News archive of November 2015

The newspaper Avgi, which supports SYRIZA government, reported today a few hours before the leaders’ meeting the intention of Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras to propose to the political leaders to form a commission for the social security chaired by Professor Savvas Robolis.

Ankara and Moscow won't sacrifice their bilateral relations because of Tuesday's downing of a Russian warplane by a Turkish fighter jet, Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmus has said.

The American-Hellenic Chamber of Commerce will hold for the 26th consecutive year the annual Greek Economy Conference on November 30 and December 1.

Russia is ready to coordinate a set of measures in cooperation with Syria’s government, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said after meeting with Syrian counterpart Valid Muallim.

Potami leader Stavros Theodorakis, Pasok president Fofi Genimmata and Centrists Union leader Vasilis Leventis arrived first at Maximos Mansion for the scheduled leaders’ meeting set for Saturday at noon and chaired by the President of Hellenic Republic Prokopis Pavlopoulos following the invitation sent by Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras to the leaders of opposition parties.

Greece is playing a central role in the dialog between European Union and Turkey as the main issue is to better control the Greek-Turkish border, a German government official said ahead of the EU-Turkey Summit meeting.

With Paris being attacked by terrorists, US issuing a travel alert and Brussels being under a security lockdown amid a manhunt for one of the suspected attackers responsible for the Paris attacks, many people might choose to stay home rather than travelling.

The historic graves in the ancient city of Phocaea located in ?zmir's Eski Foça face damage due to an ?zmir Metropolitan Municipality sewage construction project.

Phocaea, an ancient Ionian Greek city located in Eski Foça, has been damaged due to a public water and sewage project done by the ?zmir Directorate General of the Water and Sewage Systems (?ZSU). 

Last week, this column tried to emphasize the need for a genuinely reform-oriented government to infuse the democratization process with a vision focused on broadening fundamental freedoms and rights in Turkey. 

The crisis between Turkey and Russia has been brought under control, as expected. Yet the unexpected also happened: Their relations seem to be rising from their ashes, leading to even more intense coordination.