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Volodymyr Zelensky accused Donald Trump of trying to pressure Kyiv into capitulating to Russia, and proposed that Ukraine stop striking…
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The pro-government Turkish daily Türkiye Gazetesi returns to the NAVTEX dispute south of Kastellorizo, calling the Greek NAVTEX for the…
Middle East & North Africa
The World Food Programme says funding shortfalls force it to reduce Gaza assistance from 1.6 million to 1.1 million people…
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From February 2002 to November 2012, more than 3,000 Greek officers and NCOs served in Kabul, first as the Hellenic…
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The Treaty of Lausanne, signed on 24 July 1923, set the Greek-Turkish frontier, divided the Aegean islands and protected minorities.…
Greece
Turkish daily Hürriyet claims Ankara has approached Berlin for the same new-generation submarines that interest Greece, proposing part of the…
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The Chief of the Hellenic National Defence General Staff, General Dimitrios Choupis, met on October 15 with US Senator Rick…
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu presented a new ten-point national security doctrine on October 18, describing a shift from defence…
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Russia launched 16 ballistic missiles and more than 200 drones against Ukraine overnight into Monday, October 19, leaving at least…
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A second Chinese ship designed to launch and recover large underwater drones (UUVs) has appeared at the Guangzhou Shipyard International,…
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The US Treasury sanctioned Iraq’s International Development Bank for Investment and Finance, accusing it of giving Iran access to US…
Economy & Energy
The International Energy Agency’s Governing Board agreed to accelerate the release of about 100 million barrels still to be drawn…
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The IMF’s Middle East director Jihad Azour warned that the safety buffers that limited the economic fallout of the Iran…
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The European Commission condemned arson and attacks on state institutions in Tirana and other Albanian cities, while stressing the right…
Balkans
In conclusions adopted in Brussels on 16 October, EU leaders say enlargement is a geostrategic investment, keep the process merit-based…
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Cyprus already fields Serbian howitzers, armoured vehicles and rocket launchers. Our proposal is for Greece to go a step further:…
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Dr Konstantinos Balomenos, a political scientist and international relations specialist, argues that Greece needs a graduated crisis-management system for a…
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The Houthi escalation is testing Saudi Arabia’s multi-alignment strategy, China ties and the new Mecca defence agreement with Turkey and…
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The 1936 Montreux Convention governs passage through the Dardanelles and the Bosphorus. This explainer sets out the rules for merchant…
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The Strait of Hormuz carries about a fifth of the world’s oil and a large share of its LNG. Here…
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Analysis, 30 years on: what is known about the 8 October 1996 engagement off Chios in which a Turkish F-16D…
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US President Donald Trump has avoided using the word "genocide" in his official 2025 "Armenian Remembrance Day" statement, drawing sharp…
