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Iran has seized two Greece-owned and -flagged oil tankers in retaliation for Iranian oil seized off Greece earlier by US authorities state broadcaster ERT reported early Friday evening. The tankers were approached by helicopters and members of the Iranian military have boarded on the tankers, the report noted. Prompt was …

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The Greek embassy in Tirana has lodged a demarche of strong protest, which demands an immediate explanation from the office of the Albanian President Ilir Meta regarding an exhibition of photographs and maps held at the presidential mansion in Tirana, which makes claims regarding an alleged “genocide of the Cham …

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With a demarche Greece is to strongly protest the harassment of French research vessel “Nautical Geo” by Turkish vessels as well as and the issue of an irregular navtex that claims the continental shelf of Turkey reaches 6 nautical miles east of the island of Crete. “This continued Turkish stance …

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The Greek Foreign Ministry has submitted a demarche to Turkey regarding the French research vessel L’ Atalante, diplomatic sources told media on Wednesday. The demarche followed Turkish reactions to the vessel operating south of Crete, in a sea area under Greek jurisdiction. The protest note comes also despite the fact …

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Greece’s Foreign Ministry submitted a demarche to the Turkish Foreign Ministry over a new issued Navtex for research between Greek islands in the Aegean Sea. The survey is to take place before the two sides proceed with 62. round of “exploratory talks” with Turkey’s Foreign Ministry through its embassy in …

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Ankara claims that the hydrocarbon exploration activities by research vessel Oruc Reis will be “in the maritime area […] located entirely within the Turkish continental shelf.” This is the response of Turkey to a protest demarche submitted late on Tuesday by the Greek Embassy in the Turkish capital. The demarche …

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The Turkish ambassador in Athens was summoned to the Greek Foreign Ministry on Monday and was handed out a demarche, a protest note, about Ankara’s plans to start drilling off the islands of Rhodes, Karpathos and Crete. A few hours earlier, Foreign Affairs Minister, Nikos Dendias, had underlined that Greece …

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Iran has warned Greece that it it allows the use of military bases by the US against the country this will be considered as a “hostile act.” to which Tehran will respond “in a clear and decisive manner.”  The warning follows an Iranian demarche to Athens over a statement by …

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Greek Foreign Ministry complained with “two severe demarches” to FYROM about the “unacceptable incidents” on Sunday in Idomeni, where police forces and army units fired teargas and stun grenades against refugees and migrants for more than 4-5 hours. On its side FYROM put the blame on Greece complaining that Athens …

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The European Union must stay united in its response to the migration crisis, top officials said in a joint statement of Tuesday afternoon, most likely in response to Austria’s unilateral move to attempt to close the Balkan Route.y, expressing worry that a “humanitarian crisis” could be in the making. “We …

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Greece blast Austria over its initiative to invite countries of the so-called Western Balkan to a Conference over refugee crisis in Vienna, thus excluding Greece – the country that receives thousands of refugees each and every day. Despite the Conclusions of the EU Leaders Summit last Friday, Austria proceeded to …

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