Today's cover: Inside the Turkish tower in NYC at the center of Mayor Eric Adams’ indictment trib.al/aXV4D6Y

Not surprising given the fundamentals - Greece has been one of the fastest growing economies in Europe with a strong govt committed to fiscal discipline lowering its public debt ratio at the fastest pace and already with a balanced budget. France is not quite there.

Turkey has to answer why she has the "right" to invade and occupy parts of Cyprus, Syria and Iraq but Israel doesn't have the "right" to invade and occupy parts of #Lebanon

Turkey, Brazil are main buyers of Russian seaborne diesel after EU embargo reut.rs/4ezDgkC

"Love, death, grief, power, revenge: Greek tragedies get to the essence of the human experience." theguardian.com/culture/2024/n…

Why prosecutors in Turkey have ordered a new probe into protests that happened 12 years ago is unclear. It could set the stage for a broader clampdown on opposition to the government econ.st/3EFH075 Photo: Le Pictorium

And Russia a very close second.

Today, #EuropeanCouncil discusses funding for its defense policy. Can #EU blind trust #Turkey where - opponents are jailed - up to a million citizens protest the president’s autocratic rule - most of the energy supplies are controlled by #Russia - Russian missiles are present

Turkey under Erdogan is an abject tale of what happens when populists get their way, with no constraints left but those imposed by financial markets, writes Marc Champion trib.al/0r1YWdm via Bloomberg Opinion

📣 Some news about me: Yesterday (Wednesday) I was detained by police in Istanbul, held for 17 hours and then deported from Turkey to the UK. Told I was “a threat to public order”. In the country I lived in - and love. Journalism is not a crime. Here’s the BBC’s statement:

Of course those officials and analysts, unlike the Atlantic Council, probably weren’t getting paid by Erdogan… atlanticcouncil.org/content-series…

After this week, I think everyone could use a little time away from this app. I’m going to hang out with my family. See you all in 15 minutes.

So, maybe the #EUCO should also suspend the customs union with Turkey? I mean, human rights violations in Turkey are rampant. Nah. Spain's socialist-leftist government loves to do business with Erdogan. Talking about "double standards"....

No, Erdogan will not stop simply because Europeans ask him to do so on X. Suspend the customs union with Turkey. Only then Erdogan will listen.

Well, the main average "stereotypes" Greeks have about Turks is that they are responsible for numerous genocides, they illegally occupy parts of three neighbors (Cyprus, Syria, Iraq) and that they are ruled by an authoritarian regime. But they are reality-based stereotypes. No?

Squeezed by high food prices, some Turks are making hours-long trips to Greece to buy groceries bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Turkey’s energy calculus hasn’t shifted: Russian crude still supplies ~47% of imports, even as new EU caps and shadow-fleet crackdowns raise costs. Ankara’s balancing act—cheap Urals vs. compliance risk—keeps Moscow central to its energy mix. #Energy #OOTT #Turkey

Well, 🇹🇷 insists on a 2-state "solution" for 🇨🇾, illegally occupies 1/3 of 🇨🇾 , has illegally drilled inside the EEZ of 🇨🇾, officially threatens 🇬🇷 with war through a TBMM declaration, violates 🇬🇷 airspace, violates human rights, refuses to impose sanctions on Russia...🤷

The ongoing public debt reductions in Greece and Cyprus are the largest in living memory. Greek public debt to GDP ratio may be below Italy's by year end. At end-2020, it was 55pts higher. Portugal's will be below Eurozone average. It was 38ppts higher at end-2020. 🇬🇷🇨🇾🇵🇹🚀

1. The island of Limnos was never "delivered" from Italy to Greece. 2. There was nothing "illegal" in the way other Aegean islands were transferred from Italy to Greece in 1947. 3. Don't believe everything you read on the Internet.