Politics by country

Türkiye's cross-border incursions into Syria and Iraq have put pressure and immobilized the illegal PKK group and these operations will continue, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on March 23.

Protests in France escalated into riots. In Bordeaux, demonstrators set fire to the town hall. In many cities, there were clashes between protesters and the police.

More than 1 million people demonstrated across France on Thursday against unpopular pension reforms, and violence erupted in some places as unions called for new nationwide strikes and protests next week, coinciding with King Charles III's planned visit to France.

SYRIZA press spokeswoman Popi Tsapanidou has taken aim at the government over a recent US State Department report on the human rights situation in Greece.

Hungary will not arrest Russian President Vladimir Putin if he enters the country, said Prime Minister Viktor Orban's chief of staff, adding that there would be no legal grounds for doing so.

Last year saw escalation of the Russia-Ukraine war.  However, it is expected that the biggest crisis the world will face this year will arise in the Middle East. 

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on March 22 that he will speak by phone in the coming days with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to discuss the Black Sea Grain deal. 

"We will have a phone call with Putin in two to three days," Erdoğan said in a televised interview. 

He said the world appreciates Türkiye's mediation efforts between Russia and Ukraine.

Greece is emerging as an energy hub for Europe and an important geopolitical actor, while the country is willing to support multiple interconnections to become a leader in energy supply in the region, said Andreas Borgeas, a former California state senator and currently the CEO of the Greece-Africa Power (GAP) Interconnector linking Greece and Egypt.

The truth is that SYRIZA does not have the moral high ground to call for the removal of Kostas A. Karamanlis (III), who resigned as transport minister in the conservative administration following the deadly train collision, from the New Democracy party ticket. Not because the main leftist opposition does not have a say on the issue.

BELGRADE  - Greek FM Nikos Dendias said on Wednesday he had congratulated Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic on a recent Belgrade-Pristina agreement in Ohrid, confirming Greece's firm support to EU-facilitated efforts for further progress of dialogue.

Vucic and Dendias met in Belgrade.