Papathanasis: €1 Billion-Plus Thessaloniki Package Coming — Who Is First in Line for Relief

Middle class, pensioners, families and young people in focus — “There will be no recession” after the Recovery Fund — Greece prepares €23 billion investment firepower for the next day

Pierrakakis: Europe Is Sitting on a Mountain of Savings — The Push for Bigger EU Banks

“Europe does not lack savings — it lacks the mechanisms to turn them into investment” — Eurogroup president calls for larger banks, cross-border consolidation and simpler rules to finance Europe’s next growth cycle

“NEARCHOS” Joins the Fleet: Delivery Date Set for Greece’s Second Belharra Frigate

The crew is already training in Lorient as the second Greek FDI HN enters the final stretch. October 30 is the target date for delivery, with “FORMION” and “THEMISTOCLES” to follow.

The “Article 5” of Mecca Has a Hole in It: Saudi Arabia, Türkiye and Pakistan Promise Much — But Who Would Actually Fight for Whom?

The new trilateral defence pact looks like an “Islamic NATO,” but its real credibility will only be tested in a crisis — Türkiye has NATO, Pakistan has its nuclear deterrent and its India problem, while Riyadh faces a completely different threat environment. The pact may be less a finished alliance than a hedge against uncertainty over the old security order.

Fidan Provokes Again on Cyprus: He Calls Turkish Military Presence the “Guarantee of Peace” and Pushes Two States

Türkiye’s foreign minister argues that Turkish troops are the reason Cyprus has remained “stable” for 50 years, rejects the logic of reunification under the existing framework and directly challenges the legitimacy of the Republic of Cyprus

Fidan Drops the Bombshell: “Mecca Is Article 5” — Is Egypt Next in the Emerging Defense Bloc?

Türkiye says the new pact with Saudi Arabia and Pakistan will have a permanent secretariat, a ministerial structure and a collective-defense clause comparable to NATO’s Article 5 — while Cairo is already being discussed as the next possible member

Greece After the Recovery Fund: The €49.5 Billion Bet to Prevent an Investment Cliff

As the Recovery and Resilience Facility enters its final stretch, Athens is racing to replace an extraordinary source of European funding with a new investment architecture built around cohesion funds, the National Development Programme and the EU’s next long-term budget.

If Greece and Türkiye Clash, Whose Side Will Riyadh Take? The Hidden Test of the Mecca Defense Pact

The “attack on one is an attack on all” clause raises a critical question for Athens: could Saudi Arabia be obliged to support Türkiye in a Greek-Turkish confrontation, despite Greece’s strategic ties with Riyadh and its deployment of Patriot systems to defend the Kingdom?

Ankara Reopens the “Grey Zones” Dispute: Turkey Challenges Greek Sovereignty Over Aegean Islets

Turkey is using Greece’s new Special Spatial Framework for Tourism to revive claims over islands and rocky formations it says were “not ceded to Greece by international treaties” — a dispute that goes far beyond tourism and reaches into the heart of the “Blue Homeland” strategy

Athens and Ankara Heading for a New Storm? Six Flashpoints That Could Reshape the Eastern Mediterranean This Autumn

From a possible Mitsotakis–Erdoğan meeting in New York and renewed Cyprus diplomacy to Turkey’s “Blue Homeland”, Libya, EU–Turkey relations and Greece’s military build-up, the coming months could determine whether the current fragile calm survives — or gives way to a new cycle of geopolitical friction.

Could €1 Billion Become €3–4 Billion? Why Greece’s New Energy Escape Clause May Be Bigger Than It Looks

The expanded EU fiscal escape clause opens fresh space for investments in grids, energy storage, efficiency and critical infrastructure. The real question is whether Greece can turn a temporary budgetary exemption into permanently lower energy costs, stronger investment and higher competitiveness.

Europe's Last Neutrals Rethink Defense: Cyprus Among Four States Adapting to the EU's New Security Doctrine

Historic shift in European security architecture as traditional neutrality gives way to collective defense amid growing geopolitical threats