Ruling on jailed ethnic Greek mayor deferred
FOREIGN AFFAIRS

It was seen as no surprise in Greece that the final decision on the appeal of jailed ethnic Greek mayor Fredi Beleri was deferred on Friday to the Special Court of Appeal of Tirana later this month, namely on June 25. 


POLITICS

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has sought to rekindle his center-right government’s spark with a reshuffle on Friday, excluding 11 members.


POLITICS

A special appeals court in Albania has announced that it will made a final decision on June 25 in the case of jailed ethnic Greek politician Fredi Beleri, who was elected to the European Parliament as a candidate in Greece for the ruling New Democracy party.


POLITICS

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has reshuffled his conservative government, overseeing the departure of four ministers and seven deputy ministers. Below is the full list of his new set of ministers and their deputies.


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FOREIGN AFFAIRS

Athens is waiting to see how the Turkish Petroleum Research Organization (TPAO) research vessels will move in the northeastern Aegean Sea, within Turkish territorial waters.


BALKAN SUMMIT

Greek Foreign Minister George Gerapetritis stressed the importance of safeguarding the European path of all the countries of the Balkans and the wider region in a period of tough challenges.

POLITICS

A spokesperson for Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis denied on Thursday that Mitsotakis was seeking Ursula von der Leyen’s post as president of the European Commission.


POLITICS

The majority of Greek voters who turned up for the European Parliament elections last Sunday showed a preference for male candidates over the age of 50, who have a background as journalists and a university degree.


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FOREIGN AFFAIRS

A $23 million deal between Turkey and the United States for the purchase of F-16 fighter jets has been given the green light by Washington, the state-run Anadolu Agency quoted Defense Ministry sources as saying on Thursday.


POLITICS

The changes in the cabinet have reportedly been postponed to the beginning of next week, with Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis being in no hurry as he weighs all his options very thoroughly.

FOREIGN AFFAIRS

There are no agreed maritime borders at the mouth of the Evros River in northeastern Greece, according to a navigation notice (Navtex) issued by the Izmir Hydrographic Service Station in Turkey in response to a Greek Navtex reserving an area of the estuary, within Greek territorial waters, until June 22 for scientific research by the R/V Alkyon vessel. 


POLITICS

The rumbling since Sunday’s European election – in which socialist PASOK remained stranded in third place, with only a slight increase in its percentage – was finally given voice on Wednesday by senior party official Odysseas Konstantinopoulos, who openly raised the issue of Nikos Androulakis’ leadership, calling for the immediate launch of procedures leading to elections for a leader in 2024.