https://geopolitiki.com/politics-diplomacy/afghanistan-un-ocha-16-million-hunger-winter/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-20T18:43:34+00:00 Afghanistan: UN aid office says nearly 16 million face crisis-level hunger and warns of a worse winter https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/kabul-skyline-1.webp https://geopolitiki.com/military/brunson-korea-sustainment-allies-washington/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-20T18:43:22+00:00 US commander in Korea: allied industry should help sustain forces in the region, Gen. Brunson tells Washington audiences https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/brunson-usfk.webp https://geopolitiki.com/politics-diplomacy/saddam-haftar-welcomes-libyan-house-approval-turkish-libyan-memorandum-investment-opportunities-turkey/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-20T18:40:00+00:00 Saddam Haftar welcomes the Libyan House’s approval of the Turkish–Libyan memorandum, citing “investment opportunities with Turkey” https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/saddam-haftar-rubio-washington-june-2026.webp https://geopolitiki.com/politics-diplomacy/gerapetritis-calls-kombos-abdelatty-libya-turkish-libyan-memorandum-eastern-mediterranean/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-20T18:25:00+00:00 Gerapetritis speaks with Cyprus’s Kombos and Egypt’s Abdelatty after the Libyan vote on the Turkish–Libyan memorandum https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/greek-mfa-card-gerapetritis-abdelatty-call-october-20-2026.webp https://geopolitiki.com/politics-diplomacy/greece-foreign-ministry-rejects-libyan-house-vote-turkish-libyan-memorandum-spurious-null-void/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-20T18:10:00+00:00 Athens rejects Benghazi’s vote: the Turkish–Libyan memorandum is “spurious, null and void”, says the Greek Foreign Ministry https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/gerapetritis-shaheen-washington-february-2026.webp https://geopolitiki.com/technology/russian-gru-hackers-apt28-swallowtail-warship-shipyard-aircraft-engine-maker-two-nato-countries-hookedge/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-20T17:55:00+00:00 Russian GRU hackers targeted a warship shipyard and an aircraft engine maker in two NATO countries https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/putin-gru-headquarters-opening-2006.webp https://geopolitiki.com/opinion/opinion-sanctions-libya-greece-must-make-turkish-libyan-memorandum-costly-benghazi-tripoli-eu/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-20T17:40:00+00:00 Opinion: Sanctions on Libya – Athens must make the Turkish–Libyan memorandum costly for Benghazi and Tripoli https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/libya-note-verbale-un-against-greece.webp https://geopolitiki.com/politics-diplomacy/bahceli-cyprus-is-turkish-forever-federation-raw-fantasy-strategic-centre-blue-homeland-varosha/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-20T17:25:00+00:00 Provocative Bahçeli: “Cyprus is Turkish and will remain Turkish forever” – he calls federation a “raw fantasy” and the island the “strategic centre of the Blue Homeland” https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/devlet-bahceli-mhp-rally-ankara-2015.webp https://geopolitiki.com/military/armaments-radar-mbda-spear-metlen-leopard-1a5-thales-cyber-range-septentrio-gnss-general-staffs/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-20T17:10:00+00:00 Armaments Radar: MBDA proposes SPEAR, METLEN presents a Leopard 1A5 upgrade, Thales Cyber Range and Septentrio GNSS before the General Staffs https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/hellenic-army-leopard-1a5-tank-company-presentations.webp https://geopolitiki.com/politics-diplomacy/guterres-jakarta-indonesian-peacekeepers-better-multilateralism/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-20T16:58:08+00:00 Guterres honours four Indonesian peacekeepers killed in Lebanon and calls for “better multilateralism” in Jakarta https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/guterres-indonesia-peacekeepers.webp https://geopolitiki.com/politics-diplomacy/south-korea-decisive-punishment-north-korean-provocations-kim-yo-jong-border-dmz/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-20T16:55:00+00:00 South Korea warns of “decisive punishment” for new North Korean provocations after Kim Yo Jong’s border threats https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/north-korean-soldier-panmunjom-demarcation-line-2025.webp https://geopolitiki.com/military/taiwan-27-pla-sorties-21-cross-median-line-joint-combat-readiness-patrol/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-20T16:43:52+00:00 Taiwan reports 27 Chinese military aircraft sorties, 21 crossing the median line, in a new “joint combat readiness patrol” https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/taiwan-strait-file.webp https://geopolitiki.com/military/uk-armed-forces-nhs-wargame-battlefield-casualties/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-20T16:42:32+00:00 UK Armed Forces and NHS war-game the care of casualties returning from future conflicts https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/uk-medical-wargame.webp https://geopolitiki.com/politics-diplomacy/lebanon-israel-military-talks-centcom-tampa-beirut-no-direct-coordination-unifil/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-20T16:40:00+00:00 Lebanon–Israel: military talks today at CENTCOM headquarters in Tampa – Beirut says “no” to direct coordination with the Israeli army https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/aoun-barrot-baabda-october-17-2026.webp https://geopolitiki.com/politics-diplomacy/witkoff-oslo-zelensky-then-russia-putin-new-joint-us-ukraine-europe-peace-proposal/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-20T16:25:00+00:00 Witkoff heads to Oslo to meet Zelensky, then to Russia for Putin – the new joint US, Ukraine and Europe proposal https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/witkoff-zelensky-kyiv-mariinsky-palace-september-6-2026.webp https://geopolitiki.com/politics-diplomacy/hegseth-surprise-visit-israel-meets-netanyahu-eight-days-before-election-iran-centcom/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-20T16:10:00+00:00 Hegseth makes a surprise visit to Israel and meets Netanyahu eight days before the election https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/hegseth-us-troops-centcom-area-october-19-2026.webp https://geopolitiki.com/politics-diplomacy/eu-arctic-strategy-kallas-icebreakers-cable-hub/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-20T15:55:54+00:00 EU unveils new Arctic strategy: cable hub, icebreaker pooling and satellite upgrades https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/eu-arctic-icebreakers.webp https://geopolitiki.com/history/smyrna-1922-explained-us-diplomatic-records/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-20T15:47:49+00:00 Smyrna 1922 explained: what US diplomatic records show https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/smyrna-1922-fire-featured.webp https://geopolitiki.com/economy/saudi-arabia-fii10-davos-in-the-desert-postponed-2027-houthi-attacks-riyadh/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-20T14:50:00+00:00 Saudi Arabia: the “Davos in the Desert” investment forum is postponed to 2027 amid Houthi attacks on Riyadh https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/riyadh-skyline-kafd-kingdom-centre-1.webp https://geopolitiki.com/military/dendias-phase-c-new-force-structure-56-units-126-camps-drones-satellites-f-35-weapons/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-20T14:35:00+00:00 Dendias: “We are asking the US for the most modern weapons for the F-35” – Phase C of the New Force Structure: 56 units and 126 camps merged or closed, drones and satellites https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/hellenic-mod-phase-c-new-force-structure-transition-new-era.webp https://geopolitiki.com/military/opinion-greece-alternative-arms-markets-munitions-delays-israel-france-italy-india-serbia/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-20T14:20:00+00:00 Opinion: Greece has other options – munitions, upgrades and weapons for the Armed Forces beyond the traditional markets https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/elbit-puls-rocket-launcher-greece-36-systems.webp https://geopolitiki.com/military/sako-trg-m10-new-sniper-rifle-greek-special-forces-hellenic-army/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-20T14:05:00+00:00 SAKO TRG M10: the new sniper rifle of the Greek Special Forces https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/sako-trg-m10-sniper-greek-special-forces.webp https://geopolitiki.com/military/apkws-pentagon-bae-systems-framework-agreement-25000-kits-year-counter-drone/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-20T13:50:00+00:00 APKWS: Pentagon and BAE Systems sign a framework agreement for up to 25,000 kits a year against drones https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/apkws-laser-guidance-kit-bae-systems.webp https://geopolitiki.com/military/irgc-claims-us-mq-9-shot-down-strait-of-hormuz-threat-seven-undersea-internet-cables/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-20T13:35:00+00:00 Revolutionary Guards claim they shot down a US MQ-9 over the Strait of Hormuz – threats against the seven undersea internet cables https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/mq-9-reaper-147th-attack-wing-keflavik-2026-1.webp https://geopolitiki.com/politics-diplomacy/yemen-un-250000-displaced-taiz-32-civilians-killed/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-20T13:26:36+00:00 Yemen: UN says more than 250,000 have fled renewed fighting, with 32 civilians confirmed killed in Taiz governorate https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/yemen-taiz-displaced.webp https://geopolitiki.com/politics-diplomacy/libya-house-of-representatives-unanimously-approves-turkish-libyan-memorandum-greece-crete-aguila-saleh/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-20T13:20:00+00:00 Breaking: Libya’s House of Representatives unanimously approves the illegal Turkish–Libyan memorandum – a blow for Greece after Aguila Saleh’s removal https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/aguila-saleh-dendias-athens-2021-libya-memorandum.webp https://geopolitiki.com/politics-diplomacy/south-korea-withdraws-embassy-staff-ukraine-north-korean-prisoners-dispute/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-20T13:05:00+00:00 South Korea withdraws part of its embassy staff from Ukraine amid the dispute over North Korean prisoners https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/south-korea-embassy-kyiv.webp https://geopolitiki.com/politics-diplomacy/mecca-joint-defence-agreement-turkish-parliament-ratification-saudi-arabia-pakistan-opposition/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-20T12:50:00+00:00 Mecca Joint Defence Agreement sent to the Turkish parliament for ratification – opposition demands its rejection https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/turkish-grand-national-assembly-ankara.webp https://geopolitiki.com/politics-diplomacy/a-haber-two-scenario-trap-eunomia-gsi-cable-hurriyet-navtex-showdown-greece-cyprus/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-20T12:35:00+00:00 Turkish channel A Haber claims a “two-scenario trap” over EUNOMIA and the Greece–Cyprus cable – Hürriyet speaks of a “NAVTEX showdown” https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/greek-frigate-hydra-ionian-sea-2022.webp https://geopolitiki.com/politics-diplomacy/us-envoy-barrack-israel-too-smart-real-fight-turkey-unintended-accident-mecca-pact-houthis/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-20T12:20:00+00:00 US envoy Barrack: Israel is “way too smart” to start a real fight with Turkey – “What scares us all is the unintended accident” https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/tom-barrack-global-security-forum-doha-october-2026.webp https://geopolitiki.com/military/uk-raf-typhoons-defensive-missions-saudi-arabia-houthi/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-20T12:09:23+00:00 UK to fly RAF Typhoon defensive missions over Saudi Arabia as Houthi attacks escalate, Ministry of Defence says https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/raf-typhoon-saudi.webp https://geopolitiki.com/politics-diplomacy/smotrich-strengthening-greek-alliance-necessary-turkey-pakistan-very-large-navy-erdogan-successor/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-20T10:25:00+00:00 Smotrich: “Strengthening the Greek alliance is necessary” against Turkey and Pakistan – “Turkey has a very large navy” https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/bezalel-smotrich-2019.webp https://geopolitiki.com/military/cyprus-israel-150-million-euro-warships-deal-calcalist-israel-shipyards-rafael-cypriot-navy/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-20T10:10:00+00:00 Cyprus: €150 million deal with Israel for warships close to signing, according to Calcalist – Israel Shipyards boats with Rafael weapons for the Cypriot Navy https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/israel-shipyards-opv-45.webp https://geopolitiki.com/military/taiwan-mnd-14-pla-sorties-7-navy-ships-20-october/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-20T09:25:32+00:00 Taiwan MND: 14 Chinese aircraft sorties, 8 crossing the median line, and 7 PLA Navy ships around the island on 20 October https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/taiwan-mnd-20-oct.webp https://geopolitiki.com/history/cyprus-problem-explained-1960-1974-un-buffer-zone/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-20T09:19:22+00:00 Cyprus problem explained: 1960, 1974 and the UN buffer zone https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/cyprus-iss-2021.webp https://geopolitiki.com/military/er-gmlrs-operational-tests-production/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-20T07:45:04+00:00 Lockheed Martin says ER GMLRS passed operational tests and is moving to production and fielding with a range of up to 150 km https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/er-gmlrs-test.webp https://geopolitiki.com/politics-diplomacy/eu-hrvp-black-sea-shipping-escalation/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-20T07:44:50+00:00 EU foreign policy chief says six suspected Russian drone attacks in ten days mark a dangerous escalation in the Black Sea https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/eu-black-sea-shipping.webp https://geopolitiki.com/politics-diplomacy/uk-security-council-haiti-insecurity-political-progress/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-20T07:03:13+00:00 UK at the Security Council on Haiti: insecurity must not outpace political progress, with gang rape figures and a warning on candidate eligibility https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/haiti-uk-unsc-mrap.webp https://geopolitiki.com/greece/security-council-resolution-2832-greece-children-digital-risks/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-20T07:01:51+00:00 Greece-drafted Security Council resolution 2832 on children and digital risks in armed conflict adopted unanimously https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/unsc-res2832-greece.webp https://geopolitiki.com/politics-diplomacy/un-condemns-sudan-drone-strikes-abyei-khartoum/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-20T05:42:33+00:00 UN condemns drone strikes across Sudan: market hit in Abyei, Khartoum targeted, 10 children among 19 reported dead over the weekend https://geopolitiki.com/military/elbit-systems-235-million-contract-puls-extra-mr-rockets-european-country-greek-army/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-20T05:15:00+00:00 Elbit Systems wins a $235 million contract for PULS launchers and EXTRA-MR rockets for a European country – the system Greece’s Army has also chosen https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/elbit-puls-multiple-launcher.webp https://geopolitiki.com/military/altus-lsa-carfil-romarm-memorandum-interceptor-drone-munitions-joint-production-romania/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-19T21:45:00+00:00 Greece’s ALTUS LSA signs a memorandum with Romania’s CARFIL (ROMARM) on interceptor-drone munitions and joint production in Romania https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/altus-lsa-kerveros.webp https://geopolitiki.com/military/intracom-defense-new-board-michalis-tsamaz-chairman-lykourgos-antonopoulos-ceo/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-19T21:30:00+00:00 Intracom Defense gets a new board: Michalis Tsamaz as chairman and Lykourgos Antonopoulos as CEO https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/intracom-defense-new-board-october-2026.webp https://geopolitiki.com/technology/daedalus-greece-national-supercomputer-lavrio-85-petaflops-31st-world-eurohpc-ai/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-19T21:15:00+00:00 DAEDALUS inaugurated: Greece’s new national supercomputer at Lavrio, with 85.69 petaflops, ranks 31st in the world https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/daedalus-supercomputer-eurohpc-lavrio.webp https://geopolitiki.com/politics-diplomacy/israel-10-arrests-settler-attacks-european-diplomats-american-photojournalist-west-bank-taybeh/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-19T21:00:00+00:00 Israel: 10 arrests over settler attacks on European diplomats and an American photojournalist in the West Bank https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/israel-police-operation-olive-leaf-arrests-october-19-2026.webp https://geopolitiki.com/military/zelensky-lockheed-martin-kyiv-patriot-missiles-ballistic-f-16-maintenance-in-ukraine/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-19T20:45:00+00:00 Zelensky meets Lockheed Martin in Kyiv: buying Patriot missiles against ballistic threats and servicing F-16s inside Ukraine https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/zelensky-lockheed-martin-kyiv-october-19-2026.webp https://geopolitiki.com/politics-diplomacy/israel-benny-gantz-withdraws-from-election-blue-and-white-eight-days-before-vote/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-19T20:30:00+00:00 Israel: Benny Gantz withdraws from the election eight days before the vote – “I will keep fighting for unity” https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/benny-gantz-2024.webp https://geopolitiki.com/politics-diplomacy/netanyahu-trump-phone-call-video-we-have-a-job-to-finish-warrior-bibi-iran-israel-election/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-19T20:15:00+00:00 Netanyahu to Trump: “We have a job to finish” – “You’re a warrior, Bibi,” the US president replies in a video released eight days before the election https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/netanyahu-trump-phone-call-video-october-19-2026.webp https://geopolitiki.com/politics-diplomacy/ocha-gaza-west-bank-settler-attacks-olive-harvest/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-19T19:34:12+00:00 OCHA: 57 killed in Gaza and 244 settler attacks in the West Bank in two weeks, as the olive harvest begins and winter nears https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/olive-harvest-hebron-1.webp https://geopolitiki.com/politics-diplomacy/fidan-brussels-belgium-ministers-meeting-nato-eu/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-19T17:05:13+00:00 Turkey’s Fidan heads to Brussels for foreign, justice and interior talks with Belgium and meetings with NATO and EU officials https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/fidan-brussels-belgium.webp https://geopolitiki.com/politics-diplomacy/wang-yi-herzog-baku-china-readout-gaza-west-bank/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-19T17:00:07+00:00 Wang Yi meets Israel’s President Herzog in Baku: China readout cites Gaza access and West Bank settlements https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/herzog-wang-yi-baku.webp https://geopolitiki.com/economy/koretskyi-2147-attacks-ukraine-energy-sector/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-19T16:45:07+00:00 Ukraine’s prime minister claims 2,147 Russian attacks on the energy sector since 16 July, with no day without strikes https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/koretskyi-bbc.webp https://geopolitiki.com/greece/unclos-explained-sea-zones-islands-aegean-dispute/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-19T15:24:58+00:00 UNCLOS explained: sea zones, islands and the Aegean dispute https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/unclos-aegean-iss.webp https://geopolitiki.com/politics-diplomacy/zelensky-trump-moves-made-force-ukraine-capitulate-russian-diesel-strikes-patriots-bloomberg/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-19T14:00:00+00:00 Zelensky on Trump: “Moves have been made to force Ukraine to capitulate” – proposes ending strikes on Russian diesel in exchange for Patriots https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/zelensky-von-der-leyen-press-conference-brussels-2025.webp https://geopolitiki.com/politics-diplomacy/turkish-daily-pirate-navtex-eunomia-blue-homeland-kastellorizo-cable-athens-nicosia/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-19T13:45:00+00:00 Turkish daily calls Greece’s NAVTEX for EUNOMIA a “pirate NAVTEX” – “We will not allow faits accomplis” to Athens and Nicosia https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/turkish-submarine-archive.webp https://geopolitiki.com/politics-diplomacy/wfp-cuts-gaza-food-aid-third-funding/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-19T13:33:54+00:00 WFP cuts Gaza food aid by a third, leaving about 500,000 people without assistance as winter nears https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/wfp-gaza-food-cuts.webp https://geopolitiki.com/military/greek-forces-in-afghanistan-ten-years-in-kabul-from-eldaf-to-tesaf/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-19T13:30:00+00:00 Greek forces in Afghanistan: ten years in Kabul, from ELDAF to TESAF https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/greek-advisers-ntm-a-kabul-february-2011.webp https://geopolitiki.com/politics-diplomacy/lebanon-hezbollah-demands-truck-780-kg-explosives-back-army-deploys-beirut-salam-arms-monopoly/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-19T13:15:00+00:00 Lebanon: Hezbollah demands its truck with 780 kg of explosives back – the army deploys in Beirut, Salam insists on the state’s arms monopoly https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/lebanon-hezbollah-protest-archive.webp https://geopolitiki.com/military/netanyahu-new-10-point-security-doctrine-from-defence-to-offence-act-alone-iran-nuclear/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-19T13:00:00+00:00 Netanyahu: new 10-point security doctrine “from defence to offence” – “If we have to act alone, we will act alone” https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/netanyahu-february-2026.webp https://geopolitiki.com/military/ukraine-16-ballistic-missiles-200-drones-one-night-550000-households-without-power-no-warning-partners/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-19T12:45:00+00:00 Ukraine: 16 ballistic missiles and over 200 drones in one night – 550,000 households without power, “again no warning from the partners” https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/kyiv-rescuer-dsns-october-19-2026.webp https://geopolitiki.com/politics-diplomacy/putin-proposes-trilateral-meeting-trump-xi-ukraine-shenzhen-apec-kremlin-confirms-talks/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-19T12:30:00+00:00 Putin proposes a three-way meeting with Trump and Xi on Ukraine in Shenzhen – the Kremlin confirms talks, with Zelensky not at the table https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/putin-sco-summit-september-2026.webp https://geopolitiki.com/politics-diplomacy/china-protests-japan-takaichi-yasukuni-offerings/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-19T11:59:21+00:00 China protests to Japan over Takaichi’s offerings to Yasukuni Shrine, citing Tokyo Trials anniversary https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/china-japan-yasukuni.webp https://geopolitiki.com/politics-diplomacy/uk-miliband-e1-settlement-tender-deadline-sanctions/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-19T11:58:16+00:00 UK warns firms against bidding for E1 settlement tender on closing day, citing new sanctions powers https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/uk-e1-tender-deadline.webp https://geopolitiki.com/politics-diplomacy/european-council-conclusions-ukraine-16-october/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-19T10:43:21+00:00 European Council conclusions on Ukraine: air defence, 21st sanctions package and a call for an unconditional ceasefire https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/eu-council-ukraine-oct16.webp https://geopolitiki.com/politics-diplomacy/cyprus-un-letter-guterres-626-turkish-airspace-violations-two-months-famagusta-kyrenia-ports/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-19T10:25:00+00:00 Cyprus to the UN: 626 Turkish airspace violations in two months – landing ships, submarines and frigates in the ports of Famagusta and Kyrenia 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on Russian ballistic missiles – “For three days we received nothing” https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/zelenski-merts-kiev-oktovrios-2026.webp https://geopolitiki.com/politics-diplomacy/christodoulides-erhurman-interview-particularly-revealing-turkish-side-sets-conditions-talks-cyprus/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-18T20:30:00+00:00 Christodoulides: Erhürman’s interview “particularly revealing” – “The Turkish side sets conditions for resuming talks” https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/christodoulidis-diloseis-lemesos-18-oktovriou.webp https://geopolitiki.com/politics-diplomacy/netanyahu-turkey-hope-we-do-not-reach-direct-clash-muslim-brotherhood-axis-ankara/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-18T20:15:00+00:00 BREAKING: Netanyahu on Turkey: “I hope we do not reach a direct clash” – the “Muslim Brotherhood axis” led by Ankara https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/netaniachou-enimerosi-dimosiografon-ierousalim.webp https://geopolitiki.com/news/balkans/eu-condemns-violence-albania-protests/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-18T19:43:23+00:00 EU condemns violence in Albanian protests and urges a proportionate response https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/albania-protests-eu-1.webp https://geopolitiki.com/politics-diplomacy/sweden-522-million-sek-civilian-aid-ukraine-winter/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-18T19:34:22+00:00 Sweden adds SEK 522 million in civilian aid for Ukraine ahead of winter, with most going to energy