Nikos Dendias

Romania can count on Greece's "full support" in its efforts to join the Schengen Area and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), visiting Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias said in a joint statement delivered today with his Romanian counterpart Bogdan Aurescu. Dendias also spoke about the importance of supporting the Western Balkan countries.

By George Gilson

Cabinet reshuffles are most often an attempt to transcend the serious errors of ministers in the handling of crucial issues in order to signal a new beginning for the government, free of the albatrosses of the past.

Planning at a both European and a bilateral, as well as at a national level, so as to protect the borders and avoid a new humanitarian crisis was put in place during the Government National Security Council (KYSEA), chaired by the Greek Prime Minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakis.

Ankara responds provocatively to Athens' objections to the detention and deportation of the president of the Pampontian Federation of Greece, George Varythymiadis, who was to attend as a representative of Pontian Hellenism, at the Patriarchal Divine Liturgy at Panagia Soumela.

Turkey will send two aircraft to Greece in a bid to support its neighbor's efforts in tackling the devastating wildfires that have erupted across the country for the past week.

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Ankara will provide aircraft to Greece as forest fires in Turkey have mostly been brought under control, the agriculture and forestry minister said on Aug. 9.

Another difficult night was experienced by residents in northern Evia, where the fire is raging for the 8th day, with the fire front now heading from Avgaria to Kamaria and Kamatriades, where a human chain was formed to stop its course, and the fires are continuous on many fronts.

Turkey's foreign minister sent a message of condolence to his Greek counterpart on Aug. 6 over recent wildfires in the country, according to the Turkish Foreign Ministry.

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Greek-Cypriot close co-ordination to address Turkish provocation is expected to be at the heart of Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias' current contacts in Nicosia, a day after the 47th anniversary of the Turkish invasion of Cyprus and the Turkish side's declaration of secession of the enclosed area of ​​Varosha.

Interactions between Pristina and Athens became more frequent in the first half of this year. The so-called Prime Minister of Kosovo, Albin Kurti, visited Greece last week, where he was received by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, followed by a series of mutual visits.

By Angelos Athanasopoulos

The transformation of Alexandroupolis into a "new Souda" is perhaps the most basic change that can be expected after the completion of negotiations that are in full for the new amendment of the bilateral Mutual Defense Cooperation Agreement (MDCA).