The imperial giant driving a wedge through European unity and the tiny state drowning in debt are locked in a controversial canoodle. Call it an Orthodox big wet kiss, but modern ties between Greece and Russia are cementing ancient ones.
More than almost any other European country, modern Greece is defined by its geography. A flank state on the southernmost tip of Europe, Greece has been considered a part of the “West” since joining NATO in 1952. But it was not until 2007, when Bulgaria joined NATO and the EU, that it gained a land border with another Western country. Nor …read more
Source: European Voice
