Greece and the economic crisis 2020

NEWS ARCHIVE - August 26

August 26, 2020

Trump and Mitsotakis talk

Story at Eleftherostypos [Greek]

UN and EU officials caught on a "hot mic" talking about Greece and Turkey

Story at Iefimerida [Greek] and at eKathimerini [English]

EU looking for ways to lessen the tension with Greece/Turkey

Story at SF Gate [English]

Mitsotakis comments on the Egyptian and Italian agreements

Story on the proposed ratification of the agreements, also the previous history of the initiative into past administrations of Greece - article at Skai [Greek]

Mitsotakis announces expansion of Ionian territorial waters

Details at Naftemporiki [Greek]

The territorial announcement effects more than sea-space

"The coastal zone concerns not only the marine area, but also the subsoil and the airspace. This is a right deriving from the International Law of the Sea and Greece had never exercised it until today."

Story at Parapolitika [Greek]

KINAL party supports agreements

Story at Capital [Greek]

Turkey condemns Greece, again

Story at ABC News fails to point out the irony in some of the remarks they quote in their article: “Turkey will take what is its right in the Mediterranean, in the Aegean and in the Black Sea,” Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said. “Just as we have no eyes over anyone’s territory, sovereignty and interests, we will never compromise on what belongs to us. We are determined to do whatever is necessary in political, economic and military terms.”