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While visiting the Turkish-occupied northern part of Cyprus this weekend, Turkish President Erdogan said that his country's presence on the island will continue for centuries, adding that “whoever doesn't know this must learn it.” Erdogan's speech drew a swift response from Greece, and comes as the UN is looking to restart talks on the Cyprus issue. At the same time, Athens is looking to resume work on the Great Sea Interconnector that will link its electricity grid with Cyprus and eventually Israel. This could once again test Greek-Turkish relations as Ankara has tried to block this project in the past. Vassilis Nedos, Kathimerini's diplomatic and defense editor, joins Thanos Davelis with the latest analysis from Athens.You can read the articles we discuss on our podcast here:Athens decries Erdogan's remarks from Cyprus' Turkish-occupied northErdogan: Turkish occupation of northern Cyprus will last ‘for centuries'Athens and Sofia seal deal over river accessCyprus and Israel reach agreement on IMEC electrical interconnection and natural gas development

While Greece and Turkey's foreign ministers are working to lay the groundwork for a key summit between Prime Minister Mitsotakis and President Erdogan early next year, there are growing concerns that progress in resolving differences in the Aegean Sea is proving all but impossible. Tom Ellis, the editor in chief of Kathimerini's English Edition, joins Thanos Davelis for a look at the ongoing Greek-Turkish dialogue, why achieving real progress in resolving differences remains elusive, and what to expect amid efforts to maintain the relative calm we've seen in the Aegean. You can read the articles we discuss on our podcast here:Greece-Turkey dialogue is alive, but barelyPrime ministerial intentions and Greek-Turkish tiesAthens, Ankara agree to disagree but keep talkingCyprus' new air defense system launched, Greece to followMitsotakis holds first meeting with Androulakis as main opposition leaderPolitical consensus hidden in legislative nuances

The Greek and Turkish foreign ministers are set to meet on November 8th in Athens to explore whether there is genuine room for substantive discussions on Greek-Turkish differences, particularly issues in the Aegean Sea. In the lead up to this meeting, neither Greece nor Turkey have deviated from their core positions, something diplomats say is expected. Vassilis Nedos, Kathimerini's diplomatic and defense editor, joins Thanos Davelis as we look ahead at this crucial meeting, breaking down what to expect from Athens and Ankara, how the US elections could impact this process, and what role the EU can play. You can read the articles we discuss on our podcast here:Greece and Turkey hold firm on positions ahead of pivotal Nov 8 meetingAnnouncement by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on the attacks on the Greek Member of the European Parliament Fredi Beleri (29.10.2024)Beleri pelted with yogurt and eggs in TiranaFirst A-level credit rating for Cyprus

On Tuesday Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Turkish President Recep Tayipp Erdogan met on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly, making it the sixth time the two leaders have met since the NATO summit in Vilnius fourteen months ago. Reports indicate that beyond a commitment to maintain calm and a positive agenda, issues like migration and Cyprus also came up. Vassilis Nedos, Kathimerini's diplomatic and defense editor, joins Thanos Davelis to break down what message this meeting sends about Greek-Turkish relations, and to look at what else to expect from the UNGA.You can read the articles we discuss on our podcast here:Mitsotakis, Erdogan agree on next stepsGreece Aims to Slash Debt to Lowest Since 2009 Within Four YearsUK moves 700 troops to Cyprus ready to evacuate Britons from LebanonLeave Lebanon now, Starmer tells Britons

In a month we'll be commemorating the 50th anniversary of Turkey's invasion of Cyprus. For five decades, Turkish troops have occupied the northern part of the island. With this dark anniversary on the horizon, Michael Rubin, the director of policy analysis at the Middle East Forum and a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, joins Thanos Davelis to look at how Turkey's continued occupation of the northern part of Cyprus - which has turned the area into a terror safe-haven and money laundering hub - presents a grave and growing threat to U.S. and European security. You can read the articles we discuss on our podcast here:Northern Cyprus Has Become A Terror Safe-HavenParty cadres challenge PASOK's leaderPASOK MP: ‘We have to see what went wrong' in EU electionsAnkara plans Aegean research in Turkish watersAnkara widens Greek-Turkish agenda

Nationalism. Emerging technology. Militarization. Destroyed bodies. Total war. In this episode, three historians reconsider the dominant themes of the First World War—which are as relevant today as they were a century ago. Cheyenne Pettit studies Canadian and British conflicts over the treatment of venereal disease during World War One. Matthew Hershey's research explores meanings and experiences of soldiers' suicide in the First World War. And Lediona Shahollari focuses on the 1923 Greek-Turkish population exchange during the partition of those two states in the aftermath of the Great War. Join them in a conversation reflecting on the legacy of that conflict.

A spotlight on Greek-Turkish relations as prime minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis visits Ankara. Then: presidential elections in Lithuania, how the Austrian Beer Party could bolster far-right support and a call from Somalia to end the UN's decade-long political-assistance mission. Plus: the winners and losers from this year's Eurovision Song Contest. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Greece and Turkey are stepping up rapprochement efforts, with Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis visiting Turkey on Monday for talks with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The trip is part of detente attempts after years of tensions centered on territorial disputes in the Aegean Sea.  Monday's meeting follows Erdogan's visit to Athens last December, which was also part of mutual efforts towards bringing the countries closer."I think it's one of the ways in which Turkey and Greece could add more new momentum to the diplomacy that has started," Berkay Mandiraci, a senior Turkey analyst for the International Crisis Group, said."They've been actually engaged in quite intense diplomacy on different fronts for over a year now."Territorial disputes over the Aegean Sea – believed to have vast energy reserves – have brought the neighbours to the brink of war in the past.Both nations backing rival sides over the divided island of Cyprus has also thwarted previous rapprochement endeavours.Side-stepping issues Erdogan and Mitsotakis are predicted to avoid contentious subjects and are expected to take a one-step-at-a-time approach on areas of collaboration.Confidence-building measures under discussion include increasing trade, further developments of a recently expanded road at the Turkey-Greece border and ensuring visa-free travel to Turkish citizens for eastern Aegean islands."I think they are all important in terms of people-to-people contact, building trust, increasing trade and also improving connectivity and energy cooperation," Mandiraci said."Hopefully this will lead to the opening of a new round of negotiation on the Aegean dispute."Conflicts in Gaza and Ukraine are seen to provide further incentive to improving ties as analysts say both leaders realise that bilateral tensions will only exacerbate regional instability. "Look at what's happening in Israel, in Gaza and Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Both sides want to limit their exposure to foreign risks," said political scientist Ioannis Grigoriadis of Ankara's Bilkent University."Greek-Turkish relations had gone through a very difficult period until five years ago, but ever since the earthquakes that hit south-eastern and southern Turkey, both sides have declared their willingness to reduce tensions."Greece was quick to help Turkey after last year's earthquakes. But unless territorial disputes over the Aegean are addressed, the rapprochement is considered vulnerable – especially because both militaries are re-arming.Common ground"As long as they don't tackle [the Aegean Sea dispute] and they don't take the bull by the horns, things will go like a pendulum, backward and forwards," said Alexis Heraclides of Panteion University in Athens."The Greek-Turkish relations in this region is the most complicated of relations. I'm not saying that it's impossible for them not to make a U-turn and get back to the default position of confrontation and mutual acrimonious accusations."But there is cause for cautious optimism given that Erdogan and Mitsotakis renewed their electoral mandates last year."Both leaders are very strong domestically and this makes them less eager to listen to the sort of nationalist voices that exist in both countries that are more comfortable with a more aggressive attitude," said Grigoriadis.

Well, well, well, welcome to The Portugal Corner, folks! Episode 143, where we dive deep into the world of Portuguese soccer, from the highs to the lows, and even the funny bits! We introduce Jacket Man! Alright, let's roll through it like a melody. Bernardo Silva, he strikes early against Real Madrid, huh? Drama unfolds as they end up in a thrilling 3-3 draw. Then we've got Arsenal and Bayern locking horns, ending up in a 2-2 tie. Now, Vitinha, he lends a helping foot to PSG against Barcelona, but alas, Barcelona pulls off a comeback win. Atletico takes down Dortmund, while Liverpool, they get a tough lesson from Atalanta. Oh, and the Greek-Turkish showdown, Olympiacos takes the crown against Fenerbahce. And hey, Chiquinho from Benfica days, he gets in on the action too. Switching gears, let's talk about Sporting, the Lions Den! Trincao with a double whammy, huh? They put Gil Vicente in their place with a 4-0 victory. Sporting's on fire, scoring left and right. Is this the golden era reminiscent of Vitor Pereira's Porto? Porto, on the other hand, not so smooth sailing. They falter against Famalicao, ending in a 2-2 stalemate. Tough luck there, needing some revamping, they say. And the birds pay tribute to Sven Goran Eriksson, before clinching a win against Marseille. Rafa and DiMaria shine bright. Plus, they breeze through Moreieriense with a 3-0 win. Over to Braga, Alvaro Djalo steals the show, helping defeat Estoril. But Guimaraes, they stumble with just a point against Farense. And Bournemouth holds them to a 2-2 draw. Liverpool, oh Liverpool, they slip against Palace, reminiscent of Gerrard's moment. Wolves and Nuno's boys, they lock horns, ending in a 2-2 draw. Arsenal and Aston Villa, they taste defeat against Birmingham boys, leaving Man City soaring high. Joao Felix, oh what a bicycle kick against Cadiz! But the big question looms: will he start against PSG? A clash of titans, perhaps? And over in Germany, Xabi Alonso's Leverkusen, they clinch the Bundesliga title for the first time ever! Talk about historic moments. Well, folks, that's a wrap for today's show. Remember to tune in, subscribe, and spread the word like wildfire. Until next time, peace and love from The Portugal Corner! Thanks once again for listening, Hit us up on the social! @Portugal_Corner on X @theportugalcorner on Insta  Join our Patreon, and listen to Talking Portugal In The Corner Listen on Pama radio or youtube   You can email us at theportugalcorner@gmail  Please subscribe wherever you get your podcasts and take a minute leave a rating and review, tell your friends, and tell your Vavo And if you got time check out the old episodes!

The normalisation of Greek-Turkish relations and same-sex marriage were among the issues raised by Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis in an interview with ERT. - Η εξομάλυνση των ελληνοτουρκικών σχέσεων, ο γάμος των ατόμων του ίδιου φύλου και η ακρίβεια, ήταν μεταξύ των θεμάτων που έθιξε ο Έλληνας πρωθυπουργός, Κυριάκος Μητσοτάκης, στην εφ' όλης της ύλης συνέντευξης που παραχώρησε στην ΕΡΤ.

Over a year ago there were concerns that Turkey's provocations and threats in the Aegean could turn into conflict. Over the last year, Turkey's President Erdogan has pulled a 180 degree shift in policy, de-escalating tensions. Ryan Gingeras, a professor in the Department of National Security Affairs at the Naval Postgraduate School and an expert on Turkish, Balkan, and Middle East history, joins Thanos Davelis to look at the prospects for Greek-Turkish relations in 2024, the role of Washington, and what to expect in US-Turkey ties as the year unfolds.Read Ryan Gingeras' latest interview with Kathimerini here: Prospects for Greek-Turkish relations to emerge clearly by springYou can read the articles we discuss on our podcast here:Gov't unveils new measures to combat soaring pricesUN's new special envoy heads to Cyprus in early February

On Wednesday Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis held a much anticipated meeting with Turkish President Erdogan on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly. The two leaders agreed to continue working to deepen the positive climate in Greek-Turkish relations that has been established this year, laid out a roadmap of contacts for the coming months, and discussed issues of common interest such as migration and the climate crisis. Vassilis Nedos, Kathimerini's diplomatic and defense editor, joins Thanos Davelis to look at how the two leaders are expected to build on the positive atmosphere we've seen these past months, while looking ahead at what we can expect to see as part of this positive agenda. You can read the articles we discuss on our podcast here:Roadmap amid calm waters in the AegeanGreek, Turkish leaders to confirm improved climateMitsotakis-Erdogan: Keeping the process on a positive trackThe Greek-Turkish dialogue and the Cyprus issueNagorno-Karabakh: thousands protest in Armenia in wake of ceasefire dealAzerbaijan halts Karabakh offensive after ceasefire deal with Armenian separatistsThe U.S. Keeps Failing Armenians in Nagorno-KarabakhClimate change made storm Daniel far more likely and intense, scientists say

Greece's foreign minister held a much anticipated meeting with his Turkish counterpart on Tuesday in which the two sides agreed on a “roadmap” to revive high-level contacts between their countries and seek “new approaches” to problems as part of an effort to improve ties. Constantinos Filis, the Director of the Institute of Global Affairs and an associate professor of international relations at the American College of Greece, joins Thanos Davelis with the latest takeaways from this meeting in Ankara, and offers a look ahead at what will likely be a crucial period in Greek-Turkish relations.You can read the articles we discuss on our podcast here:Small window of opportunity opens in Greek-Turkish relationsMinisterial meeting heralds warmer relations between Greece and TurkeyFriendly Putin-Erdogan Meeting Keeps West GuessingTorrential rain follows summer wildfires in Greece, one deadGreece battered by tropical storms

Historic rivals Greece and Turkey look closer to a rapprochement as their leaders step up efforts to improve ties after receiving strong election mandates this year. Foreign ministers from the two neighbours are set to meet on Monday, but analysts warn substantial obstacles still need to be overcome. Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis's landslide victory in June elections is seen as allowing him to pursue his long-term goal of rapprochement with Turkey. "I wouldn't call it his secret agenda, but he did want that – the amelioration of relations – and that is something that goes back since the beginning of this century when I first met him," claims Alexis Heraclides, a professor of international relations at Panteion University in Athens.Leaders of the two countries met on the sidelines of the Nato summit in Vilnius in July, pledging to work towards improving ties. This Monday the Greek foreign minister, Giorgos Gerapetritis, is scheduled to travel to Turkey to meet his Turkish counterpart Hakan Fidan in the latest effort at rapprochement.Mitsotakis appointed Gerapetritis after his election victory, replacing Nikos Dendias, a hawk in Turkish-Greek relations, notes Heraclides. "The fact that [Mitsotakis] was able to get this victory sort of unties his hands," he said. "Previously he had little leeway, since his foreign minister [Dendias], his head of the army and others are very much hardliners."So this is an almost golden opportunity to do his thing, to take matters into his hands."Change of toneAfter his re-election in May, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan also replaced his foreign minister, Mevlut Cavusoglu. Newly appointed Hakan Fidan is widely regarded as a skilled diplomat.With elections behind him the Turkish president can tone down his nationalist rhetoric, which is popular with his electoral base, and be more receptive to Greek overtures, says Huseyin Bagci, head of the Foreign Policy Institute, an Ankara-based research organisation."The new government, of course, will be much more cooperative," Bagci predicts. "I think the non-solvable issues will continue, but the rhetoric will be much more [toned] down."I do expect that both sides will try to find common ground... Both leaders seem to be trying to work together. And this is time for cooperation, not confrontation," he added.Maritime flashpointsThe Aegean and Mediterranean Seas remain flashpoints for the Greek and Turkish navies as both countries search for what are believed to be significant energy reserves in disputed waters. Tensions rise between Greece and Turkey over island military bases Turkish-Greek dispute over Libyan oil reserves risks sparking regional rowAt the same time, the island of Cyprus, divided between Greek and Turkish Cypriot communities, continues to be a potential source of tension. But analysts say improving bilateral ties could help Turkey achieve one of its military goals: buying American-made jets.Turkey is seeking to acquire F-16 fighter jets from the United States. Last year the Greek prime minister urged the US Congress to block the sale, and the deal has been delayed in part over Washington's concerns about tensions between the two Nato allies. 'Honeymoon period'But given the history of failed attempts, observers question how long the latest efforts to improve ties will last."You see these wonderful pictures coming out, everyone smiling in nice photo ops," observes Mediterranean security analyst Aya Burweila. "I think in three months, six months, we'll see if people are going to go back to their baseline," she said."It's like in a horrible marriage – there's a little honeymoon period, and then everybody goes back to who they really are."  Love conquers all for Greek-Turkish couples in AthensBut there remain hopeful signs. Greek and Turkish leaders refrained from angry rhetoric despite the recent flare-up of tensions in Cyprus over the construction of a road in contested territory, as well as the announcement that Turkey plans to drill for new energy sources in the Mediterranean.Mitsotakis and Erdogan are expected to meet on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in October, with a summit between the two leaders in Greece on the cards later this year.

Following the meeting between Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Turkish President Erdogan at the NATO summit, we've heard Mitsotakis talk of a new “bold agenda” in Greek-Turkish relations. As the Greek prime minister laid out, this agenda could include going to the International Court of Justice at the Hague to resolve the key disputes in the Aegean. Expert Constantinos Filis, the Director of the Institute of Global Affairs and an associate professor of international relations at the American College of Greece, joins Thanos Davelis to discuss his latest piece in Kathimerini in which he makes the case that going to the Hague is Greece's best option.Read Constaninos Filis' latest in Kathimerini here: Why the International Court is our best optionYou can read the articles we discuss on our podcast here:Greece sees some wildfire respite, though stubborn blazes rage onEU migration deal faces delays after talks snagWatchdog investigates EU border agency's role after Greece boat disaster

Last week, a day after meeting with Turkish President Erdogan at the NATO summit, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced the promotion of a “bold agenda” in Greek-Turkish relations with the ultimate aim of bringing the issue of the delimitation of the continental shelf and the exclusive economic zone (EEZ) to the International Court of Justice in The Hague. Vassilis Nedos, Kathimerini's diplomatic and defense editor, joins Thanos Davelis to discuss this new agenda in Greek-Turkish relations, look at the difficult road leading to the Hague, and more. Read Vassilis Nedos' latest here: The difficult road leading to The Hague‘Let's face the future challenges squarely'You can read the articles we discuss on our podcast here:Wildfires rage near Greek capital, houses damaged1,200 children evacuated from summer camp as blaze nearsAfter heat wave, wildfires force thousands to flee seaside resorts outside Greek capitalGreece to begin selling bank stakes this autumn-sources

President Erdogan's recent “U-turn” on Sweden's accession to NATO has led to a number of observers wondering whether Turkey may be pivoting away from Russia and returning to the West, with some asking how long Erdogan's special relationship with Putin can last. Amberin Zaman, a senior correspondent reporting from the Middle East, North Africa and Europe exclusively for Al-Monitor, joins Thanos Davelis to break down why none of Erdogan's latest moves amount to a pivot away from Russia any more than they signal a real reset with the West. Instead, this is simply Erdogan navigating Ankara's relationships in ways that he believes best benefit Turkey's interests and above all his own political survival.Read Amberin Zaman's latest piece in Al Monitor here: Erdogan's NATO moves agitate Russia but don't spell Turkey's sharp shift to WestYou can read the articles we discuss on our podcast here:Russia's war might have a new casualty: The Putin-Erdogan bondTurkey's Double Dealing in the Ukraine WarTourism enjoys total recoveryBold agenda for Greek-Turkish relations

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Turkish President Erdogan agreed to resume talks and confidence-building measures as they hailed a new “positive climate” following their meeting on the sidelines of the NATO summit in Vilnius. Despite the latest announcements and the recent shift in tone from Ankara, fundamental differences remain. Professor Kostas Ifantis joins Thanos Davelis to discuss the main takeaways from the Mitsotakis-Erdogan meeting as the two leaders agreed to repair ties while maintaining “calm waters” in the Aegean, explore what this effort could look like in the coming months, and break down the role Washington should play in this reset attempt.Kostas Ifantis is a Professor of International Relations at the Department of International, European and Area Studies at Panteion University of Athens, and has previously served as Director for Research at the Policy Planning Center of the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs.You can read the articles we discuss on our podcast here:Summit agreement for restart with TurkeyMitsotakis, Erdogan hail ‘positive climate' in Greece-Turkey tiesRestart attempt with Turkey via USAchtsioglou announces candidacy for SYRIZA leadershipFormer SYRIZA finance minister set to announce leadership bidErdogan's government to discuss Sweden's NATO ratification with nationalist ally, official says

This year marks the 100th anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Lausanne, a treaty that defined the borders of modern Turkey, and is a key point of reference in Greece's relations with Turkey. Over the last years Turkey has taken a number of steps that not only raise questions about the treaty, but also attempt to question Greek sovereignty. Despite Erdogan's attempt at a rebrand following his reelection, there hasn't been a change in substance when it comes to Turkish revisionism. Vassilis Nedos, Kathimerini's diplomatic and defense editor, joins Thanos Davelis to look at why Lausanne matters today, particularly in the context of Greek-Turkish relations.You can read the articles we discuss on our podcast here:«100 Years since the Treaty of Lausanne: Looking Back, Looking Ahead»Mitsotakis: No illusions about TurkeyGreece's new interlocutors in TurkeyErdogan criticizes Greece's armaments program, plans to raise concerns with AthensAt least 79 migrants dead and dozens feared missing after fishing vessel sinks off GreeceTurkey won't back Swedish NATO bid unless it stops anti-Turkish protestsTurkey's Erdogan defies pressure over Sweden's NATO application

General Tod Wolters and Ambassador David Satterfield talk about the key elements of their successful partnership in managing the US-Turkey security relationship (2019-2022): having a clear strategy, relying on the strong US/NATO/Turkey mil to mil relationship and holding frank talks.  Topics:  Turkey's strong commitment to NATO;  US Turkish differences over the US partnership with the SDF in Syria;  Turkey's purchase of a Russian missile defense systems; Greek/Turkish clashes & Turkey's relationship with Russia.

With Turkey's President Erdogan securing reelection, and Greece's Mitsotakis on the path toward a win this month that will secure his party a majority, there seems to be an effort afoot to bring both leaders to the negotiating table. Constanitnos Filis, the Director of the Institute of Global Affairs and an Associate Professor at the American College of Greece, joins Thanos Davelis to look at what Erdogan's re-election and his new cabinet mean for Greek-Turkish relations, and spell out what it would take for any potential talks between Athens and Ankara following Greece's elections this month to be successful.You can read the articles we discuss on our podcast here:Greeks welcome continuity in Erdogan's re-election in TurkeyGreece's new interlocutors in TurkeyEU makes fresh attempt to overcome yearslong crisis over migrants‘Everything is still up for negotiation': Migration reform hangs in the balanceAnalysts: Investment grade within reach

An increase in migration flows has been observed in recent days at the Greek-Turkish border, with the Greek authorities on alert. - Αύξηση των μεταναστευτικών ροών παρατηρείται τις τελευταίες ημέρες στα σύνορα Ελλάδα - Τουρκίας, με τις ελληνικές αρχές να βρίσκονται σε επιφυλακή.

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Last week at the Delphi Economic Forum we heard Greece's main western partners - notably the US and Germany - hint that there will be a push to resolve long-standing Greek-Turkish disputes after the upcoming elections. At the same time, the Forum looked at the dynamic shifts taking place in the Eastern Mediterranean, most notably the 3+1 partnership between Greece, Israel, Cyprus, and the US. Expert Konstantinos Filis, the Director of the Institute of Global Affairs and an Associate Professor at the American College of Greece, joins Thanos Davelis to break down whether a compromise between Athens and Ankara could be on the horizon following elections, and look into what more Washington can do to send the message that the 3+1 partnership is a top priority.Watch the Delphi Economic Forum on demand: Delphi Economic Forum VIIIYou can read the articles we discuss on our podcast here:Western partners to push for solutions in Greek-Turkish relationsTurkey will continue to ‘annoy,' says Erdogan at jet presentationU.S. hands Cyprus ancient artifacts, some 4,000 years oldGreece looks to Vienna for new boost on Parthenon Sculptures

At the beginning of 2023 Bulgaria gained access to Turkey's terminals and gas transmission network under a long-term deal that would help the country replace supplies once provided by Russia. This had come to a surprise to some in Athens, as Greece and Bulgaria have accelerated their energy cooperation through projects like the IGB natural gas pipeline and the FSRU in Alexandroupolis. It appears Bulgaria is now looking to deepen its ties with Turkey, with some raising the prospect of reviving a version of the Nabucco plan, which was disregarded in 2013 in favor of TAP. Dr. Thedoros Tsakiris, an Associate Professor of Geopolitics and Energy Policy at the University of Nicosia, joins Thanos Davelis to explain why a possible return of Nabucco should raise concerns not only in Athens, but at the EU level as well.Read Dr. Tsakiris latest in Kathimerini here (In Greek): Η επιστροφή του Nabucco και ο κίνδυνος για την ΕλλάδαYou can read the articles we discuss on our podcast here:Sofia and the Greek-Turkish energy raceAnalysis: Europe wary of Turkish hub to hide gas 'made in Moscow'Doubts over new LNG projectsMulti-billion-euro investments in energy and its storageTurkey will continue to ‘annoy,' says Erdogan at jet presentationSupreme Court to decide fate of Kasidiaris party

Since the tragic earthquakes in Turkey it appears that a sense of calm is prevailing in the Aegean - at least for the moment - that has led to an improvement in ties between Greece and Turkey and a decrease in threats and provocations from Ankara. This is raising the question in diplomatic circles over the possibility that this moratorium on tensions could lead to substantive dialogue following the election cycle in both countries this May. Professor Kostas Ifantis joins Thanos Davelis to look at where Greek-Turkish relations are today, break down whether a substantive dialogue with Turkey following elections is a realistic prospect, and look into what role the US can play in this discussion. Kostas Ifantis is a Professor of International Relations at the Department of International, European and Area Studies at Panteion University of Athens, and has previously served as Director for Research at the Policy Planning Center of the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs.You can read the articles we discuss on our podcast here:Sense of calm prevails in the AegeanGreece to hold national election on May 21Greece calls parliamentary elections for May 21Greece arrests two men suspected of planning attack on Jewish restaurantIsrael's Netanyahu: Mossad helped Greece uncover terror plot

This weekend Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias visited the earthquake stricken areas of Turkey to show Greece's full solidarity with the Turkish people. Dendias also pledged that beyond sending rescue teams to Turkey, Greece will continue to support its neighbor, either bilaterally or as a member of the EU. The scene has revived memories of the 1999 earthquake diplomacy between Greece and Turkey that led to a warming in relations. Vassilis Nedos, Kathimerini's diplomatic and defense editor, joins Thanos Davelis to discuss the Greek response to last week's deadly earthquake and the new perspective it gives to Greek-Turkish relations. We also look at other key developments, including Secretary of State Antony Blinken's scheduled visit to the region, and the election of Nikos Christodoulides as President of Cyprus.You can read the articles we discuss on our podcast here:New perspective in Greece-Turkey relationsDendias-Cavusoglu: ‘We need not wait for natural disasters to improve our relations'Ex-minister Christoulides wins Cyprus presidential electionCyprus president-elect ready to meet Turk Cypriot leaderStocks soar in Athens and NicosiaMomentum building for another bumper season for Greek tourism

January 30th marked the 100 year anniversary of the signing of the Lausanne Convention, which led to the forced expulsion of 1.2 million Greek Orthodox Christians from Turkey and 400,000 Muslims from Greece. This traumatic moment in history fundamentally changed Greece and Hellenism, and its memory is still very much alive and well in Greece. Professor Alexander Kitroeff, a Professor of History at Haverford College who has written extensively on the history of Greece and the Greek diaspora, joins Thanos Davelis to look at the lasting legacy of this traumatic experience, from its impact on Greece to the way it still influences Greek-Turkish relations to this day. You can read the articles we discuss on our podcast here:The Lausanne Convention and the battle of memoryBlinken's Athens visit limited to bilateral formatErdogan says Turkey positive on Finland's NATO bid, not Sweden'sTurkey is the main obstruction to NATO unity

The recent announcement of a long-term energy agreement between Turkey and Bulgaria giving the latter access for 13 years to Turkish regasification terminals, came as a surprise to some and caused consternation in Athens. This comes as Greece is emerging as a key player in helping its northern neighbors in the Balkans - primarily Bulgaria - decouple from Russian gas through a number of projects. Dr. Theodoros Tsakiris, an associate professor of geopolitics and energy policy at the University of Nicosia, joins Thanos Davelis to break down how energy has transformed Greece's relationship with Bulgaria, what additional steps Greece can take to help its Balkan neighbors break their dependence on Russian energy, and look at where this latest deal between Sofia and Ankara fits in.  Read Dr. Theodoros Tsakiris' latest in Kathimerini: Sofia and the Greek-Turkish energy raceYou can read the articles we discuss on our podcast here:Cyprus protests portrayal as safe haven for Russian moneyErdogan issues ‘crazy Turk' attack threat

This week on The New Arab Voice, we're looking at the trial of the volunteers who helped migrants on the Greek island of Lesvos.Last week, a group of volunteers appeared in court, facing numerous charges related to voluntary work they undertook to help migrants that were arriving on the island by boat. Despite the long history of cooperation between the organisations and the Greek authorities, they were arrested, charged, and many were detained for long periods of time. One of those arrested and charged was Seán Binder (@sean_binder_). Seán sat down with The New Arab Voice this week to talk about his work on Lesvos, his arrest and detention, the build-up and his eventual trial, and how the targeting of volunteers, like him, will affect vital search and rescue work at sea. Also joining us this week is Serhat Çubukçuoğlu (@suhac), a senior fellow in the Department of Strategic Studies at Trends Research and Advisory. We speak with Serhat about the historical relationship between Greece and Turkey, the points of contention, how migrant issues affect their relationship, and what the future may hold. This podcast is written and produced by Hugo Goodridge.Theme music by Omar al-Fil. Other music by Blue Dot Sessions.To get in touch with the producers, follow then tweet us at @TheNewArabVoice or email hugo.goodridge@alaraby.co.uk  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

2022 saw Greek-Turkish relations hit historic lows, as Ankara took its provocations against Greece in the Aegean to dangerous levels. The year wrapped up with Turkey's foreign minister renewing Ankara's casus belli - or threat of war - against Greece. This followed boasts from President Erdogan that Turkey's new Tayfun missiles could target Athens. These developments have raised the question about what the US would do in response to a Turkish assault against Greece. Ryan Gingeras, a professor in the Department of National Security Affairs at the Naval Postgraduate School and an expert on Turkish, Balkan, and Middle East history, joins Thanos Davelis to look into Turkey's renewed threats against Greece and break down what a Greco-Turkish crisis in the Aegean would mean for the US.Read Ryan Gingeras' latest piece in War on the Rocks: An Honest Broker No Longer: The United States Between Turkey And GreeceYou can read the articles we discuss on our podcast here:Turkey's Zero Sum Foreign PolicySources deny Sculptures deal reportParthenon Marbles May Return to Greece in Exchange Deal With UKCyprus and US sign first bilateral defense programNational Guard hails US defence cooperation programme

The 6th of December is the feast day of Saint Nicholas, better known to you and me as Santa Claus. The story of this man's journey from Greek/Turkish orphan to international globe trotting magical gift giver could be a superhero blockbuster film plot. Resurrecting children, cannibalism, calming the seas, the battle between good and evil, culture wars and alcohol, it has everything! A fascinating journey into myth making and reinvention that will amaze and bewilder. You thought you knew Santa Claus, well, prepare to be amazed! Alt Xmas Flicks The Night before Christmas The Three Kings

Photographs of bruised and naked migrants at the Greek Turkish border have drawn international condemnation. Ankara and Athens have blamed each other for the incident. Rights groups warn that escalating Greek Turkish tensions risk having a terrible impact on refugees. Greek Migration Minister Notis Mitarachi accused Turkish authorities of stripping naked 92 male migrants and forcing them into Greece. The men were found by Greek police close to the two countries' northern border, some with injuries. The UN's refugee agency, the UNHCR, said it was deeply distressed by the images and reports of the naked migrants and called for an investigation. Ankara has blamed Greek authorities for the incident. "It's natural for Greece to attempt to slander Turkey as its own crimes multiply," said Turkish foreign minister Mevlut Cavusoglu, adding, "one has to be truly shameless and reckless to try to appear right even in the most unfair situation."  The ugly incident and resulting blame game is the latest in an increasingly bitter war of words and videos between Athens and Ankara over the migrant crisis.  Attacking immigrants Ankara has released numerous videos of Greek coast guards purportedly pushing migrants and refugees back to Turkey. Athens too has released a video on Twitter, accusing Turkish authorities of attacking migrants. "These people, because we are talking about people, women, men, and children, are trapped in a strategic game between Greece and Turkey," warned Eva Cossé, the representative in Greece of Human Rights Watch. Greece and Turkey have been increasingly at odds over a range of territorial disputes centered on the Aegean and Mediterranean seas. Athens fears migration could be the latest front in bilateral tensions.  Tensions rise between Greece and Turkey over island military bases Athaniosos Drougos, a defense analyst at Greece's War College, does not believe the situation will degenerate into outright war.. "But on the other hand," he says, "we will have some hybrid asymetrıc episodes with the case of illegal immigration, especially from the Evros river." The river Evros forms part of the border between Turkey and Greece. Two years ago, a migrant crisis erupted after Ankara, then hosting four million refugees, declared it was opening its border with Greece. Greek security forces used teargas and rubber bullets in a weeks-long campaign against people trying to enter the country. In Turkey, there's been growing public animosity towards migrants and refugees. And President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is under pressure to address the issue in the run-up to elections next year. He accuses Greece and Europe of failing to share the refugee burden. "What I see now is the politicisation of the issue by the (Turkish) opposition parties mainly and the instrumental position of the refugee issue by the government in their relationship with Europe," observed Didem Danis of the Istanbul-based Association for Migration Research. Highest price "Of course, this creates a very difficult situation for the refugees because they feel more and more anxious about their everyday survival," added Danis. And experts warn that refugees will pay the highest price in this escalating diplomatic war. "Unfortunately, every now and then, we hear about the demise of people who are trying to cross, for the pushbacks conducted on both sides," said Omar Kadkoy of the Economic Policy Research Foundation of Turkey. "And the only people who are losing in this journey are those asylum seekers or people who want to have a better future for themselves. But trying to cross the borders nowadays is definitely riskier than it was," added Kadkoy. Earlier this month,18 migrants and refugees drowned while crossing from Turkey to a Greek island. Dozens more are missing. Rescue workers and islanders worked through the night in a desperate struggle to reach survivors. Most of the victims were women and children.  Greek and Turkish authorities blamed each other for the deaths. The only thing both sides appear to agree on is that this tragedy will not be the last.

Late last week 92 asylum seekers were found by Greek police and European border guards stripped naked at the Evros border between Greece and Turkey. Questions about this incident spilled over onto Twitter, where Greece and Turkey traded accusations about what happened as Greece's officials said that Turkey orchestrated the incident. In 2020 Turkey encouraged migrants to storm the Evros border, and since then there's been an ongoing information war over migration. The issue has also become a central part of Turkey's broader narrative as it ramps up tensions with Greece in the Aegean, prompting fears that a possible military incident could trigger a wider conflict. John Psaropoulos, an independent journalist based in Athens and Al Jazeera's southeast Europe correspondent, joins Thanos Davelis with the latest analysis.Read John Psaropoulos' latest coverage: Greece, Turkey spar on Twitter after 92 refugees found strippedCould Greece, Turkey tensions spill into open conflict?Follow Hellenica for more exclusive coverage by John PsaropoulosYou can read the articles we discuss on our podcast here:New rift opens between Erdogan, USEU leaders avoid deep rift on gas price cap at energy summitBrussels Playbook: Summit summary

Russian troops arrive for joint military operations in Belarus, distressing scenes at the Greek-Turkish border, and German bakers struggle to cope with rising energy prices. Also: The Netherlands withdraws from the Energy Charter Treaty, we stay close to the ground in both Ljubljana and Sofia, and ring out to the sound of Mechelen's medieval carillon bells.

In 2019 Turkey signed a memorandum with the Tripoli-based government in Libya to split the Eastern Mediterranean in two, completely disregarding international law and Libya's neighbors like Greece and Egypt. On Monday, Turkey took this a step further, announcing that it had signed an agreement with Libya's interim government allowing for Ankara's oil rigs and research ships to search for oil and natural gas on Libyan soil and in the maritime zone set out in the illegal 2019 memorandum. These moves were condemned by Greece, Egypt, the EU, the US, and the Libyan parliament in the east of the country, and threaten to escalate tensions further between Greece and Turkey. Angelos Syrigos, Greece's Deputy Minister of Education and Religious Affairs and an assistant professor of International Law and Foreign Policy at Panteion University in Athens, joins Thanos Davelis to discuss this latest Turkey-Libya agreement and its potential consequences for Greek-Turkish relations.You can read the articles we discuss on our podcast here:Turkey-Libya preliminary deal prompts Greece, Egypt to push backAnkara ratchets up tension via LibyaTurkey trying to ‘fabricate a reality' with ‘illegal' Libya dealEU rejects legality of Turkey-Libya memorandumState Department: Provisional Libyan government should not be signing new agreementsEU agrees oil price cap in new Russia sanctions planEU considering ‘flexibile' gas price cap, energy chief saysTurkey's annual inflation hits new 24-year high at 83.45%Inflation in Turkey surges to 83%Turkey's inflation hits 83% as Erdogan vows to keep cutting interest rates

Aside from key elections next year in both Turkey and Greece, 2023 also marks the 100th anniversary of the Treaty of Lausanne, the treaty that established Turkey's modern borders and is at the heart of Greek-Turkish relations, and the centennial of the founding of the Turkish Republic. While Turkish President Erdogan has been dangerously ramping up tensions with Greece in the Aegean in the build up to elections, these two historic anniversaries could add to those tensions. Ryan Gingeras, professor in the Department of National Security Affairs at the Naval Postgraduate School and author of the upcoming book The Last Days of the Ottoman Empire, joins me to look into how elections coupled with the weight of history on display next year could impact Greek-Turkish relations.Read Ryan Gingeras's latest piece in Kathimerini hereYou can read the articles we discuss on our podcast here: Erdogan uses UN stand to attack GreeceFM responds to inflammatory statements made by Erdogan at the UNDirect flights from US to Greece being extended into winter

This weekend Turkey's President Erdogan accused Greece of “occupying” islands in the Aegean Sea, and said Turkey was prepared to "do what is necessary" when the time comes. He has even threatened Turkey could “come down suddenly one night,” a phrase he's previously used to hint at looming military operations into Syria and Iraq. These threats, which Erdogan doubled down on this Tuesday, come as Turkey attempts to reverse reality in the Aegean and create a narrative that portrays Greece as the one provoking. Expert Constantinos Filis, the Director of the Institute of Global Affairs and an associate professor of international relations at the American College of Greece, joins Thanos Davelis to discuss these latest threats from Turkey and break down what's on the horizon for Greek-Turkish relations.You can read the articles we discuss on our podcast here: Diplomatic response to Turkish threatsTurkish president issues fresh threat against GreeceEU voices concern over Turkey's 'hostile remarks' against GreeceTurkey's annual inflation passes 80% after interest rate cutTurkey's inflation hits new 24-year high beyond 80%EU plans to slam brakes on energy prices this weekEU to unveil new responses to energy crisis

 Last month marked the commemoration of the 99th anniversary of the signing of the Lausanne Treaty, a treaty that is at the heart of Greek-Turkish relations - whether we are talking about sovereignty in the Aegean Sea or the rights of minorities in each country. In its efforts to revise the status quo in the region, Turkey has made attempts to re-interpret Lausanne as it sees fit. For example, Ankara has referred to this treaty in an effort to cast a shadow over the sovereignty of Greek islands in the Aegean, and recently is attempting to make an issue with Greece over the rights of the Muslim minority in Thrace. Symeon Tegos, who has extensive experience working in Thrace with the Greek Foreign Ministry, joins me to break down why Ankara's accusations regarding the Muslim minority in Thrace are unsubstantiated and an attempt to reverse reality. Symeon Tegos is the newly appointed Consul General of Greece in Boston, and for the last three years served as director of political affairs at the office of the Foreign Ministry in Thrace. You can read the articles we discuss on our podcast here:Turkey's Erdogan rails at Greece over Muslim minority rightsAthens shoots down Turkish allegations over minority schools in ThraceTurkey sends new drill ship to eastern MediterraneanMilder East Med scenarioEU to stop Greek budget watch in formal end to major crisis

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A "bad summer" in the Eastern Mediterranean is predicted by diplomatic analysts, after the severance of diplomatic relations with Greece, announced by Turkish President Erdogan. "We will not fall into the trap of escalation," Greece replies, while the US and EU call on the two countries to resolve their differences through diplomacy. - Ένα «κακό καλοκαίρι» στην Ανατολική Μεσόγειο προβλέπουν διπλωματικοί αναλυτές, μετά την διακοπή των διπλωματικών σχέσεων με την Ελλάδα, που ανακοίνωσε βαρύγδουπα ο Τούρκος πρόεδρος Ερντογάν. «Δεν θα πέσουμε στην παγίδα της όξυνσης» απαντά η Ελλάδα, ενώ ΗΠΑ και ΕΕ καλούν τις 2 χώρες να επιλύσουν μέσω της διπλωματίας τις όποιες διαφορές τους.

We're taking you to the Aegean today, where Turkey's provocations have reached unprecedented levels. Just on one day last week, Greece registered 168 airspace violations and 42 illegal overflights over Greek islands by Turkish jets. Expert Constantinos Filis, the Director of the Institute of Global Affairs and an associate professor of international relations at the American College of Greece, joins Thanos Davelis to explain why Turkey has chosen to escalate tensions over the Aegean, and explore whether we should expect a tense summer for Greek-Turkish relations.You can read the articles we discuss on our podcast here:Greece says Turkey's airspace incursions ‘unprecedented'Turkey antagonizing Greece at every opportunityAnkara stance linked to dismay with USTurkish jet violations escalateForeign ministers of 3+1 scheme to meet via video call on MondayMDCA with US submitted to ParliamentMitsotakis: Households to get 60% rebate on extra electricity costs from December to May

This week has seen tensions escalate between Turkey and Greece as leading politicians and officials in Ankara have made provocative statements and issued warnings directed at Greece. Athens has issued a stern response, while Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias called on Turkey to prove its commitment to international law through actions, starting with withdrawing its threat of war against Greece. Tom Ellis, the editor in chief of Kathimerini English Edition, joins The Greek Current to talk about his two latest opinion pieces in Kathimerini that look into the escalating rhetoric coming out of Ankara this week, Greece's response, and the road ahead for Greek-Turkish relations in 2022.Read Tom Ellis latest op-eds in Kathimerini: Turkish Naval Academy cadets swimming2022: An emotionally charged year ahead for Greece-Turkey relationsYou can read the articles we discuss on our podcast here: FM: Turkey must withdraw casus belliGreece extends energy financial relief into JanuaryTurkey spent at least $7.3bn propping up lira in December

Greek police officer arrested in Greek-Turkish borders - «Συναγερμός» έχει σημάνει στις ελληνικές αστυνομικές και διπλωματικές Αρχές έπειτα από τη σύλληψη ενός 41 ετών Έλληνα αστυνομικού και της συντρόφου του από τις τουρκικές αρχές. 

TERRY STAVRIDIS, an author and historian from Melbourne, Australia, will join us to discuss all of his books, including his latest release, "Tales From the Last Days of Anatolia". FROM HIS AMAZON PAGE: "Terry Stavridis is a historian/freelancer specializing in the late Ottoman Empire with an emphasis on Greek-Turkish relations 1912-23. His grandparents grew up in Asia Minor, which led to his interest in the region.  Terry has written two books and several contributing book chapters." www.amazon.com/Terry-Stavridis/e/B08Y6CDFV1?ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1&qid=1638016833&sr=1-1

TERRY STAVRIDIS, an author and historian from Melbourne, Australia, will join us to discuss all of his books, including his latest release, "Tales From the Last Days of Anatolia". FROM HIS AMAZON PAGE: "Terry Stavridis is a historian/freelancer specializing in the late Ottoman Empire with an emphasis on Greek-Turkish relations 1912-23. His grandparents grew up in Asia Minor, which led to his interest in the region.  Terry has written two books and several contributing book chapters." www.amazon.com/Terry-Stavridis/e/B08Y6CDFV1?ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1&qid=1638016833&sr=1-1

On Thursday Greece's lawmakers ratified a historic defense deal with France that includes a mutual assistance clause in case of an armed attack against either, the first such deal between two NATO members. The agreement was announced in Paris last week by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and French President Emmanuel Macron, with Greece also announcing plans to buy three French frigates. Prime Minister Mitsotakis hailed the agreement as the cornerstone of an independent European defence policy, John Psaropoulos joins The Greek Current to discuss today's important vote in Greece's Parliament, place this deal within the context of Greek-Turkish relations, and look at what this agreement will mean for Greek-French relations in the future. John Psaropoulos is an independent journalist based in Athens and Al Jazeera's southeast Europe correspondent.Read John Psaropoulos's latest piece for Al Jazeera: Greece ratifies landmark intra-NATO defence pact with FranceYou can read the articles we discuss on our podcast here: Greek lawmakers ratify major defense pact with FranceEU countries look to Brussels for help with ‘unprecedented' energy crisisGreece proposes EU-wide mechanism on rising energy costsGreece denies report it is carrying out migrant pushbacksEU executive demands probe into alleged migrant pushbacks in Greece, Croatia

Aegean neighbours Greece and Turkey have been rivals for centuries – and both countries are prone to forgetting the “unfortunate episodes” in their relations with the other. Can they ever get past their infamous regional enmity? Alex Andreou talks to Turkish author and columnist Defne Suman – whose latest novel, The Silence of Scheherazade, looks at a flashpoint of the Greek-Turkish relationship, the Great Fire of Smyrna – about historical silences, lost cultures and the way forward. “It's hard to remove the word ‘invasion' from the heads of Turkish people.” “I talk about the Greek ‘administration', not the Greek invasion.”“Turkey today is actually not as cosmopolitan as it was during the Ottoman period.” “Nationalism is the disease of our century.”“If you don't talk about the past, that wound will kill you.” “Turkey needs a lot of healing. And culture and storytelling lets us heal ourselves from the wounds of the past.” Presented by Alex Andreou. Produced by Andrew Harrison. Assistant producers: Jelena Sofronijevic and Jacob Archbold. Music by Kenny Dickinson. Audio production by Alex Rees. THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

“Marruecos toma nota, y con todas las consecuencias”. Así respondía el ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores marroquí a la hospitalización del líder del Frente Polisario en España. Una semana después, más de 8000 personas intentaban cruzar la frontera en Ceuta. Esto no es nuevo. El año pasado Erdogan advertía que la UE “pagaría el precio” de no aumentar su ayuda financiera y no apoyar sus operaciones militares en Siria. Días después 13.000 personas intentaban cruzar la frontera greco-turca. Al otro lado del Atlántico las caravanas migratorias rugen la relación entre los EEUU y sus vecinos sur. ¿Cómo se llevan a cabo estas estrategias? ¿Que objetivo tienen? ¿Cómo se puede evitar que gobiernos manipulen dichos flujos? Descúbrelo en nuestro último capítulo. "Morocco takes note, and with all the consequences." This is how the Moroccan Ministry of Foreign Affairs responded to the hospitalization of the leader of the Polisario Front in Spain. A week later, more than 8,000 people were trying to cross the border in Ceuta. This is not new. Last year Erdogan warned that the EU would "pay the price" for not increasing its financial aid and not supporting its military operations in Syria. Days later 13,000 people tried to cross the Greek-Turkish border. On the other side of the Atlantic, the migratory caravans roar the relationship between the United States and its southern neighbors. How are these strategies carried out? What objective do they have? How can governments be prevented from manipulating these flows? Find out in our latest chapter.

In this podcast episode, Velislava and Elize interview Vasileios Karakasis, lecturer at the Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs, specialised in Greek-Turkish relations and the Cyprus dispute. They discuss the history and nature of the ongoing dispute on Cyprus, the global significance of the issue, the role of (inter)national actors such as the United Nations, but also the interference of many different states such as Turkey, the United Kingdom and Greece. Most importantly, they discuss the implications of the dispute for both Greek-Cypriots and the Turkish-Cypriots and the future of the dispute. Will it be settled, and if so, what will the politics of the island look like in the future? All of these questions will be answered in this interesting conversation between Vasileios, who has done extensive research on the topic, and Velislava, who has grown up on the island and experienced the dispute first handedly.

Listen to the Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes and WNTN 1550 AM.  The fate of former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin is now in the hands of jurors.  The 12 richest soccer clubs announced they will form European Super League - NASA's Ingenuity helicopter has successfully completed its historic flight on Mars and safely landed back on the surface. Pr. Petros Vamvakas comments on Greek-Turkish negotiations after Ankara summit.

During an interview with CNN on Wednesday, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said that Greece would be prepared for tourism this summer amid the COVID-19 pandemic. His statement coincided with an announcement from European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, who officially unveiled the EU's plan for a vaccine certificate. Meanwhile, Greece issued its first 30-year government bond sale since before the financial crisis on Wednesday, prompting Prime Minister Mitsotakis to say this is proof “Greece is back.” Tom Ellis, the editor-in-chief of Kathimerini English edition, joins us today to talk about Prime Minister Mitsotakis' interview with CNN, the EU vaccine certificate, Greek tourism, Greek-Turkish relations, and more.You can read the articles we discuss on our podcast here:Kyriakos Mitsotakis on CNN: Greece Will Be Ready for TourismGreece concludes second early repayment of IMF loansGreek, Turkish foreign ministers to meet on April 14EU halts sanctions on Turkey oil executives as ties improveUS slams Turkey's plan to ban pro-Kurdish partyEU slams Turkish moves against Kurdish party, legislator5 years on, stalled EU Turkey migrant deal remains a modelTurkey migration deal a 'stain on EU rights record'

The severe weather conditions in Greece, the Greek-Turkish relations, and the sexual harassment scandals in Greece's art world in the Weekly Athens Report - Η κακοκαιρία, οι ελληνοτουρκικές σχέσεις και τα σκάνδαλα με τις σεξουαλικές παρενοχλήσεις στον καλλιτεχνικό χώρο, στην εβδομαδιαία ανταπόκριση από την Ελλάδα (15.2.21)

Alexis Papachelas and Tom Ellis - two people who know America as well as anyone in Greece today - join The Greek Current to discuss the new beginning that President Biden's inauguration signals for the US and the world. We look at the phenomenon of "Trumpism" both in the US and in Greece, social media and its outsized influence, and the Biden administration's approach to Turkey and Greece. Alexis Papachelas is the Executive Editor of Kathimerini, and Tom Ellis is the editor in chief of Kathimerini Enlgish edition.This episode also marks a new beginning on the Greek Current.  Starting today, the Hellenic American Leadership Council and Kathimerini are partnering to bring you The Greek Current every weekday. You can read the articles we discuss on The Daily Roundup here: Watch: The inauguration of President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala HarrisOp-ed by Alexis Papachelas on Social Media: “The wick is still lit”Op-ed by Tom Ellis on Greek-Turkish talks: “Exploratory talks: Reserved expectations”Op-ed by Tom Ellis: “When Trump hosted Tsipras, Mitsotakis”After vote, Greece to double reach of western coastal watersExtension of territorial waters in Ionian Sea ratifiedOlympic champion's abuse claim triggers debate in GreeceOlympic gold winner's sexual abuse case is a turning point for Greece 

Yannis Palaiologos, Kathimerini's Brussels correspondent, is back on the Greek Current to break down the latest developments in Europe when it comes to tackling the coronavirus pandemic and its vaccine rollout. This includes Brussels' fight to maintain solidarity over its pan-EU vaccine plan after evidence emerged of member states breaking away to strike their own side deals with suppliers, and a Greek proposal for "vaccine passports" that the EU is set to consider at the next European Council.Read Yannis Palaiologos' interview with EU Health Commissioner Stella Kyriakidis, and his report in Sunday's edition of Kathimerini on vaccine rollouts across the EU here: EU goal of full vaccine coverage by end-2021 within reach, says health commissionerΤο παρασκήνιο στην Ε.Ε. για τα εμβόλιαYou can read the articles we discuss on The Daily Roundup here: Brussels appeals for vaccine solidarity across member statesAs Greece touts EU vaccine passports, privacy champions warn of risksCountdown begins for Greek-Turkish dialogue on January 25State Department welcomes resumption of exploratory contactsTurkey says its ready to repair frayed ties with EuropeTurkish president accuses Greece of raising tensionCyprus, UAE sign first military cooperation agreement

Vassilis Nedos, Kathimerini's diplomatic and defense editor, joins The Greek Current to break down the latest developments in Greek-Turkish relations, discuss Berlin's mediating role when it comes to exploratory talks, and explore whether there is room for these talks to take place in the new year. We also look at Greece and Israel's partnership, specifically the creation of a new €1.4 billion Air Force Academy in southern Greece, and more.You can read the articles we discuss on The Daily Roundup here: Turkish Navtex seen as a nod to exploratory talksGreece, Israel agree on flight training center at KalamataGreek, Turkish FMs in Twitter exchangeEurope's top human rights court orders Turkey to release jailed Kurdish politicianEuropean Court of Human Rights says Turkey must free DemirtasBrexit talks risk dragging beyond ChristmasVon der Leyen takes control of Brexit talks in attempt to strike deal

David Patrikarakos, the author of “Borderland: Europe's Eastern Faultline”, joins The Greek Current to discuss his piece and give us a look at the ongoing tensions between Greece and Turkey from the frontlines. David travelled to the small island of Kastellorizo at the heart of tensions over maritime rights in the Eastern Mediterranean and to Greece's northern border at Evros, which was at the epicenter of the migration crisis in February and March. David Patrikarakos is a writer and journalist. He is an expert on the use of social Media in conflict, disinformation and Middle East Geopolitics. He is the author of War In 140 Characters - How Social Media Is Reshaping Conflict In The Twenty-first Century and Nuclear Iran - The Birth Of An Atomic State.You can read the articles we discuss on The Daily Roundup here: Borderland: Europe's Eastern faultlineExclusive-EU to toughen sanctions on Turkish drilling - draft statementEU leaders to line up new sanctions on Turkey at summitU.S. Takes Tougher Tone With Turkey as Trump ExitsTurkey's Erdogan brushes off EU sanctions threat

In Episode #9, co-hosts Bita and Beata talk about Persian tea (chai) as a cultural ceremony and discuss how to prepare it, occasions to drink it, and modern versions of having tea.   How to Make and Serve Persian Tea | Chai Traditional 2 kettle method - one with tea leaves, strong concentrated brew; one with hot water for diluting and keeping tea hot Pour the concentrated brewed tea in a clear glass first and top it off with plain boiling water  Drinking plain hot water or hot water with mint leaves (to avoid caffeine and still drink a pleasant hot beverage at tea time)   Modern methods for preparing Persian tea and Types of tea Boiling water electrically and modern receptacles for brewing Types of tea: any black tea; Earl Grey, Darljaleen, Irish Breakfast, English Breakfast, pre-mixed Persian blends with Cardamom   Differentiation between Indian Chai and Persian Chai Persian Chai typically has only one spice, cardamom and no cream or dairy   Enjoy with Sweets Sugar, sugar cubes, cookies, any sweets | shirini Persian cookies:  2 very common cookies often packaged together;  Persian rice flour cookies and Persian chickpea cookies   B&B’s tea bag varieties Bita enjoys sweet teas such as cinnamon apple and healthy teas for example turmeric ginger Beata prefers riboos, orange, and tea with fresh ginger or turmeric elixir   Ask the Beats!  Today’s question is from Kathy of Simple Good Foods.  Kathy asks, “Where does Persian food become a fusion with other cultures and other foods?” B&B’s answer:  Sicilian food, Indian, Moroccan, other middle eastern, Greek & Turkish   Recipe links from this episode:   Bita’s Persian Rice Flour Cookies | Naan Berenji Beata’s Persian Tea Cookies with Aunt Pari Joon Podcast production by Alvarez Audio

Welcome to the Intralingo World Lit Podcast, featuring authors and translators from around the globe.Children of War, by Ahmet Yorulmaz, translated by Paula DarwishSome years ago, I visited an abandoned city along the Aegean, where I learned for the first time about the population exchange between Greece and Turkey in 1923. It was perhaps the most unsettling place I've ever been. When I heard about Children of War, by Ahmet Yorulmaz, I couldn't wait to read it. And then speak to translator Paula Darwish.“It's very simple book, isn't it?” Paula comments. “There's nothing heavy in it, in a way. Although the topic is tragic, it's very simple. But it's thought provoking. … The best thing about it is, because it's told through a child's eyes, he's just sort of taking things on the surface, saying, "Well, come on. I'm a Cretan. Then how come I was a Cretan and now I'm supposed to be a Turk?"Based on diaries, the novel reads like an oral story, told by an old man remembering his childhood. It's full of sensual details: the tastes and smells and textures of home.Ahmet Yorulmaz devoted his entire career as a journalist, translator and novelist to rapprochement between Turkey and Greece. In Children of War, he offers an engaging, sensitive glimpse into a profound historical event.Paula feels proud to have translated this book into English, to represent it and what it represents.“The thing that I'd like people to take away from it is to sort of question our conceptions, if you like, of identity and who belongs, where those perceptions came from, and how long you have to be somewhere before you're not seen as a sort of immigrant.”Thank you to Neem Tree Press for the review copy.**Paula Darwish is a freelance translator and professional musician. She read Turkish Language and Literature with Middle Eastern History at SOAS in London graduating with a First in 1997. In 2015, she was invited to attend the Cunda International Workshops for Translators of Turkish Literature, where she participated in a collaborative translation of the works of Behçet Necatigil. Her submission from the novel Savaşın Çocukları by the late Ahmet Yorulmaz won a prize in the 2015 PEN Samples Translation Pitch competition. In 2017, her translation of the short story Uzun Kışın Suçlusu by Demet Şahin was part of the 10th Istanbul International Poetry and Literature Festival. She has also translated some notable non-fiction works, including a bilingual catalogue of the buildings of the famous Ottoman architect, Sinan. She is a qualified member (MITI) of the Institute of Translators and Interpreters.www.pauladarwish.comhttps://neemtreepress.com/book/children-of-war/ Ahmet Yorulmaz was a Turkish a journalist, author and translator. He was born in Ayvalik to a family of Cretan Turks deported to mainland Turkey as part of the Greek/Turkish population exchange decreed in the Treaty of Lausanne. He was fluent in modern Greek and translated novels and poems from contemporary Greek literature to Turkish. Most of his original works were written with the aim of making people learn about Ayvalık, the city where he grew up. He dedicated himself to Greek-Turkish friendship and rapprochement. **Thank you for listening and please share your own experience of this interview, the topics, and of course this amazing book. Drop a comment or reach out directly! We'd love to hear from you.Lisa Carter Founder & Creative Director, Intralingo Inc. Support the show (https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=BRYNFE5JTBFES&source=url)

COVID-19, Greek-Turkish relation tensions and some positive financial news in SBS Greek weekly Report from Athens. - Στην Ελλάδα η επικαιρότητα, όπως καταγράφεται στα εγχώρια ΜΜΕ, εστιάζει πρωτίστως στην πανδημία και δευτερευόντως στα εθνικά.

An Interview with Professor Thanos P. Dokos by Joseph Simone Summary: In this episode of ‘Students Talk Security’, we will discuss security issues involving countries in the Mediterranean and Easter European region and learn how they impact the world as a whole. Biography: Professor Thanos P. Dokos received his Ph.D. in International Relations from Cambridge University and has held research positions at the Peace Research Institute of Frankfurt and the Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard University. Dokos has previously served as the Director for Research in the Strategic Studies Division for the Hellenic Ministry of National Defense and as an Advisor on NATO issues to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In 1999 he moved to the Hellenic Foundation for European & Foreign Policy as Director of Research, and in 2006 he became Director-General of the think tank. Dokos has also taught at the Universities of Athens and Piraeus, the Hellenic National Defense College, the Diplomatic Academy, and the Hellenic National Security School, and currently teaches at College Year in Athens. He is a specialist in Greek-Turkish relations and Mediterranean security.

Guns versus Butter is the classic debate for every state, but in the Eastern Mediterranean it is a special challenge as the area is often a difficult neighborhood and many of the states are facing immediate social, and economic problems and limitations. The current Greek-Turkish jousting in the Eastern Mediterranean has once again brought the topic to the forefront.Food Security and Food Insecurity is an increasing issue in many countries as more and more states are importing food in a global marketplace, which makes food access that much more difficult. Many of the political issues of the last 15 years in the region are directly related to issues of food insecurity and access, including the Arab Spring demonstrations of 2010.Hydropolitics and Hydrowars....The resource, which is mostly contested is not oil and gas, rather access to water, as states compete for water as a necessary resource of life and energy. Israel and Jordan, Turkey and Syria and Egypt and Ethiopia are all currently caught in competition for water and for access to rivers. A competition with the great probability of conflict, rather than peace.

In the latest episode of Pod Bless Canada, MLI Senior Fellow Balkan Devlen is joined by Dimitrios Triantaphyllou, the Director of the Centre for International and European Studies. Devlen and Triantaphyllou discuss the tensions between Greece and Turkey which has been exacerbated by the global pandemic . Some are worried there may be a military conflict within the region. Sharing personal anecdotes to illustrate the geopolitics of the two countries, Triantaphyllou  also makes the case for why Canada should pay attention to this issue as we move forward.

The Greek-Turkish relations, the Medicane "Ianos" and COVID-19 are the main topics of the SBS Weekly Report from Athens. - Ελληνοτουρκικά, "Ιανός" και κορωνοϊός τα κύρια θέματα της εβδομαδιαίας ανταπόκρισης από την Αθήνα με τον συνεργάτη τουΕλληνικού Προγράμματος της Ραδιοφωνίας SBS, Στέλιο Ρακιντζή.

The tension in Greek-Turkish relations continues. Listen the podcast with the Weekly Report from Athens, Greece. - Η ένταση στα ελληνοτουρκικά συνεχίζεται και αυτά απασχολούν τους απανταχού στη γη τους Έλληνες. Ακούστε την εβδομαδαία ανταπόκριση από την Αθήνα.

Greek/Turkish dispute. COVID-19 and Democracy.

The latest developments on the coronavirus, economy, and the Greek-Turkish fronts in the Weekly Correspondence from Greece. - Οι τελευταίες εξελίξεις στα μέτωπα του κορωνοϊού, της οικονομίας και των ελληνοτουρκικών στην εβδομαδιαία ανταπόκριση από την Ελλάδα.

Kastellorizo is once again in the spotlight, with the Greek-Turkish tension prevailing in its wider sea area. Pantazis Houlis, who left his career at the University of Western Australia to move permanently to Kastellorizo, says that the residents of Kastellorizo are not worried and have confidence in the organized defense of Greece. - Το Καστελλόριζο βρίσκεται για άλλη μια φορά στο επίκεντρο της επικαιρότητας, με την Ελληνο – τουρκική ένταση που επικρατεί στην ευρύτερη θαλάσσια περιοχή του. Ο Πανταζής Χούλης που άφησε την καριέρα του στο πανεπιστήμιο της Δυτικής Αυστραλίας για να μετακομίσει μόνιμα στο Καστελλόριζο, λέει πως οι κάτοικοι στο Καστελλόριζο δεν είναι ανήσυχοι και έχουν εμπιστοσύνη στην οργανωμένη άμυνα της Ελλάδας.

The national security adviser to Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, former Vice Admiral Alexandros Diakopoulos, joins us to break down the latest in Greek-Turkish relations and what Greece would gain from dialogue with Turkey.You can read the articles we discuss on the Daily Roundup here:What would Greece gain from dialogue with Turkey?Exploratory contacts with a deadline'Parthenon of shipwrecks': Greece opens its first underwater museumGreece's First Underwater Museum Called ‘Parthenon of Shipwrecks'Cyprus battles to keep spike under controlCoronavirus: Charges being considered against spreader from the US

On the latest episode of The Agora podcast, we examine Greek-Turkish relations, which are going through another rough patch.Athens and Ankara being at odds is not something new, but a rising number of issues have been causing friction between the two capitals over the last few months.In late February, the Greek government decided to shut its land border with Turkey after Ankara gave free passage to migrants.Turkey has also laid out plans for oil and gas exploration in the Eastern Mediterranean, including in spots that Greece considers to be part of its continental shelf.Also, there is growing consternation in Greece about the possibility of the Hagia Sophia in Istanbul, once the symbol of Orthodox Christianity, becoming a mosque again.Host Nick Malkoutzis discusses all these flashpoints with MacroPolis foreign policy analyst Alexandra Voudouri and Harry Tzimitras, an expert on the Eastern Mediterranean.Nick also speaks to Spanish journalist Andres Mourenza about the book he recently published. It's called Sínora (borders in Greek) and is about the border areas between Greece and Turkey and the people that live there. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Greek-Turkish relations are going from bad to worse. The Erdoğan regime wages “no war–no peace" operations in the Aegean Sea by constantly violating Greek sovereignty. It encourages illegal migrants to cross into Greek territory. It just unilaterally annexed a large tract of the Eastern Mediterranean Sea as its exclusive economic zone to explore for natural gas. What are the dangers of a conflagration? How can this be avoided? What policies should the Trump administration adopt?

Greek media is reporting mass gathering of 'thousands of refugees' at the Greek-turkish border at Evros. - Η προσοχή είναι στραμμένη στα ελληνο-τουρκικά σύνορα στον 'Εβρο με πληροφορίες να κάνουν λόγο για 6 χιλιάδες πρόσφυγες και μετανάστες να ετοιμάζονται να περάσουν στην Ελλάδα.

Tune in to the first episode of the Refugee Roads podcast miniseries "Life on Lesvos", where we speak with volunteers Adrian & Julie, who worked until recently on the Greek island of Lesvos. Together, we explore how life on Lesvos has changed since tensions increased at the Greek-Turkish sea border, and since the global Corona pandemic started. We learn about Julie's evacuation from the island in February 2020 as well as how they see things going forward for people fleeing their homes, and how a pandemic could affect the residents of overcrowded camp Moria - Europe's largest refugee camp. Further links An EU-wide campaign asking for the relocation of people from the Aegean islands: www.europemustact.org An archive for first-hand testimonies from Moria camp: www.filesfrommoria.de Sign the #LeaveNoOneBehind petition and write to your European representatives: www.leavenoonebehind2020.org Visit www.lighthouserelief.org to learn more about where Adrian and Julie work(ed). See www.refugeeroads.com and read up on our documentary project. Do you have a question that we should ask our upcoming guests? www.anchor.fm/refugee-roads/message Suggestions, comments, criticism? Please reach out: refugeeroads@gmail.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/refugeeroads/message

Episode 7 — Coronavirus hits Europe’s Economy & Refugees in Greece   The seventh episode of the Berlin Policy Journal Podcast explores the impact of the coronavirus crisis on the European economy and its existing migrant situation. We start with a conversation with Marcel Fratzscher, the president of the German Institute for Economic Research, or DIW Berlin. He is one of Germany’s leading economists, and joins Berlin Policy Journal executive editor Henning Hoff to discuss the economic impact and possible EU solutions. With everyone focused on fighting the pandemic, it’s easy to forget that some crises at Europe’s borders are continuing, virus or no virus. The situation of refugees and migrants trapped at the Greek-Turkish border and on Greek islands has been made worse by the pandemic. For a first-person look, we hear from Chiara Tormen, who works on the Greek island of Samos as a translator for the medical NGO Med’EqualiTeam. She sent us her impressions of the situation refugees find themselves in. Finally, Mona Lou Günnewig who works with the German Council on Foreign Relations’ Migration Program explains what led to the escalation at the Greek-Turkish border, and what might come next in this dire situation. ———————————— The Berlin Policy Journal is a bi-monthly digital magazine on European affairs, edited in Germany’s capital and published by the German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP). It’s the sister publication of Internationale Politik, Germany’s leading foreign affairs magazine. You can read the Berlin Policy Journal on our website,  berlinpolicyjournal.com/ or receive it free of charge via our app for Android and iOS devices.
 
Contact us with questions or suggestions: podcast@berlinpolicyjournal.com

Yannis (John) Nomikos, a sociologist, specialised in business intelligence consultancy regarding security issues in the Balkans, North Africa and Mediterranean region, founder and director of the ThinkTank Research Institute for European and American Studies (RIEAS) (www.rieas.gr) talks about national security, the tensions in the Greek- Turkish borders and Dr Shohan's (former senior analyst in Israeli Defence Forces- IDF military intelligence and the Ministry of Defence, a specialist in chemical and biological warfare in the Middle East and worldwide) article titled "China and Viruses: The Case of Dr Xiangguo Qiu".

Piril Torgut is a young Cypriot artist who paints and sculpts visceral images of a marine world. Visual Voices is a global organization that supports artists who can help heal the troubled real world. In this episode of the World BEYOND War podcast, Piril Torgut and Alden Jacobs and Marina Neophytou of Visual Voices join Marc Eliot Stein and Greta Zarro for an unrestrained conversation about art, violence, the Greek/Turkish conflict in Cyprus, and our methods of finding hope through art. Music: "What The Water Gave Me" by Florence + the Machine.

Catherine Woollard, ECRE Secretary General, and Hedwig Giusto, FEPS Senior Policy Advisor, analyse the current emergency in the Turkish-Greek border while the worldwide attention is focused on the COVID-19 pandemic. On one hand they condemn President Erdogan's attempt to use asylum seekers as pawns to achieve his geopolitical goals, on the other they recognise that Turkey has received and is hosting a mach larger number of refugees than the EU has done. Both experts agree on the need and urgency of a EU common answer and of the reform of the current EU asylum system. Meanwhile the relocation scheme should be reinforced in order to alleviate the pressure in the Aegean islands.

Katerina Sokou, a visiting scholar at the Elliott School of International Affairs at George Washington University, a nonresident senior fellow at the Atlantic Council, and the DC correspondent for the Greek daily Kathimeriniand SKAI-TV, spoke to Middle East Forum Radio host Gregg Roman on March 11 about the escalating migrant crisis at the Greek-Turkish border.

The European Union faces a multi-crisis situation at the moment. As the conflict in Idlib and the circumstances at the Greek-Turkish border has erupted, Europe seems to have troubles to respond to latest developments in the Syrian war and threats from Turkey. Host Mark Leonard is joined by ECFR co-chair and former Prime Minister of Sweden, Carl Bildt as well as by the ECFR experts Asli Aydintasbas and Julien Barnes-Dacey to discuss the reasoning behind Ankara’s recent moves and the EU’s reactions. How to avoid a 2015-like situation but without tossing its own values and human rights out off the window? And how to deal with the other seats of fire within the Union itself? This podcast was recorded on 12 March 2020. Further reading: - Syrian voices: Where next for European policy? https://www.ecfr.eu/article/commentary_syrian_voices_where_next_for_european_policy Bookshelf: "The Anarchy" by William Dalrymple "Pax Sinica: implications for the India dawn" by Samir Saran & Akhil Deo "Black Lamb and Grey Falcon" by Rebecca West "Blame Europe, not just Turkey, for migration deal collapse" by Kati Piri on politico.eu "Beyond blackmail at the Greek-Turkish border" by Nathalie Tocci on politico.eu "Clash of Empires: Currencies and Power in a Multipolar World" by Charles Gave & Louis-Vincent Gave

The number of Corona cases have shot up in Sweden, but the risk of being infected here is still low, says the Public Health Authority. But the agency has been criticised for being too rigid in its advice to schools and parents coming back from holidays to northern Italy. We also take a look at how the situation at the Greek Turkish border has reignited the Swedish immigration debate. Plus: how new lifestyles make young Swedes feel more lonely. Presenter: Ulla Engberg Producer: Kris Boswell

Dr. Michael Nevradakis, producer-host of Dialogos Radio, interviewed on the "Fault Lines" radio program, on the renewed migrant crisis in Greece, protests against mass migration, Greek-Turkish relations, and Turkey's possible endgame. Aired March 3, 2020.

Elections in Greece are over, bringing to power a centre-right government under Kyriakos Mitsotakis, leader of New Democracy Party. The day after the elections Mitsotakis named his cabinet, appointing Nikos Dendias (59), a former lawyer, and minister. Dendias is seen as a a 'very experienced politician' who will face 'very difficult times' for Greece's foreign policy amid tensions with Turkey over drilling off Cyprus. Ahval Editor Yavuz Baydar discusses the possible impact of the election results on the tense Greek-Turkish relations with Yannis Koutsomitis, Managing Editor with Kappa News, columnist with Fileleftheros daily

Emprendemos un nuevo periplo global que nos hará partícipes de encuentros noruego-camboyanos, greco-turcos, turco-holandeses, colombiano-neoyorquinos y colombiano-congoleños, además de llevarnos por Irlanda, Finlandia y Senegal. We start a new global voyage that will make us witnesses on different Norwegian-Cambodian, Greek-Turkish, Turkish-Dutch, Colombian-New Yorker and Colombian-Congolese encounters, carrying us also through Ireland, Finland and Senegal. · Ensemble Ériu – Eileen Eile, well ah – Stargazer · Danú – The poor mans fortune / The long strand / Reel gan ainm – Ten thousand miles · Juha Kujanpää – Kumina – Niin kauas kuin siivet kantaa · Ferd – Nystev – Music without borders · Derya Turkan & Sokratis Sinopoulos – Bulut gelir – Letter from Istanbul · Alt?n Gün – Halkal? ?eker – On · Combo Chimbita – Dame tu mano – Abya Yala · Dizzy Mandjeku & Alé Kumá – La canoa ranchá – De Palenque a? Matonge · Dexter Johnson & Super Star de Dakar – Prepare candela – Dexter Johnson & Super Star de Dakar · (Ferd – Fanten – Music without borders) Imagen / Image: Ensemble Ériu

Most Entrepreneurs think branding just means what their logo looks like.  Fortunately, we’re not most entrepreneurs, because we know nothing could be farther from the truth! Although it can be overwhelming to really understand all the things branding touches in your business, our guest, Mimika Cooney is here to help. Join us on this great interview and you’ll get… - Four Proven Tips For Any Company To Create A Successful Brand - Why “Branding” Is Absolutely Critical For Your Success - How “Branding” Should Be Defined And Implemented     "Crushing On Camera Confidence" Video course with Mimika Cooney. Click on the link: ConfidentVideo.com         Build Custom Articles In One Tenth The Time It Takes You Today Click Here To Find Out More South African born Mimika Cooney is an international award winning photographer, TV Host, published author, speaker and business branding, video and marketing expert. Mimika has run four successful businesses in three countries. She is the host of MimikaTV, a web show that inspires passionate entrepreneurs to build a business around doing what they love. Mimika has been an award-winning photographer for 12 years in two countries, she has authored two books on the business of photography, is a public speaker, and has experience as a live television broadcaster. Based in Charlotte, North Carolina, USA; Mimika's passion is helping entrepreneurs attract their perfect clients and build a brilliant business brand. As a digital marketing, branding and video specialist; Mimika teaches her signature courses and offers executive coaching on branding, online marketing and video skills. If You Think That Branding Is All About Your Company Logo And Name, Then Mimika Cooney Will Tell You - That You Have It All WRONG. When someone asks you about branding, what exactly comes to mind? As an entrepreneur, do you really know what branding is? And, why is it so important to your business?  If you think that branding is all just about your company logo and having a catchy name or tagline -- then Mimika will tell you that you have it all WRONG. Mimika says in this interview, that branding goes way past a logo…and it is not about having an appealing organization name. She advises us that when you're thinking about your company  image, you have to consider the whole client experience. That is everything from your logo, to your site, your online networking encounters, the way you answer clients questions over telephone, email and even clients visiting your office and the way they encounter your staff. When you take a look at the expansive meaning of branding, it can be overpowering to consider what is included in your brand. To put it plainly, your brand is the way your client sees you. A decent brand doesn't simply just happen. It is a well thought out, heavily considered and deliberately arranged experience. How Should “Branding” Be Defined Exactly? Many small organizations and start-ups neglect spending the necessary time to intellectually think about their brand in a broader sense and the impact it will have on their business. Mimika tells us that branding is very important as it represents you and your company, especially with the following aspects: How you walk How you talk How your website looks. How you engage and give your support to your prospects. How you introduce and behave publicly. How you treat your customers.  (Does you company have a really good turnaround time or do you make people wait to hear from you?) How you think of yourself as the brand ambassador of your business. How you make an emotional connection with someone - even without meeting them in person. How your products and services provide a good experience for your customers or subscribers. Mimika’s Four Proven Tips About Having A Successful Brand For Your Company. The best branding is always built on a strong idea. An idea that you and your staff can hold onto, can commit to, and can deliver upon. Your brand needs to permeate your entire organization. When your organization is clear on the brand and can deliver on the promise of the brand, you will see tremendous results while building brand loyalty with your customer base. Below are Mimika’s Four Proven Tips On How You Can Elevate Your Brand To The Next Level. Develop Your Story Mimika’s “Spot On” advice includes developing your story. She says, it always starts with, knowing yourself first. It is essential that you know who you are, your history, your triumphs and failures, your skills and expertise, etc. If you don’t consider who you are first, then building a consistent and powerful brand will be almost impossible. If you don’t know who you are and what you stand for, then people won't genuinely connect with you. Mimika says, your story, skills and experiences can be used to find great connections with prospects and customers.  Especially with people who have been through similar circumstances as you. Creating an instant connection with your prospects and customers a great way of elevating your brand…and often absolutely necessary to create a connection. Create A Video. Branding your products through emails is good. It is a very good way of warming up your customers about how amazing you and your products/services are. However, all of the important messages that you are trying to communicate through emails can actually be combined in one, well-done video. Be comfortable sharing your story and telling people the parts of your story that relates to your product or services. Being comfortable in sharing your story is a vital component of connecting effectively. Know Your Customers. Taking the time to understand who your clients are will make your business more successful because there is no point of giving information to prospects and customers that do not relate to them. Knowing your audience puts you in a terrific position to get their attention. Understanding the demographics of your clients allows you to better market your business to them. This will establish a strong business/client relationship and creates an environment of trust and comfort for mutual success. Always bear in mind that “People will always do business with people they Know, Like and Trust” Create A Good Strategy Mimika shares some of the ways she creates a terrific strategy in this interview.  She calls her time-proven strategy “reverse engineering”. It is because she knows and following her client's and their background before figuring out a working strategy that will bring her clients to where they want to be. Why Is “Branding” Absolutely Critical For Your Business Success? Mimika tells us that your brand should reside within the hearts and minds of your customers, clients, and prospects. Always remember that branding is the sum total of their experiences and perceptions, some of which you can influence, and some that you cannot. Having a strong brand is invaluable as the battle for customers intensifies day by day. It's vital that you spend time investing in researching, defining, and building your brand. After all, your brand is the source of promise to your consumer. It's a foundational piece of your marketing communication and one aspect of your business that you do not want to be without. [content_toggle style="undefined" label="Click%20Here%20To%20Read%20The%20Entire%20Transcript%20Of%20The%20Show" hide_label="Hide"] Mimika:           Welcome to social media business hour with Nile and Jordan. My name’s Mimika Cooney and today I’m going to share with you three tips for building your business brand. Woman:          In business and know the way forward most include social media. Perhaps you find it a bit confusing. Even frustrating. Well, you have no idea how to make it work for your business. Fear not. We interview some of the best social media experts in business who will share their experiences, ideas and knowledge. Plus offer tips and tricks to make using social media a breeze. Leverage the power of social media and grow your business now. Welcome to social media business hour with your host Nile Nickel. Jordan:            Hello and thank you again for joining us. This is Nile’s trusty sidekick and co-host Jordan and I’d like to take a moment to share with you how you can benefit from Nile’s incredible experience using social media for real business success. If you’re an entrepreneur or thinking about starting your own business then using social media might be the most cost effective and time effective way to get your business real results. That’s not to mention much of what you can do to get those terrific results on social media is even free. Take Linked In for example. Nile always says it’s the best social media platform for business today. And that’s why I recommend you go to linkedinfocus.com and start your social media education today. Sign up for Nile’s free tips, tricks and strategies. Once again, it’s free and it only takes a few seconds. Go to linkedinfocus.com today. You’ll be glad you did. Nile:                 Hey Jordan, I’m really excited about social media business hour. We’ve got a lot of listeners around the world now. Jordan:            Yes we do, don’t we? Nile:                 We do and I’m really finding that amazing and something new. You know I do Linked In focus. I can now say I’m an international provider because I contracted with some European clients now if I could say that. I know. It will get better before the show’s over. Jordan:            Well, that’s great. So we can say that you are now internationally known. Nile:                 Renown. Jordan:            Internationally renowned Nile Nickel. Nile:                 Well, you know why I say that? Because we’ve got a good southern girl on the show tonight. Jordan:            Really southern. Nile:                 Really southern. In fact, could you hear that southern twang in her laugh there? I heard it. Mimika:           Well, you all I’m not southern. I’m southern African. Nile:                 Well, that’s still southern, right? Mimika:           It confuses -- exactly. When people say what part of the south are you from? I’ll go I’m south but way south like Africa, South Africa south. So yes. That’s where we are from but I’m talking to you from Charlotte, North Carolina and we mentioned this earlier. Back in March I got my American citizenship so I’m officially African American. Jordan:            Hey, congratulations. Mimika:           Thank you. Nile:                 And you can truly claim that title. Mimika:           Exactly. Nile:                 I love it. I love it. well, obviously people already know you’re south African born but you’re an international award winning photographer, a TV host, a published author, speaker and business branding video and marketing expert. You’re sort of the everything girl. Mimika:           And that’s been a bit of a problem. As you can tell I think I talk really fast and I suffer from the shiny object syndrome. There’s always something like oh, swell. Something shiny and I get to figure out things that I like to learn and then I start being all over the place but what I’ve learned over the years is that I do have to use the F word a lot which is focus. I’m reminding myself every day I’ve got to focus, focus, focus. So yes. But through all of that we can definitely have a lot of school of hard knocks and lessons we’ve learned along the way. I’m excited to share that with everyone today. Nile:                 That is outstanding. When you said the F word I thought I was going to hear some French. Oh, that’s an F word too. Jordan:            No. I thought you were going to use -- Mimika:           Exactly. Parlez-vous Francais? Jordan:            That’s right. Nile:                 Oui, oui mademoiselle. Now we just picked up some French audience. Mimika:           Exactly. But hey, if we really want to get this party started I could start explaining things in Greek because my dad is Greek but then it’ll just be Greek to you, right? Nile:                 Yeah. It’d be all Greek to me. I love you already. It’s determined early in the show here. Mimika:           Oh, yeah. Thank you. I should’ve put my bright lipstick on just for the occasion. I know no one can actually see it but a girl’s got to look good even though when she’s talking so there you go. You could just imagine. Nile:                 Just the mention of it made me feel better. Mimika:           Oh, good. There you go. Nile:                 You talk about focus though but with all of those things that you’ve done -- you’ve ran four successful businesses in three countries. Now, we know South Africa, we know that you’re in Americas so where else are we talking? Mimika:           In the land of tea and cupcakes darling. That was in England you see. Well, the story goes is that I like airplane rides a whole lot and people always ask me oh, well how did you get to America. And I always say well, airplane duh. But via England you see. My mom and my sister live in England and my husband and I being South African born we started our business in South Africa. But the rest of the world ignored us for years and south Africa was considered the butt end of the world so trying to get a more international flavor and reach with our business we really had to become -- well, establish ourselves in a first world country which was in our -- England in our instance because we had family there already so yeah. We spent six years in England. Nile:                 So what prompted the move to the States just out of curiosity? Mimika:           The weather. No. not really. Well, again, it really came down to business. When we started our business in South Africa it was the days of Google -- not Google. The days of internet dialup so it was really trying to do business overseas. People are like where? South Africa? Where? Everything from time zones to money tree. Trying to take money from people overseas, there were all of these exchange problems and we really felt we wanted to be able to move towards being having a reach in England and Europe and my husband has a British passport so naturally we went there in the time. I would not advise this to people. But we immigrated and within six months we had a baby and started a business. So it’s not the ideal way of doing things but I’m always into just throwing myself into things head first. Nile:                 You sound a little crazy to me though. I mean, starting a business and having a baby in that period of time, that’s insanity. Mimika:           Yeah. Pretty much so. But I don’t take the easy route. Nile:                 I take that. I take that. Well, you’re the host of Mika TV, a web show that inspires passionate entrepreneurs to build a business around doing what they love. I love that because the saying goes if you love what you do you’ll never work a day in your life and so many people, they just -- they don’t learn to work in the area that they really love, that they’re passionate about a lot of times until later in life. Mimika:           Yeah. And I think it’s really got do with the way society is tailoring -- especially now I have two kids that are in high school and it just annoys the snot out of me when I have to see how these teachers are pushing them towards following the status quo about going to college. I’m not saying college is bad. I didn’t have a chance to go to college but I was always able to make success out of life thinking a little differently. But where there’s a will there’s a way, right? Nile:                 There absolutely is. Well, as we talk about these four successful businesses -- I’m going to come back to that because one of the things that I know is you’re also an award winning photographer for 12 years in two countries. Mimika:           Yeah. Well, this is what happens when you make your passion into a business, right. So the whole story goes is I -- working with my husband, we were in the internet business and then I really loved taking pictures of my kids. It’s the typical mom with a camera. Always in their face taking pictures. And eventually I was like I really love doing this. I wonder if I could make this a career. And in England things work a little differently. It’s a boy’s club to say the least. And back in those -- it was like 2003 on the cusp of when digital cameras came out. I actually learned how to shoot on film and actual fact slide film which is very unforgiving which basically means it’s probably the hardest way to actually learn. But I wasn’t going to let that stop me so I really felt this could be a really good business but coming from the business side, then becoming a photographer really helped a lot and a lot of creatives have it the other way around. They’re creative and then try to make a business or you’re not even a creative -- you have an idea for a business and because you love it so much you will actually do what you love for free because you just love doing what it is. But there comes a time when we have to really put our big girl panties on and start to think of this like a real business. So yeah. There were some really great lessons I learned along the way taking my knowledge about business and branding and marketing and turning it into a photography business which we then moved again from England to the USA. My husband stayed in business, internet marketing. He started getting a lot more clients here in the US and this is some way we really wanted to be. So we eventually made the move after living in England for six years and we’ve now settled in Charlotte, North Carolina and we’ve been here for nine years. So yeah. It’s been a little bit of a roundabout way but that’s where we are now. Nile:                 Serious question. I mean, it’s going to sound funny and I’m making a bit of a joke about it but I’m also serious. I couldn’t imagine -- I have difficulty understanding all of the laws in this country. All of the tax laws, business laws, internet laws, what you can and can't do. You haven’t had to learn that once. You’ve had to learn it three times. I mean, again, this sounds like it’s back to insanity to me. Mimika:           I know. Really is crazy. Sometimes I’m like what the heck are we doing this for, right? But it has -- I think it’s got to go back to when I think about the way I grew up in South Africa. I had -- my father has always been a serial entrepreneur and he’s always been -- we lived through that feast and famine. Like when he did well he did really well. And then he became a millionaire in South African terms when he was 25 but he lost it several times over. And for me, I was always used to that sort of risk. You work really hard, you put your mind to it, you do what the -- and failure is just one of those things. It’s fine if you dust yourself off, you get on to the next thing. It’s like being a horse rider. You fall of the horse, you don’t sit and boohoo. You basically pull yourself up by your bootstraps and get back on and teach that horse a lesson. So for me it wasn’t like -- I’ve never seen failure as a stumbling block. It’s more like just a learning exercise because there’s nothing like failure to really teach you what not to do, right. But for us it’s always also been about just having this really determined desire to do something and we’ve been thrown several sort of obstacles and had to jump through so many hoops and even now we’ve been here nine years. We’re still not over that. In actual fact, my 16 year old was having a hissy fit earlier because she wants to get her driver’s license. But to get a driver’s license you have to be a citizen. And to be -- and to get a social security number you need to be having American citizenship so before that we had to be green card holders and before that we had to be Visa card holders and before that we had to prove that we could live here. So it’s been a very long process but I can tell you I know we’ve done it completely legally. It costs us a fortune but knowing the way -- the rules of the land has really helped us to take advantage of what we feel are the opportunities. Nile:                 We haven’t got in the good parts of the -- what you’re promising to tell everybody and I’m really interested in that but I’m fascinated by this international experience and all of that. I have to ask a question just for my own interest but you mentioned you’d become a citizen. What does -- how does that apply to your children? What do they have to go through? Mimika:           Well, let me tell you this. Let’s back it up. So my eldest daughter was two when we lived in South Africa so she has a South African passport. We then moved to England. My husband is on a British passport. I then had my son who then acquired British citizenship. And then I then applied for my daughter and myself to become British citizens so again, that was our first example of going through the citizenship process in another country so we did that for five years and then once we were all on British passports, then we came to the US and then I had another baby. So she’s American. So we are a real colorful family. But now, nine years later, we all are American so depending on what our mood is, what kind of passport _____22:16 way that immigration Mimika in and out so it’s -- yeah. Kind of bizarre. Nile:                 Well that could absolutely be handy in traveling today. That is certain. But I only know one other person that has three passports. Mimika:           Oh, there you go. You know another one. In actual fact, I have four. Don’t tell anybody. I have a Green as well but I haven’t bothered renewing that once so you can imagine I have a bag under my bed that is like all the -- my cash, passports, new identities. I could be like an international spy. Nile:                 I think we’re talking to a spy here Jordan. Little did I know. Mimika:           Exactly. You don’t really know, do you? Nile:                 She’s going to give us a lot of secret knowledge. Mimika:           Exactly. Nile:                 But to get that secret knowledge -- you know what? You’re going to have to listen to our second segment on the social media business hour and we can't wait to get back and get into it. We’ll be right back. Jordan:            Hello and thank you again for joining us. This is Nile’s trusty sidekick and co-host Jordan and I’d like to take a moment to share with you how you can benefit from Nile’s incredible experience using social media for real business success. If you’re an entrepreneur or thinking about starting your own business then using social media might be the most cost effective and time effective way to get your business real results. That’s not to mention much of what you can do to get those terrific results on social media is even free. Take Linked In for example. Nile always says it’s the best social media platform for business today. And that’s why I recommend you go to linkedinfocus.com and start your social media education today. Sign up for Nile’s free tips, tricks and strategies. Once again, it’s free and it only takes a few seconds. Go to linkedinfocus.com today. You’ll be glad you did. Nile:                 Jordan our first segment was so interesting. You always have a plan when we get ready to sit down and talk with somebody. And so many times now I sit down to talk with somebody and you end up learning all sorts of things through that talking process that you never sometimes get to the questions you’ve got. Jordan:            Your plan goes right out the window. Nile:                 It does. And our South African -- I’m sorry. Now she is a African American. Jordan:            Yes. Yes. Nile:                 From North Carolina so that would make the south there. Anyway, I’m just totally blown away. How about you? Jordan:            Me too. This is absolutely fascinating and you were asking in the first segment all the questions that I would’ve asked. All the things that I wanted to know. Nile:                 So Mimika, what did we miss? Mimika:           The stress, the tears, the tantrums, the throwing my tiara out the window. Do you want all that too? No? It’s okay. We’ll skip past that and just say we survived, we are excited to be here in the USA but I tell you. I definitely need to write a story about all of this one day. About the whole travels and the whole -- how to actually get here and what we’ve had to travel in order to prove ourselves to be legal citizens to be able to make use of this American dream. Nile:                 Well, again I’m fascinated because I’m adopted and I’ve been on an adoption search recently. Recently found my adopted mother and found that I had a sister and some things like that. But now that I’ve got a bit to study and learn about my family tree -- trying to trace people and things like that is very, very difficult. I can't imagine if you were my birth mother and I was trying to track you because it would be virtually impossible. Mimika:           And if we really want to get technical, back on my father’s side two generations ago they had to change their name to avoid being -- during the Greek Turkish war they actually changed our Greek family name to avoid being thrown in jail so ha-ha. It gets even more interesting. Nile:                 It does. You find out many fascinating things when you tend to look in somebody’s sort of family tree and where they’re from and all of that. Mimika:           Oh, yeah. I love that stuff. Nile:                 One of the things that I know that you do is you help people brand their business and design that brand. Now I’d imagine based on your experience that gives you really a pretty wide berth of experience to bring to bear there. So when somebody comes and they say hey, I need to brand my business. How do you start that process? Mimika:           Well, that’s a very good question. So really, for me, anything that I ever teach people is usually after having learnt it myself and for me, I really fell in love with this concept of branding because I was doing it unconsciously but not realizing that I was doing it anyway along the different ways of -- whenever we started our business because back when I was in south Africa, when my husband and I first got married I actually started a web design company when the internet first came out and at the same time I was always thinking what kind of clients do I want to have, how do I want to be perceived in the market and how am I going to be competitive compared to the competition. And how it evolved is every time I had a chance to restart or rebrand my business I’ve always had to go back to that but the thing that got me in love with branding is it’s often not the first thing people ask me. It’s -- it goes back to with some -- the coaching that I do. People will come to me and say I’m not getting any clients, I’m spending a lot of money on Facebook ads while I’m trying this social media thing and that social media thing or spending on this and spending on that and I’m not getting any traction. And what I’ve realized is that’s just a symptom. We need to sort of backtrack ourselves and start to look at -- that is just a result of previous efforts and having done cold sales as well I realized it’s usually like a three to six month turnaround. The effort you do now is eventually going to come out in three to six months and then you’ll start to see results. But of course everyone wants a quick fix. So they come to me and the first thing I have to realize is I have to say to them you might be struggling with clients but that’s actually the wrong question. What we need to start doing is start to look internal first and then realize who we are as business owners. Who we are personally does translate to our business because actually I totally believe this. Business is personal. Especially in today’s society. People want to do business with people they know, like and trust and no one wants to do business with something that’s sleazy or cheesy and slimy. So at the end of the days, if your marketing tactics aren’t working we need to reverse engineer things and start to look at how have you positioned your business and your brand because maybe you’re swimming in the wrong waters and this is something I learned personally was that even in my photography business I was really getting annoyed that I have clients that wouldn’t give me the creative freedom, they would argue with me about price and then I realized and started to look at this backwards and realized I was marketing in the wrong area. I was attracting the wrong client. Because if you attract a cheap -- low bill client you’re never going to be able to make high end dollars. So it really becomes part of the process and I’ve got it down to a fine art and taking somebody through the process is almost deconstructing what they have and deciding can we move forward with what you have and do some tweaks or do you require a completely new rebrand. And that’s what’s exciting about it. There’s always the restart button, there’s always a chance to do over. Nile:                 As you’re talking about branding there I realized that we probably -- and I think I’m pretty comfortable with branding. Jordan, what about you? Jordan:            I wish I was more comfortable with branding. Nile:                 But I’m not sure that everybody that we’re talking to understands branding so we might want to take a step back and say give us your definition of branding if you don’t mind. Mimika:           Yeah. Sure. And that’s a good question because  a lot of the times I see that people don’t know that perhaps the problem is with their brand because they’re not even sure what a brand is. Now, the first thing is when you say the word branding we think of logo, company name, tagline, right. Based on all the big companies like Apple and Coca Cola and all these things. But really what branding is it’s how people feel about you. it’s those subliminal things that -- those sort of choices we make about a brand based on things we can't put our finger on and once you start to look at it and realize everything -- your brand is how you walk, how you talk, how your website looks. It is your logo but it’s not only your logo. It’s how you answer your social media posts, it’s the layout of your website, it’s how you introduce yourself at a networking event. It’s how you treat your customers. So do you answer -- do you have a really good turnaround or do you make people wait really long. I mean, it’s like any restaurant, right. Let’s compare two Italian restaurants in a nice area. What makes one really busy and one like crickets where nobody is there? It’s how they’ve positioned themselves in the market. They might offer the same product, they might use the same ingredients but if they haven’t positioned their brand properly they don’t have that sort of stickiness that attracts people to their business. So you really need to think about -- and especially as solopreneurs or entrepreneurs who are building a business from themselves -- I’m not talking about people who have preps. They just buy a product, you slap on a price tag and you’re just reselling a product. I’m particularly talking about -- especially when you’re providing a service like whether you’re a coach or you’re a speaker or you’re a author, you’re selling something that you create or something that involves a lot of your time and investment. It’s really how -- we need to think of ourselves as brand ambassadors for our business. So just like -- not that I care to pay attention to like the Kardashians. You have all these beauty brands coming at them, paying them millions of dollars just to be able to wear their clothes or use their makeup. It’s that association with them and that’s what makes them really high paying brand ambassadors. So yeah. That’s -- I would probably say is a roundabout way of saying you are your brand. Nile:                 That makes sense. There’s a lot of different things. But one of the things you mentioned is -- it’s not just buying a product and slapping some sticker on it and that’s branding. But I like to differentiate here and when you were talking about that what came to mind for me was Amazon because Amazon doesn’t really create anything. They collect a lot of things and they make it easy for people to go to one place to buy those things. Whatever that may be. But part of that brand becomes how they engage with the customers, how they deliver things, how they communicate, how the website’s organized to find things. So it may not be your product but your brand can influence sales of the products that you’re reselling. Mimika:           Definitely and I think that’s -- even though Amazon -- you’re right. Does sell other people’s products and I’m not dissing products. All I’m saying is they’ve created the way -- they’ve positioned their brand that you know that if you want something really fast you can order it on Amazon and within a couple of days -- especially if you’re a prime member like two days. You can have that product. And you are spoiled for choice. And it’s really -- a lot of the brands separate themselves and differentiate themselves for owning something and being really good at that one thing like -- we could even compare like say -- Blockbuster was a really well known brand and business that did well. They never even thought that they would be out of business one day but you have the likes of Netflix has now changed the game. It’s changed the way we do business. So a lot of things are constantly changing and we have to learn to adapt and for this -- personally I’ve been through a rebrand process twice with my business. Once when I moved from England to the US and then after five years of running my business I realized I positioned myself wrong, attracting the wrong clients. I really had to start off the clean slate and totally threw out the old branding and did a complete new one so I was attracting the right clients from everything. From the look in the field to the product selection to the service. Everything had to be different. Nile:                 That’s a golden nugget there and I know that’s inspiring and that had to be a hard decision to make after five years or so to say okay. I’m doing this wrong. I’ve got to do resent and do it right. Mimika:           Oh, definitely. And I think that’s a lot of the time is -- and for me personally the whole story goes is that I could see the signs but I was -- I didn’t want to see, I didn’t want to deal with it. I was almost like no, no. I’ll get to it later. But the problem is unless we admit defeat when we need to admit defeat we can't move forward and a lot of us as I say, we see failure as a huge major catastrophe but sometimes it’s a good sign that something’s not working and you need to pivot and change. And for me personally I built my brand on -- my photography business on who I was and what I delivered and then when clients just -- I wasn’t getting good referrals because I was delivering late or my -- I wasn’t delivering on the promise because I couldn’t keep up with the way that I had to build the business. I really realized that I had to look within and say what do I stand for, what do I value and how do I want people to treat me? So once I realized I was not going to deal with these people who just want to fight with me on price, who were just these coupon shoppers. I can't extent the effort anymore. And once I started valuing what I have to give the world and realizing that my value is not based on a number. It’s based on how my experience, the products and service that I’m offering and how I want the world to see me. Then I was able to look internally and decide. Okay. How do I want to redo this? And there is -- I mean, a lot of people don’t talk about this. They think oh, yeah. We just changed it. but they’re missing a key element is that it’s almost like a loss and for me I felt like I went through a period of mourning where I realized I have to let this business go, I have to let it die and it was really like I got depressed. For four months I was like why am I such a failure, having these little pity parties and -- where am I going to go and I don’t know what to do next and this isn't working. I’m almost feeling like you can't see the wood for the trees. But once I started to be -- to listen to my own voice and what it is that I had been screaming at me for years to do but I kept ignoring it then I could sort of turn up the volume on what it is that I wanted to do and then started to think okay. How do I want the world to see me and who do I want to service. And then it started to evolve from there. Nile:                 There is so much gold in there for people and -- Jordan, I haven’t talked to you about this but I recently had a steakhouse experience in Fort Worth. Jordan:            That’s right. In Texas. Nile:                 And I think it ties in so well to what we’re talking about here. I think we’ll talk about that in the next segment because we’ve got a lot more to come but we’ll be back in the next segment. Please join us there. Jordan:            Hello and thank you again for joining us. This is Nile’s trusty sidekick and co-host Jordan and I’d like to take a moment to share with you how you can benefit from Nile’s incredible experience using social media for real business success. If you’re an entrepreneur or thinking about starting your own business then using social media might be the most cost effective and time effective way to get your business real results. That’s not to mention much of what you can do to get those terrific results on social media is even free. Take Linked In for example. Nile always says it’s the best social media platform for business today. And that’s why I recommend you go to linkedinfocus.com and start your social media education today. Sign up for Nile’s free tips, tricks and strategies. Once again, it’s free and it only takes a few seconds. Go to linkedinfocus.com today. You’ll be glad you did. Nile:                 Hey, welcome back. I have enjoyed learning about branding and it’s not all we’ve got to talk about. So man, this is great. But I told you about a steakhouse that I wanted to talk about in the last segment. And because we’re talking about branding and what you -- what would make a steakhouse different? I mean, a steak is a steak, right? You could cook it differently. Maybe you’ve got a great chef, maybe you’ve got great sides. Jordan:            Well, in some areas of the country just having a steakhouse is special but you went to Texas. There’s a steakhouse on every corner in Texas. Nile:                 Sometimes on all four corners. Jordan:            And sometimes on all four corners. Nile:                 But I went to the steakhouse and it wasn’t overly expensive. It certainly wasn’t cheap. But we went in and we were treated like royalty as soon as we walked in the door. Pretty impressive. And the service was outstanding. And the food was outstanding. So we get home and I get a letter -- a note, handwritten, hand addressed from Del Frisco’s, the double eagle steakhouse in Fort Worth, Texas. I believe they deserve a call out here. But so I get this nice note. Is that a nice note? Jordan:            Yeah. Nile:                 And it says simple. It’s says dear mister Nickel and family, thank you for dining with us at Del Frisco’s, Fort Worth. It was a great pleasure and privilege serving you and your lovely family. We look forward to your return visit soon. Wishing you all the best, Amy who was our waitress. Jordan:            Really? Nile:                 So -- and you know, did the manager come around? Yeah, absolutely. The hostess. All of that was perfect. But -- Jordan:            Wow. Nile:                 Is this branding Mimika? Mimika:           Oh, for sure. How did you feel about that experience compared to some other experiences you’ve had at steakhouses? Nile:                 Well, I thought it was a good steakhouse like I said and I thought about the food a couple of times, my wife and I talked about it so they did a good job on that. but when I got this today -- if I’m back in the Fort Worth area I’ll be there and you know who I’ll ask to see? I’ll ask to see Amy. Mimika:           Exactly. So that’s exactly branding done right even though they’re a steakhouse and maybe the steak is the same as the one down the road. How they treated you and how you felt about your experience is completely branding done well. And that’s what’s great about branding. It doesn’t have to be this huge, major makeover where you completely have to spend a ton of money to change the way you do things. Sometimes it’s the little things. And for me in my photography, I like to do hand written notes too and to -- every time someone spends and invests money with me I want to make sure that they know that they feel taken care of and it’s at time that I haven’t been consistent with my brand way -- maybe I see a client three times in a year. The first time it’s all great and the second time I forget to do a handwritten note. Even though the first time was great, if you go -- if you lack that brand consistency you go and shoot yourself in the foot. So you really need to think about who it is you are and what you want to stand for even if it’s just customer service. Or just the pretty packaging or the quality of the food or -- you can pick something and really put your name on it and say this is what -- how we want our brand to stand for. Nile:                 Well, I look at this as a branding differentiator and all told and maybe this cost between the card, the postage and the time investment maybe it cost two dollars. Is that fair? Jordan:            Sounds about right. Mimika:           Yeah. I would say. I mean, a little extra time and look how much more it’s done for their business. Neil:                 Well, yeah. I mean, they get a call out on the show. Okay. Great. I know that that’s why they did. Not. But the thing is doing this with every customer they’ve got they’re building relationships. They’re not a steakhouse. They were -- you come home and you feel like you’re family. and it really was outstanding so I love what you’re talking about in the way you’ve approached branding that we did in segment two so -- to segment three here. there’s a lot of things that we could talk about branding but I know one of the things that you do to build your audience, grow your list, attract clients, even part of your branding I know is video marketing so I am dyeing for you to tell us how you got into video marketing and I know that you do some neat video marketing products. We’ll talk about that in a little bit. But in the meantime I would like to talk about your video marketing. Can you tell us how you got into that? Mimika:           Yeah, sure. Well, I mean, for me, I’ve always loved the visual format and in South Africa before we moved out and before we started our internet business I worked for two years in a TV production company and totally fell in love with the medium. And then when we went to England I had an opportunity to actually be a TV host or a broadcaster for a live morning breakfast magazine show that had no budget so we had no wardrobe and no styling and we would arrive at places like -- it was one day it was an underground cave and then there was a hanging war place and there was a ski place and then there was one that was like a racing car track and literally we would arrive, the director would say here’s the information love. Read up about it and we’re on in 10. And I’d be like okay. So I have to read what the thing is about and  come up and just add lib and entertain and ask questions and interview people so kind of thinking on my feet. It really helped with that. But telling a story with visual format especially video is so -- it goes a long, long, long way because seeing a picture of me is great. It’s better than not seeing a picture of me, right. But seeing me talk and when you can hear my accent and you can see me waving my hands around like a lunatic and just you get to see somebody’s nuances. You connect with people on a much deeper level when you use video. But let me tell you this. I’ve heard several times over. A lot of people get stumped and hold themselves back from putting themselves in front of the camera because they don’t know where to start or they feel totally shy about being on camera. And these are the things I like to adjust or deal within my courses that I do and training people and it doesn’t have to be that hard. You just need to put yourself out there. But why I feel this all ties into branding is that if you were making an emotional connection with somebody other than meeting them in person video is the next best thing because they can see you, they can hear you and that’s part of the tips that we talked about in the beginning is that giving you these three tips that I want to share with you about branding. Number one is to develop your story. If you don’t know who you are and you can't share what you’re about and what you stand for people won't connect with you. so using a story and looking back at your skills and your experiences and using that to find those connections like if somebody else has been through the same position as you they then feel that connection with you and then that’s another notch up the ladder to liking your brand. So using video I really feel is going to totally change the way people do business in terms of getting that connection and really shortening the sales cycle because if you have the  same copy of the copy and you’ve got these sales funnels and I mean, I have them myself set up in Infusion Soft. You want people to read them and you’re basically trying to warm up what you would probably do in four, five emails you could probably do in one video. But being able to be comfortable sharing your story and telling people the parts of your story that relate and would connect with them is vital. And then knowing -- the other tip is knowing who you’re talking to. It’s having your client avatar. If you don’t know who you’re aiming it at -- like before we started recording I asked you about your client avatar for the show because there’s no point in me telling you information that doesn’t relate to your audience. They’re not going to find it useful. So the same thing with any author and speaker and coach. If you’re wanting to position yourself and you want people to connect with you you need to be able to share your story and talk to one person. Like this is Susie, she’s 30 to 45, she has kids in school, she drives an Audi, she likes to -- goes to yoga on a Friday. I mean, all those little particular things. You are describing a person and that’s how you develop your avatar. And then thirdly the other tip is once you know who you are, who your audience is then you can use strategies. Because going back to what we said in segment one was people ask me well, my Facebook marketing isn't working or Google Ads isn't working. And I always say that’s the wrong question. Once we’ve figured out and reverse engineered your story followed by your avatar, then we can figure out your strategy of where you want to be and then tactics and how you measure those tactics fall into place so it’s definitely -- there is an art and a science to it. Nile:                 I have to go back and let Susie know that I really didn’t tell her everything about you Susie. Honest. I didn’t. Just wanted Susie to know that. No. I couldn’t agree more and I think those tips are invaluable and I know that you’ve got so much more but time is not always on our side as we talk about this. What I’d like to do is I know that you’ve got some really great video products and courses and tips and information that you share. Tell us a little bit about what you have and where people could find it. And of course, everybody knows that listens to the social media business hour on a regular basis, we have all these tips for you on the social media business hour page on show notes. This is episode 122. Makes it easy for you so if you’re running, you’re working out or whatever don’t worry about stopping and grabbing a pencil. We have all the links for you. But share some of that information if you would. Mimika:           Sure. Well, I like to keep things simple so any social media platform is my name Mimika Cooney but where you want to get the good stuff is on my website so you go to mimikacooney.com and you will be able to access -- I have a free video series which is "Three Tips of Building your Business Brand so really we sort of fast tracked through the tips but I go into it in more detail and you can grab that at MimikaCooney.com and then once you’re on my email list I like to share a lot of good stuff. As we mentioned earlier I also have my own video podcast where I interview other people who then help with the whole branding and marketing strategies. And then the course that I’m known for is Confident video so you go to ConfidentVideo.com you can get another three free videos that will help give you some really actionable tips for you to get started with video because it doesn’t have to be that hard. We cover everything from lighting to sound to performance, how to speak nicely on camera, how to get your -- put your -- or edit your videos and even social media ideas for using video for like Facebook. And my latest favorite thing is Periscope. Are you on Periscope Nile and Jordan? Nile:                 Absolutely. Absolutely positively. As a matter a fact we haven’t Periscoped our show in a while or scoped our show to use the terminology. Jordan:            The slang. Nile:                 The slang. Mimika:           Scope you out. Nile:                 Yeah. We haven’t scoped in a while but we typically scope the show. Mimika:           Well, there you go so people can get a little bit of the behind the scenes skin on what you’re doing, right? Nile:                 Absolutely. Yeah. The biggest channels we had -- but for those that don’t know it’s mobile platform based so you’ve got to be a mobile platform. The biggest challenge that we had is making sure that we’ve got all the sides of the audio on the scope because we’re not using monitors in the room here. We’re on headsets and so that made it a little bit more difficult to do that but after a while we figured it out and it worked out fine. Mimika:           Oh, good. Well, I’ll definitely be checking you out on Periscope so if anyone wants to see -- I’ve been challenging myself to do it more often. I’ve been doing it once a week but I definitely -- I’m stepping it up now but I’d love to be able to cover things that I like to talk about and in actual fact the one I did yesterday was -- it’s on my blog. I figured out how to actually reuse the content and save it on my blog. Nile:                 Oh, yeah. Mimika:           And using cash.me which is a great little app and I went through all the takes so if you want to know like what -- ideas for sound and making yourself look good and I’m going to be covering a lot of that in the scope. So yeah. Definitely check me out there. Nile:                 They’ll definitely want to check you out because there’s a lot of good information you could find that way. I would love to talk more and as a matter of fact I think that -- Jordan, I don’t know if you agree with me. We’ve got to have Mimika back. Jordan :           Oh, absolutely. Nile:                 One is she’s fun. Two, she’s beautiful but not everybody gets to see that. But three, and probably most importantly she’s got great information. Jordan:            Oh, yeah. Great golden nuggets. Mimika:           Oh, I’d be delighted to. We’ve got loads we can talk about darling. Nile:                 Oh, absolutely. I want to thank you Mimika for joining us on the social media business hour and to you, our listener, I want to thank you as well. You make this show. Hopefully you learned a few ideas or concepts. Maybe you were just reminded of a few things you already know but you haven’t been doing to improve or grow your business. Our desire is that you take just one of the things that you learned or were reminded of today and you apply it to your business this week. We know that a small change could make a big difference. I’m committed to bringing you at least one new idea each week. I know today -- I don’t know about you Jordan but I got about four or five new ideas. Jordan:            Absolutely. Nile:                 And all I have to do is take one of those. Just one small change and implement it and find out what a big difference it will make for my business this week. Your business as well. So thank you for joining us. Till next week, this is Nile Nickel. Now, go make it happen. 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