Α barrage of not ten, not twenty but a total of 110 violations of Greek airspace and the FIR Athens were conducted by Turkish fighter jets, UAVs and naval cooperation aircraft on a single day, yesterday, Wednesday. The airspace and FIR violations as well as 4 overflights were carried out …

A barrage of Greek airspace violations by Turkish fighter jets: 78 violations, 8 “dog fights” and 2 overflights on a single day. Of the 27 Turkish aircraft that flew over the Aegean Sea, 15 were armed, the Greek General Staff said on Tuesday. 23 of the 27 in total were …

Turkish fighter jets and other aircraft conducted a total of 72  violations of Greek airspace and infringement of the FIR Athens in less than 24 hours on Thursday.. According to Greek military sources, eight Turkish Air Force F-16s, three UAVs and two ATR-72 maritime patrol turbo-prop planes engaged in 72 …

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu indicated on Thursday that even if the United States sets conditions for Turkey’s acquisition of F-16 fighter jets, Ankara will continue to violate Greece’s airspace with overflights, as he claimed that there are many islands of “disputed sovereignty” in the Aegean. His remarks entailed that …

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday that Greece has violated Turkish airspace 147 times and it needs to be held accountable for this. He was speaking at a news conference in Madrid at the end of a NATO summit. It was not immediately clear over what time period the …

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis briefed the European partners on Turkey ‘s actions and the escalation of its aggressive rhetoric towards Greece on Thursday. The briefing took place at the European Council (EUCO) meeting on Thursday. Mitsotakis reiterated that it is up to Turkey to de-escalate the tension. According to government …

The US State Department and the European Commission expressed their support to Greece and its sovereignty on the islands of the eastern Aegean Sea and called on Turkey to stop airspace violations and overflights, threats and provocative rhetoric. However: The State Department urged both countries to “resolve disputes diplomatically”, while …

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has briefed the Secretary General of the NATO on the massive airspace violations and overflights over small and big Greek islands and decided to freeze the Confidence Building Measures with Turkey. All in all a total of 168 violations of the Greek FIR were recorded on …

Τurkey has apparently changed its tactic of violating Greece air space and now it increasingly uses drones and unmanned aerial vehicles UAVs to challenge the eastern borders of its neighboring country. On Sunday, February 6, the Greek military recorded a total of 60 violations of national air space and 2 …

The European Parliament has launched an inquiry into “respect of fundamental rights” by the European Borders Agency Frontex. The new EP Frontex Scrutiny Working Group (FSWG) formally began its work on Tuesday 23 February with the appointment of its Chair and a rapporteur, the EP said in a statement issued …

Greek Police (ELAS) has issued a total of 232,000 fines from the start of the pandemic in March 2020 until the end of the year. The fines total the exorbitant amount of 52 million euros. Head of Greek Police Mihalis Karamalakis said on Thursday that ELAS has conducted 8.5 million …

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced on Friday that the fine for violations of lockdown restrictions increases from €300 to 500 euros -an amount equivalent to the monthly minimum wage and the state support to workers on suspension contracts due to the pandemic. Mitsotakis made the announcement while speaking at …

Greek Police carried out over 135,000 control checks on New Year’s Eve and Day and imposed 2,668 fines for violation of safety measures against the coronavirus and lockdown violations. Six people have been arrested. According to press release issued by the Greek police a total of 57,498 inspections were carried …

Greek Police has issued thousands of fines for violations of restrictions and of protective measures since the beginning of the lockdown on November 7. The fines amounted to almost 4 million euros until November 23. Fines of some 3 million euros were issued alone for violations of the use of …

Greek military authorities reported a total of 50 violations of the country’s national airspace by Turkish jets on Thursday. The violations were conducted by 13 aircraft in the northeastern, central and southeastern Aegean Sea. The 13 aircraft were identified as eight F-16s, two F-4 and one CN-235. On nine occasions, …

Greece has imposed fines worth over four million euros to violators of the lockdown measures and the ban of businesses and shops operations. In order to contain the spread of coronavirus, the government suspended operation of shops and business operations on March 12 and lockdown and movement restrictions on March …

Violations of lockdown in Greece have amounted to 13,195 since the measure was imposed on March 23. According to a statement by Greek Police, a total of 2,561 violation were recorded only on Tuesday, March 31. Violations usually refer to going out without filling up the the Permit forms printed, …

1,155 citizens across Greece violated the lockdown restrictions alone on the national holiday on March 25, while violations reached almost 3,000 since Monday morning, March 23 when the lockdown was imposed. According to a press released issued on Thursday, recorded violations of the curfew were: Attica (333), Thessaloniki (124),  the …

Systematic checks conducted by the Greek Police on the first 36 hours of the total lockdown found that more than 766 people across the country had violated the restrictions. The majority of violators did not carry the necessary movement permits with them. Others did not have IDs or were found …

Turkey “welcomed” the launch of Confidence Building Measures talks with Greece with air space violations and a provocative statement by the Foreign Minister who calls the “Muslim minority of Greece” as “Turkish.” The armed forces of Greece and Turkey began meeting in Athens on Monday in the framework of military …