In a highly provocative statement the Turkish Chief of Staff, General Hulusi Akar said the Turkish armed forces were ready to carry out their duty in the Aegean Sea and the Mediterranean.
Pavlopoulos: We do not forget the hideous crime & victims of the Pontic Genocide
“We do not forget the shameful crime and its victims”, stated the Greek President Prokopis Pavlopoulos in his message on the Pontic Genocide Memorial Day (May 19th) and called for the perpetrators of the crime, even now, to ask to be forgiven.
US may ban sale of F-35 to Turkey
American lawmakers have introduced a new bipartisan bill seeking to ban F-35 deliveries to an "increasingly hostile and authoritarian" Turkey, partly because of Ankara's decision to purchase Russia's missile defense systems.
Rethymno sends soil from battlefield to Australia
Soil from Rethymno from the battlefield of the Battle of Crete was given yesterday to Australian Ambassador Kate Logan, in the presence of deputy governor Maria Lioni, Mayor of Rethymno Yorgos Marinakis, descendants of families ofservicemen and a crowd of people.