Greece and the economic crisis 2020

NEWS ARCHIVE - July 26

July 26, 2020

Are Erdogan's maneuvers just to force Greece to a negotiation table?

Story at Ethnos [Greek]

Aegean cooling off?

Claims of de-escalation with observation of Turkish ships returning to home ports - story at Naftemporiki [Greek]

Tom Hanks meets with Mitsotakis

Story at Greek Reporter [English]

Israel flights to Greece restarting

Story at National News [English]

Pandemic case count at 4,193

Story at eKathimerini [English]

The "colossal amount allocated to us" creates opportunities in Greece

Story on recession economics and interview with George Fintikakis at Liberal [Greek]

The allocated funds can have a significant impact on Greece

Story at Tovima [Greek]

Exchanges of words over Hagia Conversion

Story at Yahoo News [English] and at France 24

Kemal Ataturk and the "insult" at Hagia Sophia

The "insult" referenced in the headline refers to some attitudes in Turkey towards Kemal Attaturk, the founder of the modern Turkish state after the collapse of the Ottoman Empire, and the man who had the Hagia Sophia transferred into a museum in 1934.

...most Turkish newspapers described as a historic day the Muslim prayer that took place for the first time in 86 years in Hagia Sophia, with the sole exception of Cumhuriyet, which on its front page spoke of an "insult" to Kemal... The reason for this title was the reference to the speech of the President of religious affairs Ali Erbas who said that anyone who changed the use of Hagia Sophia is cursed...

Story at Parapolitika [Greek]

The climate for property prices

Description of the areas with improvements in sales and those with declines at Tovima [Greek]

Let’s be crystal clear—the only country “disputing” these waters is Turkey. These waters belong to Greece, and the State Department must unequivocally and publicly recognize that Turkey alone is responsible for the tension over them. https://t.co/iHG1gXVNH4
— Senator Bob Menendez (@SenatorMenendez) July 22, 2020