Politics by country

One of the Greek government's biggest problems is its inability to get a clear reading of Turkey's - or rather of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's - intentions.

Greece will be the pleasant surprise of the Eurozone, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis told a press conference today at at the 84th Thessaloniki International Fair (TIF).

He said that Greece will achieve its target for high growth rates and said that he did not espouse pessimistic forecasts concerning the global economy.

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu discussed the Syrian constitutional committee with his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif, according to diplomatic sources on Sept. 8.

Main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has been subjected to an egg attack while on a visit to the districts of the western province of Aydın.

In his first interview since the July elections that led to the fall of his leftist administration, SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras accused the new conservative government of enforcing irresponsible policies and "spending ready money."

Acting Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Cornel Feruta arrived in Tehran on Sunday for high-level meetings with Iranian officials, AFP reports citing Iranian news agency ISNA.

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Sunday Turkey should not try to coerce either Greece or Europe in its attempts to get support for a plan to resettle Syrian refugees in northern Syria.

Iran's nuclear chief said on Sept. 8 the European parties to the 2015 nuclear deal have failed to fulfill their commitments under the pact, a day after Tehran announced further breaches of limits on its nuclear activity set by the pact.   

Turkey has been spoiling every trap set on its way in Syria and will resolve the issues in the planned safe zone in the east of River Euphrates in a few weeks, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Sept. 7.

A prominent Turkish opposition official was sentenced by a court on Friday to nine years and eight months in prison for insulting the president and spreading terrorist propaganda, a lawmaker from the main opposition party said.