Ratings agency Fitch Ratings further downgraded Turkey’s public debt rating to “junk” level, stressing that the government’s policies are contributing to “spiking inflation” and discouraging capital inflows. The rating agency lowered Turkey’s rating to B from B+, taking it five notches below investment grade. The outlook for Turkey is negative, Fitch said. “Guided by policy […]
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Harsh criticism from Le Point on Erdogan: ‘He is our enemy from within’
In an article in the French magazine Le Point, he criticizes the president of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan and what he seeks in the background of the 2023 elections, characterizing him as a “psychotic Sultan”. “If you’ve enjoyed the months-long performance of Vladimir Putin, a war criminal and criminal by trade, who dreams of reconstituting […]
USA: 35 MPs ‘No’ to F-16 sale to Turkey with letter to Biden
35 US lawmakers sent a letter to President Joe Biden, asking him not to proceed with the sale of new F-16s to Turkey. The bipartisan letter was sent to the US president by Democratic Congressman Frank Pallone, who emphasizes that “we should not support the Turkish armed forces until tangible measures are taken to stop […]
The Cyprus file is ‘thawing’
The Cyprus file with the publication of the 9th volume, which is expected to be published early in the autumn, comes out of the fridge. This follows from the statements made to “F” by the Speaker of the Parliament, Annita Dimitriou. The project of the parliamentary body of Cyprus and the Parliament of Hellenes, to […]
Concerns about the possible annexation of Occupied Cyprus
By Kostas Raptis The new invasion of northern Syria does not appear to be forthcoming – absent a proper signal of tolerance from Washington or Moscow. The adventures, also, in the Aegean seem to be taking a back seat, after the appropriate American messages. As for the “proud diplomatic victory” of the tripartite agreement with […]
UN: Russian veto on extension of humanitarian aid mission to Syria via Turkey
Russia today vetoed in the UN Security Council a proposal submitted by Norway and Ireland to extend for a year the transfer of humanitarian aid to Syria through a border crossing, without the agreement of Damascus. Moscow had counter-proposed a shorter extension of six months. This program ends on Sunday. It had been in force […]
‘Yes’ in Sweden and Finland from the Bundestag
The German parliament ratified the agreement on the accession of Sweden and Finland to NATO in the last plenary session before the recess. But what will Turkey do? Germany had promised very fast “fast track” procedures for the entry of Sweden and Finland into NATO and implemented it. The ratification of the agreement for the […]
‘Germany knows that Turkey is an authoritarian state’
The Greek-Turkish issues, Germany’s attitude towards Ankara, immigration and the issue of unanimity in the EU are on the agenda of VP Miltiadis Varvitsiotis in Berlin. In previous years, the visits of Greek officials to the German capital had almost exclusively one object: the overcoming of the economic crisis and tough reforms. Now this has […]
M. Schinas: Europe’s position will depend on the answer that Erdogan will give about the future of Turkey and his own
“As a consequence of the war and not only, the ingredients of a perfect storm are accumulating. And indeed in areas that we Europeans had forgotten. Generations of Europeans had forgotten what inflation meant, they had forgotten what high energy prices meant,” pointed out the vice-president of the European Commission, Margaritis Schinas , speaking on […]
M. Varvitsiotis: Germany remains firmly committed to the defense of Greek sovereignty
Germany remains firmly committed to the defense of Greece’s sovereign rights and sovereignty, Deputy Foreign Minister Miltiadis Varvitsiotis notes with satisfaction to APE-MPE, as an overall finding after the completion of his two-day visit to Berlin. On the agenda of his talks, there were the war in Ukraine, the energy and food crisis, but also […]
