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Greek military officials visit Turkish counterparts

As part of the confidence-building measures agreed between Turkey and Greece, Greek military officials have visited a Turkish brigade.

Colonel Vardis Harkianakis, commander of Greece's 3rd Mechanized Infantry Brigade, Colonel Georgios Bellos, a defense attache, and Lieutenant Colonel Georgios Alexopoulos visited Turkey's 54th Mechanized Infantry Brigade command on Tuesday.

The hiccups of 2021

The Greece 2021 committee on the bicentennial of the declaration of the Greek War of Independence has undertaken a symbolic, albeit very important task. It is in fact a national task that could help revive the country's image.

Belgium downs Greece, sends it down to third

Belgium ended Greece's unbeaten run in the 2018 World Cup qualifiers on Sunday winning 2-1 in Piraeus.

The result means Greece has dropped to third at the table, one point behind Bosnia, while Belgium has qualified to the World Cup finals. Out of the two home games with Estonia and Belgium Greece has therefore collected just one point.

Serbia, Greece view situation in region from same positions

ATHENS - Serbia and Greece view the situation in the region from the same positions and they will cooperate more on regional stability in the future, Serbian European Integration Minister Jadranka Joksimovic and Greek Alternate Minister of Foreign Affairs Georgios Katrougalos agreed in Athens Thursday.

Serbia and Greece share view on "situation in region"

Serbia and Greece view the situation in the region from the same positions and they will cooperate more on regional stability in the future.

Serbian Minister without Portfolio for EU integration Jadranka Joksimovic and Greek Alternate Minister of Foreign Affairs Georgios Katrougalos said this in Athens on Thursday.

Dangerous times

In an interview with Alexis Tsipras back in 2012, I had asked him who he'd call first if he were prime minister and had learned of a serious incident in the Aegean. It was obvious that he hadn't given much thought to the scenario but he said, "Mr Erdogan, of course," in reference to the then Turkish prime minister and now president.

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