OVERVIEW OF GREEK AND INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS No. 9 (03/04/2023) (27 Mar. – 03 Apr. 2023)
OVERVIEW
GREEK AND INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS
No. 9
(03 / 04 / 2023)
(27 Mar. – 03 Amρ. 2023)
Editorial team: Margarita Antoniou, Alexandros Katranis, Zoe Koukoula, Christos Nentas, Georgios Sideris[1]
Image of the "Greetings" or the "Akathist" located in the Holy Monastery of Dionysios on Mount Athos[2]
- ISSUES OF GREEK INTEREST
Generally about Greece
What is happening with the alleged terrorist attack in Psirri?
(28 / 03 / 2023)
https://slpress.gr/ethnika/ti-symvainei-me-tin-feromeni-tromokratiki-epithesi-stoy-psyrri/
PM Mitsotakis: The Evros fence will be finished with or without EU funds
(30 / 03 / 2023)
EPP chief fails to convince that Greece's rule of law not an EU issue
(30 / 03 / 2023)
Greek foreign policy
Athens' decision disturbed Nicosia: Support for Turkish candidate at IMO causes justified reactions
(27 / 03 / 2023)
Deepening cultural cooperation between Greece and China: Underwater archaeological research in the two countries
(02 / 04 / 2023)
French sources: Greece will deliver Mirage 2000 fighters to Ukraine
Greek-Turkish
"Greece quickly withdrew the hand of friendship it extended" – The Turkish press views the Evros fence negatively, 2/4/2023
- CYPRUS
Reactions to Turkish flag at the World Cycling Race in Paphos - Municipal councilors took it down
(29-03-2023)
Nicosia's diplomatic moves to break the deadlock on the Cyprus issue against the backdrop of the May elections in Greece and Turkey
(29 / 03 / 2023)
Trilateral in Nicosia: The Foreign Ministers of Cyprus, Greece and Israel stressed the importance of energy cooperation
(31/03/2023_
- TURKEY
Generally about Turkey
Erdogan boasts about Akkuyu, provokes with Hagia Sophia: The nuclear power plant will be inaugurated on April 27, with possible presence of Putin
(30 / 03 / 2023)
https://hellasjournal.com/2023/03/kompazi-me-to-akkougiou-prokali-me-tin-agia-sofia-o-erntogan-stis-27-apriliou-i-enarxi-litourgias-tou-pirinikou-ergastasiou-me-endechomeni-parousia-poutin/
Turkish foreign and security policy
A proposal for the S-400s that Tayyip Erdogan bought from Russia: Send them to India to relieve Turkey of the "burden"
(28 / 03 / 2023)
- BALKANS
Four EU hopefuls, except Serbia, create group to align with EU security policy
(30 / 03 / 2023)
- WEST
USA
US: US supports new special tribunal for Russian aggression in Ukraine
(28 / 03 / 2023)
The State Department's refusal to respond to Kalin's immoral blackmail: And the terror that Menendez causes in the Turkish leadership (video)
(28 / 03 / 2023)
US-Iran: International Court of Justice rejects request to release frozen Iranian central bank funds
(30 / 03 / 2023)
https://www.capital.gr/diethni/3707398/ipa-iran-to-diethnes-dikastirio-aperripse-to-aitima-na-apodesmeutoun-ta-pagomena-kefalaia-tis-iranikis-kentrikis-trapezas
American influence after Iraq
(29 / 03 / 2023)
https://www.foreignaffairs.gr/articles/74083/mina-al-oraibi/i-amerikaniki-epirroi-meta-to-irak
USAF MQ-9 in Russian hands – “We are thoroughly analyzing the wreckage”, 27/3/2023
Emergency announcement from the White House: American citizens should leave Russia immediately, 30/3/2023
Europe
Estonia's big scam: Sending old weapons to Ukraine, buying modern ones with EU money, 28/3/2023
"Leap" into space for Spain – Establishes its own space agency!, 1/4/2023
Charles' historic speech to the Bundestag: Messages about Ukraine but also Beatles, Monty Python and football [videos]
(30 / 03 / 2023)
Poland completed the 200 km fence on the border with Belarus, 28/3/2023
Poles are preparing for a fight "to the end" against Russia – Eugenius Zinkiewicz: "They believe they will be able to defeat it", 1/4/2023
Defense Pact of Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Finland – They formed a mini NATO and unified their Air Defense with a joint Force of 250 F-35 and GRIPEN Fighters, 28/3/2023
- EUROPEAN UNION
The Fed and ECB, ignoring the economic recession and the risk of a banking collapse, insist on raising interest rates: “Never explain, never apologize”
(28 / 03 / 2023)
The European Court of Justice is examining for the first time appeals against states accused of “climate inaction”
(27 / 03 / 2023)
Five immigrants per 1.000 inhabitants in 2021 in the EU: Significant increase compared to 2020, reaching 2,3 million - Eurostat data
(29 / 03 / 2023)
https://hellasjournal.com/2023/03/5-metanastes-ana-1-000-katikous-to-2021stin-ee-simantiki-afxisi-schetika-me-to-2020-eftasan-sta-23-ekatom-stichia-eurostat/
Uncertainty in the Eurozone: Banking turmoil affects interest rates and growth
01/04/2023
Commission President Ursula von der Leyen is also a candidate for NATO Secretary General: British publication The Sun
01/04/2023
Borrell: What the Defense Industry needs is a real production perspective, 26/3/2023
The new French “revolution” has spread to Europe-Israel- Brussels is preparing the e-euro while the dollar is in danger, 28/3/2023
Borrell: The common ammunition market will contribute to a just peace in Ukraine, 28/3/2023
https://www.ptisidiastima.com/z-mporel-i-koini-agora-pyromaxikon-tha-symbalei-sti-dikaii-eirini/
Borrell: China cannot mediate for peace in Ukraine, 01/04/2023
- FORMER SOVIET SPACE
Russia
And Putin is now allied with Kim: He sends food, cash and aircraft, and takes weapons
(30 / 03 / 2023)
https://hellasjournal.com/2023/03/ke-me-ton-kim-simmachi-tora-o-poutin-stelni-trofima-metrita-ke-aeroskafi-perni-opla/
Russian “charm attack”: Moscow strengthens its influence in the developing world
(30 / 03 / 2023)
https://www.capital.gr/diethni/3707257/rosiki-epithesi-goiteias-i-mosxa-enisxuei-tin-epirroi-tis-ston-anaptussomeno-kosmo
Russia continues nuclear threats – "We have weapons capable of destroying even the US", 27/3/2023
Barrage of fire in Kiev – Russia sent a swarm of 15 SHAHED – 136 drones targeting the Ukrainian Capital, 28/3/2023
Ukraine
Clashes outside the Caves Monastery: The "pro-Russian" monks defied the ultimatum
(30 / 03 / 2023)
Ukrainian armed group clears "Russian targets" with the help of US satellites, 30/3/2023
“Do it yourself” solutions to the war in Ukraine, the alternative to expensive armaments, 30/3/2023
https://www.ptisidiastima.com/diy-solutions-in-ukraine-war/
Ukraine: The war becomes global with European and North Korean armies involved in the massacre, The escalation is now out of control, 1/4/2023
Ukraine: Buys TOMA wheeled vehicles from Poland with European taxpayers' money, 1/4/2023
Caucasus
Greece-Armenia military cooperation program for 2023 signed
(29 / 03 / 2023)
Iran uses Armenia to send drones to Russia – US warns Yerevan, 30/3/2023
Kurds claim part of Nagorno-Karabakh, 1/4/2024
Belarus
Lukashenko to Ukraine: Start negotiations before “nuclear fire” comes, 31/3/2023
https://www.ptisidiastima.com/lukasenso-se-oukrania-diapragmateuseis-i-pirinika/
Security Council concerned about Russian nuclear weapons deployment in Belarus, 31/3/2023
Lukashenko predicted "nuclear fires" if Ukraine does not accept a ceasefire, 31/3/2023
- CHINA
China announces cooperation with the Russian military: Joint naval and air patrols, joint military exercises
(30 / 03 / 2023)
Xi Jinping says he is preparing China for war
(30 / 03 / 2023)
https://www.foreignaffairs.gr/articles/74084/john-pomfret-kai-matt-pottinger/o-xi-jinping-leei-oti-proetoimazei-tin-kina-gia-polemo
How to stop China
(27 / 03 / 2023)
https://www.foreignaffairs.gr/articles/74078/joel-wuthnow/pos-na-anasxethei-i-kina
EU must cut risks in ties with 'hardening' China – EU chief
(30 / 03 / 2023)
Russia accepted China's proposal - Plan for Demilitarized Zones in Ukraine, 100 kilometers deep, 27/3/2023
Millions of Chinese up in arms – Chinese President to Generals: "Prepare for war" – Russia granted Beijing technology for rapid production of Nuclear Weapons, 30/3/2023
- AFRICA
- Mediterranean
Eastern Mediterranean Deepwater Gas to Europe: Not Too Little, But Perhaps Too Late
March 2023
- ASIA AUSTRALIA
- MIDDLE EAST
The superspy Ofek-13: Israel launched the most advanced intelligence-gathering satellite [photos, video]
(29 / 03 / 2023)
Is the political instability in Israel affecting the balance in the Eastern Mediterranean? "Bibi" is "naked", but also a seven-souled man...
(29 / 03 / 2023)
Riyadh joins Shanghai Cooperation Organization as ties with Beijing grow
(29 / 03 / 2023)
Why Saudi Arabia is affiliated with the Shanghai Cooperation Organization
(30 / 03 / 2023)
https://www.capital.gr/diethni/3707230/giati-i-saoudiki-arabia-sundeetai-me-ton-organismo-sunergasias-tis-sagkais
- Latin America
- TOPICS
World
The good news for the Earth in the 21st century: Population explosion avoided - The bad news, the scattered social and political tensions [videos]
27/03/2023
Human Rights
The international community has failed to uphold human rights, says Amnesty International Report: What it says about Greece
(28 / 03 / 2023)
A Safe and Secure Haven
Depleted Uranium Munitions, 26/3/2023
https://www.naftemporiki.gr/kosmos/1454484/ti-einai-ta-pyromachika-apemploytismenoy-oyranioy/
Economy – Energy
Russia raises issue of compensation for NORD STREAM Pipelines for the first time – Putin: US blew them up, 27/3/2023
The Russian plan for an independent investigation into Nord Stream did not pass the Security Council, 27/3/2023
Seymour Hersh: Biden and Scholz covered up sabotage at the NORD STREAM Pipelines, 27/3/2023
Culture
Blockade in Spain on surrogacy, uproar over the case of a 68-year-old woman - Ban in Germany, France, Italy
(29 / 03 / 2023)
Professor Roderick Beaton swore in as Greek citizen at Bank of Greece event |
(29 / 03 / 2023)
The top 5 inventions of the ancient Greeks that are still used today [images, video]
(29 / 03 / 2023)
- CONFERENCES – EVENTS
1ο CONGRESS GEOPOLITICS GEOSTRATEGY
GEO-ECONOMICS
Alexandros Papanastasiou Institute
April 7,8,9 2023
[1] The Weekly Update on Greek and International Developments (EEDE) is prepared under the responsibility of the Editorial Team and does not express the views of ELISME.
[2] It is made of wax mastic and smeared with myrrh, and on the back, on a silver plate, Emperor Alexios III Komnenos and Saint Dionysios, the founder of the Monastery, are imprinted, and the following is written: "This is the icon or the Miracle Worker, which Patriarch Sergius carried around the walls of Constantinople and drove out the invaders, and which Emperor Alexios himself gave to Saint Dionysios."