to discuss these developments and more.

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The Great Sea Interconnector, the EU’s Turkey challenge, and Cyprus’ growing role in the East Med

There’s one story dominating headlines in Greece these days, and it’s all about the Great Sea Interconnector as a French-flagged vessel set sail from Greece to carry out surveys for the project that will link the Greek and Cypriot power networks, eventually extending to Israel.Turkey has long objected to this project, flexing its Blue Homeland doctrine and arguing that it needs Ankara's...

Election Fever: The “Blue Tsunami,” Hellenic Issues, and Turkey’s Play for the UN’s Top Job

This week our theme is none other than elections. The midterms this week saw Democrats sweep into power in both the House of Representatives and the Senate in what many are calling a “blue tsunami” that is already upending the political scene in Washington, DC.Tuesday’s Democratic wave also amounted to a stinging rebuke of President Trump’s policies, as voters frustrated by a cost of living...

Greece leads pushback against Turkey and Libya's farcical maritime "deal"

“Geography cannot be rewritten … and sovereign rights cannot be erased by drawing arbitrary lines on a map.” Those were Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis words at the UN Security Council this week, as he held up a map showing Turkey and Libya’s “illegal” and “arbitrary” maritime deal.This agreement is back in the headlines these days after Libya’s House of Representatives dropped its...