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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March 15, 2022
FEATURED, Politics, World
The largest concentration of naval forces in the world is seen at the moment in the northern Aegean Sea: the US aircraft carrier Harry Truman, modern Russian frigates and a number of nuclear-powered escort ships are sailing in the area, while the French Charles de Gaulle is currently south of …
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December 29, 2021
Politics, Refugees
The UNHCR, the United Nations Agency for Refugees, said that it was “deeply distressed” by the recent death toll in Greece’s Aegean Sea, where at least 31 people lost their lives in three separate shipwrecks between 21 and 24 December, while an unknown number are still missing. “It is heart-rending …
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June 24, 2021
environment, FEATURED
Τhe “sea snot” from the sea of Marmara has moved into the Aegean Sea and started appearing around the Greek islands of Limnos and Agios Eftratios, Greek media report on Thursday. The Municipality of Limnos has reportedly taken samples from the slimy masses and sent them to special laboratories awaiting …
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March 30, 2021
weather
Greece’s National Meteorological Service EMY issued a weather warning especially for the islands in central and south-eastern Aegean Sea, including the island of Crete. EMY has warned of heavy rainfalls and strong thunderstorms and gale-force winds up 9 Beaufort. The barometric low will be of short duration, of no longer …
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October 18, 2020
Turkey-GR
Illegally and deliberately Turkey expanded the Search and Rescue responsibility area in the Aegean Sea and Eastern Mediterranean Sea with a post on …Twitter on Saturday. The move not only covers areas of Greek and Cypriot jurisdiction areas, it also brings the Greek-Turkish dispute over maritime zones at a new, …
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June 11, 2020
Economy
Several small islands in the Aegean Sea have been put up for sale by real estate agencies on Greek advertisement sites. The islands for sale belong to the Cyclades group in the central Aegean Sea and are close to well-known islands like Folegandros, Sikinos, Amorgos and Koufonisia and Syros. The …
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May 19, 2020
CORONAVIRUS
Greece’s National Health Organization (EODY) will deploy teams to conduct COVID-19 testing to vulnerable residents of small and remote islands. Testing is scheduled to start next week on the islands of Milos, Kimolos, Folegandros and Sikinos, on May 25-26, 2020. The program will be expanded over the following weeks to …
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February 8, 2020
FEATURED, weather
Do you hate sailing on a ferry or ship when the sea around is rough or even very rough? Ferry Blue Star Paros was “dancing” on the waves in the central Aegean sea while on route to next next destination, the island of Amorgos. The journey through the rough sea …
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