Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias challenged Ankara and the latest claims by Prime Minister Binali Yildirim and warned that some islets areas in Turkey could also turn into grey zones. During a joint press conference with his Armenian counterpart counterpart Edward Nalbandia, journalists asked Kotzias to comment on Yildirim’s claim …

Albania has discovered “grey zones” in the Ionian Sea and claims Greece needs to ask permission from Tirana in order to conduct hydrocarbon exploitation. Following the tactics of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Albanian prime minister Edi Rama tears bilateral Treaties apart and challenges the Greek sovereignty in the Ionian …

Greece and Albania reached an agreement to refer the issue of their maritime zones (ΕΕΖ) to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague, Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias announced on Tuesday. The agreement was achieved during his visit to Tirana, where his met with his counterpart Gent Cakaj and …

Two cargo vessels collided 9 nautical miles North-North-West of the island of Chios in the eastern Aegean Sea on Friday afternoon. While the Turkish vessel is taking water, its captain has refused aid by the Greek Coast Guard. The vessels with flags of Vanuatu -ANT- and Singapore – POTENTIA- have …

Turkey’s Defense Minister Hulusi Akar started beating the drums of war and announced he has already given clear instructions to the Navy and the Air Force of his country. Akar’s clear threats against Greece are the latest level of aggressiveness in a tension that has been escalating on daily basis …

Greece’s Foreign Ministry uploaded a total of 16 maps “in an effort to increase the wider public’s awareness of Turkish revisionism,” as it said in a statement. “The attached maps depict in a vivid and irrefutable way the Turkish illegal unilateral actions and claims,” the Ministry added. Greece-Turkey borders according …

Greece’s Civil Protection published on Monday the new, 3-tier map showing regional units in “increased surveillance”, “alert level” and in full “lockdown.” The map and the new categorization of regions based on the registered Covid-19 infections is the guide for the new measures to go info force on November 3, …

Main opposition leader and former Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said on Thursday he told Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis that Greece should deter the Turkish seismic research vessel Oruc Reis “if it attempts to operate inside the country’s continental shelf.” He said further that her advised the PM to extend the …

Greece is deploying 300 to 400 officers from across the country to Evros river at the land border with Turkey to bolster local forces. These officers are members of riot police, crime combating units and border guards who will patrol mainly in Ferres, the Ardas river and in Tychero. At …

Defensive and military shielding of the Aegean islands is Greece’s commitment against Turkey’s provocations as for as long the Turkish casus belli is in effect, President Prokopis Pavlopoulos to Ankara’s reiterating calls of demilitarization. “Let Turkey well understand that any form of defensive shielding of our islands in the Aegean …

Turkey escalates tension with neighboring country and NATO partner Greece and asserts its long-standing claims in the Aegean Sea challenging the Greek sovereignty of several mostly uninhabited islands, the continental shelf and the territorial waters. Just hours after Defense Minister Hulusi Akar demanded demilitarization of 16 Greek islands, a high-ranking …

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan continues his provocative activities in the East Mediterranean and said on Thursday that Turkey would start granting licenses for exploration and drilling in the eastern Mediterranean in 2020, in accord with a maritime agreement with Libya. He added that vessel Oruc Reis would begin seismic activities …

Greece has rebuked Turkey after its Defense Minister Hulusi Akar claimed more or less that the sea area off South-East Crete belonged to Turkey’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ). Ever since 1996 Turkey has been claiming that also the island of Gavdos is part of what it calls “grey zones” in …

Turkey is increasing its security in the tiny part of the Aegean Sea within its territorial waters in fact without apparent reason. State news agency Anadolu said on Thursday that the Turkish Navy deployed a frigate and two gun boats in the Aegean and ordered them to be on alert …

The official Ankara claims the Turkish Coast Guard has illegally landed on a Greek islet in the eastern Aegean Sea and took down a Greek flag. Speaking to reporters in Istanbul, Turkish prime minister Binali Yildirim said “There was an attempt to plant a Greek flag on an uninhabited rocky …

After more than 24 hours, the three boats of the Turkish Coast Guard withdrew from the two islets of Imia. Crisis between Greece and Turkey diffused? Hardly. Ankara is obsessed with the Greek islets, part of a total 16 to 18 islets and islands it claims they belong to Turkey. …

Small producers of dairy, cheese and other products will be allowed to sell in Greece’s farmers’ markets -Laiki -. According an athensnewsagency report a regulation in the bill for the outdoors trade has been submitted by the Ministry of Economy and Development to the Parliament. The regulation will allow owners …

Greek president Prokopis Pavlopoulos sent a sharp worded message to his Turkish counter Recep Tayyip Erdogan, following a series of provocations accompanying his tour to the islands of the eastern Aegean Sea. “The brave do not provoke,” President Pavlopoulos told Greek soldiers safeguarding the remote island of Ai Stratis. “Provocations, …

Is Justice in Greece independent? The government has its doubts. “A new appeal will be filed, the court will decide in new composition,” Justice minister  Stavros Kontonis said on Monday, after the five-member Athens Appeals Court rejected Irianna’s appeal to suspend her sentence and release her from prison. Three out …

Wednesday morning, Greece’s Defense Minister Panos Kammenos flew on a helicopter and threw a wreath in the sea to honor the three pilots who lost their lives during the Imia/Kardak conflict in 1996. Turkey’s response was to send a set of F-16 fighter jets in the area and violate not …