Syriza leader Alexis Tsipras criticized Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis for not claiming, as he said, additional funding from the EU's Cohesion Fund, in a doorstep statement at the Pre-EU Council Meeting of the Party of European Socialists (PES) in Brussels on Thursday. 

Greece's representatives to NATO explained in a statement on Wednesday their walk-out from committee meetings on Tuesday in protest of the chair's decision not to allow questions and statements following the speech by the Turkish ambassador to the international organization.

Greek Foreign Affairs Minister Nikos Dendias on Monday briefed the representatives of political parties on the latest developments concerning Turkey's provocative rhetoric and the government's initiatives on the issue, said ministry sources.