Sad milestone for Greece: Covd-19 deaths exceeded 3,000 on Sunday, after another 101 people died in the past 24 hours. Health authorities announced also 904 new coronavirus cases and 600 patients intubated in .  in hospitals ICUs. Death toll has reached 3,003 and the total cases stand at 115,471. 597 …

Turkey blamed the Greek Commander of “Operation Irene” for the control checks by German soldiers from the frigate Hamburg on Turkish cargo ship Roseline A in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. At the same time, Germany accused Turkey on Monday of preventing German forces belonging to an EU military mission from …

Greece marked the Armed Forces Day on November 21 with a video projected on the Hellenic Parliament facade on Saturday evening. The controversial video triggered reactions, several media described it as kitsch, and it was mocked on social media. The video projection on the Armed Forces Day highlighted several battles …

Covid-19 related deaths surpassed the milestone of 1000 on Saturday, after Greece’s health authorities announced on Saturday that 38 people died in past 24 hours. New coronavirus cases are 2,835 and the number of intubated Covid-19 patients broke a new record reaching 366. Total cases have reached 72,510 and death …

U.S. drugmaker Pfizer and German partner BioNTech on Monday became the first drugmakers to show successful data from a large-scale clinical trial of a coronavirus vaccine. The companies said the vaccine was more than 90% effective and they have so far found no serious safety concerns, priming it for possible …

29 Covid-19 patients died in Greece in the past 24 hours, breaking another milestone of daily deaths. It is the highest number ever recorded in the country since the outbreak in late February. Also the number of daily confirmed coronavirus cases hit a record on Thursday with 2,917. The number …

“Turkey has become a travel agency for jihadists, transports them to several areas of tension in the broader area,” Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias said during a meeting with visiting Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov. Dendias was referring Turkey’s “export” to Syria and Nagorno-Karabakh. He stressed that Turkey has neo-ottoman expansion …

The Turkish aggression and the Greek-Russian bilateral relations were the key points of a meeting held by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis with visiting Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Monday. The meeting is taking place at a difficult time, Mitsotakis said, when “Greece, the Eastern Mediterranean, South Caucasus and the …

Two sailors were injured when a container ship rammed a minesweeper of the Greek Navy outside the port of Piraeus in the Saronic Gulf on Tuesday morning. Minesweeper KALLISTO was heavily damaged in the stern and took in water, crew members fell into the sea and suffered minor injuries. The …

Turkey issues two navigation notices (NAVTEX) late on Tuesday demanding the demilitarization of three Greek islands. Greek and Turkish Navy forces are in standoff near the island of Kastellorizo due to the activities of Turkish seismic vessel Oruc Reis. At the same time, Ankara has leaked to the press that …

Greece has called on Germany, Italy and Spain to impose an arms embargo on Turkey, citing Ankara’s recent provocative actions. Citing diplomatic sources, state-run news agency amna reports that Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias has sent letters to his counterparts in Germany, Heiko Maas, in Spain, Arancha Gonzalez-Laya, and in Italy, …

Twelve elderly residents of a nursing home in Glyfada suburb of south Athens have been detected positive to Covid-19  within a week. At the same time, parts of the Greek society keep ignoring restrictions to contain the spread of the coronavirus and are crowding at parties and in churches even …

Turkey is sending seismic vessel Oruc Reis again for survey in the Greek continental shelf, a move that reignites tensions between Ankara and Athens but with the European Union. Late Sunday night, Turkey issued a navigation warning, NAVTEX, for October 12-22, saying that the Oruc Reis will carry activities in …

The United States does not consider the so-called “Seville Map” as “legally bounded” the US Embassy in Ankara said late on Monday. The Embassy was reportedly commending to Turkish media reports and recent statements by Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu. The map is claimed to delineate maritime boundaries in the Eastern …

A boat carrying migrants and refugees has come in distress off western Peloponnese as Medicane Ianos strikes the area, making the Search and Rescue operation impossible. There are reportedly some 50-55 people on board. One of the passengers has called the emergency international number <112>. Coast guard boats set for …

In a large Search and Rescue operation, the Greek Coast Guard and the Navy managed to rescue 96 people from a sinking boat that was transferring refugees and migrants from Turkey to Greece. It is believed that the boat was carrying over 100 people. Among them there were 10 children …

Turkish coast guard vessels harassed Greek Coast Guard boats and a helicopter participating in a migrants search and rescue rescue operation in the sea west of the small island of Halki near Rhodes. Furthermore, Ankara called on commercial ships that were engaged in the Search and Rescue operation to leave …

A major escalation between Greece and Turkey is currently under way in the south Aegean Sea, after Turkish seismic survey vessel Oruc Reis entered the area of the Greek continental shelf and dropped survey cables in the water. The vessel is accompanied by two support research vessels and several Turkish …

Greece ‘s Hellenic Navy Hydrographic Service on Wednesday issued a Navtex that cancels Turkey’s illegal Navtex issued the previous day and calls on seafarers to ignore it. The Greek Navtex reports that the Turkish Navtex was issued by an unauthorized station and refers to illegal activities in a Greek area. …

Comet NEOWISE has started to offer sky-watchers an awesome spectacle as it is visible to the naked eye in clear and dark predown skies. Already thousands of people around the globe have spotted the comet and are thrilled to see its golden tail that gets brighter as it gets higher …