November 27, 2024
FEATURED, Greece, Politics, Turkey-GR
“There is no way we accept fait a compli,” Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis told Turkey responding to provocative statements of Turkish Defense Minister Yasar Guler regarding exploration in the Aegean Sea. “We believe that the mild climate that permeates Greek-Turkish relations can favor the restart of talks on the Cyprus …
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September 24, 2024
FEATURED, Greece, Politics
Migrants’ flows have been somewhat higher in South Aegean Sea, the Dodecanese islands and lately in Crete, Migration and Asylum Minister Nikos Panagiotopoulos said on Tuesday in an interview with OPEN TV. “Last year, 77 illegal immigrants entered the country in 2023. This year, the number has increased to almost …
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August 13, 2024
Economy
Traders are moving Russian diesel cargoes to a new ship-to-ship (STS) loadings site in the northern Aegean Sea, as Western sanctions hit vessels carrying fuel loaded in Russian ports, LSEG and market sources data show. Since a full European Union embargo on importing Russian oil products took effect in February …
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March 20, 2024
FEATURED, Society, Very Mix
An F-16 fighter jet of the Greek Air Force crashed into the sea area south of Halkidiki in the northern Aegean Sea early Wednesday afternoon. Big Search And Rescue operation underway. According to initial media information, there is serious evidence that the pilot managed to abandon the aircraft as eyewitnesses …
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February 20, 2024
Greece, Politics
The Foreign Ministry has sent a note verbale to the Turkish government regarding two recent navigational telexes (Navtex) that Ankara issued reserving a large area in the Aegean for aeronautical exercises and linking Greece’s sovereignty over a number of islands to their demilitarization. Diplomatic sources told the AMNA news agency …
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November 13, 2023
FEATURED, Sky, weather
Luminous Transient Events (TLE’s) over storms in the Greek area: a very rare phenomenon, the Red Sprites, occurred over a storm in the Aegean Sea on November 12, 2023. The amazing phenomenon was capture by @csath who posted the picture on social media. Last night, "Jellyfish" Sprite over the #thunderstorms …
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October 26, 2023
Earthquake, FEATURED, Society
Two earthquakes measuring 4.1 on the Richter scale were recorded on Thursday off the island of Kassos in the southern Aegean Sea, the Athens National Observatory’s Geodynamics Institute said. The tremors were recorded at 10.18 a.m. and 10.24 a.m. The first quake’s epicenter was located in the sea region 28km …
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July 4, 2023
environment, FEATURED
Colonies of jellyfish appeared on the shores of the Ionian Sea, this summer and they reached the Greek sea from the coastal areas of Spain, France and Italy. According to Professor of Environmental Chemistry of the Chemistry Department of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Konstantinos Phytianos, no one can say …
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December 19, 2022
Tourism, Travel
Greece’s Shipping Ministry issued on Monday a ban on sailing of ships and ferries due to gale-force winds in the Aegean Sea reaching up to 9 Beaufort. Ships will not be sailing from the ports of Piraeus, Rafina, and Lavrio to the islands of Cyclades, the Dodecanese and Crete. Ferries …
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October 17, 2022
FEATURED, Tourism
Powerful northern winds blowing locally with intensity up to 9 Beaufort disrupt sea traffic in the Aegean Sea on Monday, October 17, 2022. Affected are mainly the routes to the Cyclades islands. Monday morning the schedules to Cyclades from the ports of Piraeus and Rafina, in South-East Attica,Problems, were canceled, …
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October 6, 2022
FEATURED, weather
Greece’s National Meteorological Service EMY issued a warning for the sea traffic due to powerful northern winds in the Aegean Sea. Gusty winds many disrupt sea traffic. Winds blowing with intensity of 7 to 8 Beaufort and locally up to 9 are forecast on Thursday, EMY warned in its emergency …
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September 6, 2022
FEATURED, weather
Powerful winds blowing with intensity of up to 9 Beaufort have disrupted the departure of ferries from the mainland to the islands, especially to the Cyclades group. Ferries were unable to depart the ports of Rafina for Cyclades and Lavrio in south-eastern Attica on Tuesday morning due to rough sea, …
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July 10, 2022
FEATURED, Politics, Turkey-GR
Talking about state extremism: Turkey wants half of the Aegean Sea including all islands in the East, the whole Dodecanese as well as the island of Crete. Erdogan’s government partner, far-right nationalist Devlet Bahceli (MHP) presented on Saturday a map of Turkey’s revisionist plan called “Blue Motherland” extended to a …
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June 28, 2022
Greece, Politics
With six months delay and only after the news that the European Union approved Turkey’s tourism trademark “TurkAegean” flooded media and websites over the weekend, Greece said it will challenge the European decision. Several government officials said on Tuesday that the decision will be challenged, however, without elaborating. Tourism Minister …
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June 27, 2022
FEATURED, Politics, Turkey-GR
The European Union agency responsible for trademarks accepted A request from Turkey to register the term “Turkaegean.” – Turkish Aegean – as brand name. The EU decision is unacceptable against Greece and it raises questions about what Greek authorities did or not to prevent such a move. The EU Intellectual …
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June 19, 2022
FEATURED, Society, Very Mix
A big Search And Rescue operation has been launched by the Greek Coast Guard after it was alerted on a shipwreck with over 100 migrants on board of a sailing boat carrying them from Turkey to Europe via Greece. According to preliminary reports, there are injured passengers and at least …
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June 7, 2022
FEATURED, Politics, Turkey-GR
Turkey ‘s Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu accused Greece of violating the demilitarized status of islands in eastern Aegean Sea and also lashed out at Greek officials visiting these islands, considering these visits as “violations.” He reiterated the same narrative of status of Aegean islands and demilitarization. At the same time, …
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April 28, 2022
FEATURED, Greece, Politics
Prompt was the response of Greece to the Turkish mass airspace violations and activated the air defense in the Aegean Sea. By order of the National Defense Ministry and the leadership of the General Staff the air defense was activated on Thursday, media reported early afternoon. The Chief of General …
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March 18, 2022
FEATURED, Tourism, Travel
Ferries connecting Greek islands in the north Aegean Sea with Turkish ports will be relaunched in March, it was reported on Thursday. The first such route from the island of Chios to Cesme will begin on March 23 The first route from Mytilini, Lesvos, to Ayvalık is set for April …
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March 17, 2022
FEATURED, Greece, Politics
Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar revealed on Thursday that Turkey has proposed “joint exploitation of the wealth-producing Aegean Sea with Greece.” He added he has received positive response. Speaking to journalists after the extraordinary meeting of NATO defense ministers in Brussels, Akar said: “This is important in terms of the …
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