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Greece’s National Meteorological Service updated on Thursday its weather warning and extended it until Saturday, March 18, 2023. The update forecasts heavy rainfalls, powerful winds and possible hail storms in several regions across the country, with the islands expected to be heavily hit. Winds will be blowing with intensity 0f …

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Ferries to the islands of Cyclades and the Dodecanese remain docked at the ports of Piraeus, Rafina and Lavrio due to gale-force southern winds blowing in the Aegean Sea on Wednesday. Sailing prohibition is in force until further notice. Departure of ships was also prohibited in the routes Nea Styra …

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Greece’s Civil protection has been sending storm alert messages to residents in several regions over “dangerous weather phenomena” due to storm EVA, warning them to limit traveling and to follow authorities instructions. The alert sms via emergency line , have been sent so far (last sms 11 pm Saturday) citizens …

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Greece’s Civil Protection sent a message via emergency line 112 on Saturday evening to the residents of the islands of Karpathos, Kasos, Rhodes, Halki and Kastellorizo. The message warns citizens of possible dangerous weather phenomena in the next 24 hours in their area and calls on them to avoid unnecessary …

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Turkey has officially admitted that it deploys Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) in illegal overflights missions of Greek territory aiming to spy on islands thus violating Greek airspace on daily basis. Ankara’s state-run news agency anadolu published a report accompanied by pictures with the title “Drones capture images of armed vehicles …

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A Turkish mayor announced that he will become a suicide bomber and will blow himself up among Greek soldiers. The man wannabe-kamikaze Tansu Ozcan is the mayor of Bolu, north-western Turkey, elected with the ticket of Kemalist opposition party CHP. “I am even becoming a suicide bomber against Greece. As …

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Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan accused Greece  of occupying islands in the Aegean Sea that have a demilitarised status, and said Turkey was prepared to “do what is necessary” when the time comes. “Remember Smyrna” Erdogan threatened during a speech in Samsun on Saturday. Historic rivals while also being fellow members …

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The list of traffic accidents that have taken place on the Greek islands recently involving all terrain vehicles ATVs – or     “sows” in common Greek –  is getting longer and longer. Involved in the majority of the ATV accidents are young foreign tourists who are neither experienced with the local …

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Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar threatened with preemptive action if Athens does not comply with the demilitarization of the islands in the eastern Aegean Sea. “Doesn’t that create the right for self-defense? Isn’t installing weapons in front of our noses a threat to our country?” he said. At the same …

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Greece wants to engage in dialogue with Turkey but is not prepared to make concessions concerning its national sovereignty, nor will it demilitarise its islands simply because Turkey wants this, Alternate Foreign Minister Miltiadis Varvitsiotis said on SKAI television on Friday. “This dialogue must, of course, take place with rules, …

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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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At the NATO Summit upcoming week, Turkish president Recep Tayipp Erdogan will raise the issue of “militarization” of Greek islands in the Aegean Sea and their “illegal occupation by Greece,” some Erdogan-affiliated media reported on Sunday oblviously following leaks by president’s aidees. With the title “President Erdogan goes to NATO …

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Greece,s National Health Care Organization EODY published on Wednesday the latest epidemiological data on the positivity of coronavirus tests on islands and in the mainland. There is also an increased recorded in the urban viral load in wastewater in several cities. Note also that on Wednesday’s daily bulletin, EODY recorded …

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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday warned Greece to demilitarize islands in the Aegean, saying he was “not joking” with such comments. His close aide Omer Celik went even so far, to tweet “We may come suddenly one night.” “We invite Greece to stop arming the islands that have …

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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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In one voice Turkish media, analysts and military officials “bombard” the folk with claims that several Greek islands belong to Turkey, thus fully adopting the rhetoric of provocations and historically unfounded claims of president Recep Tayyip Erdogan. A Turkish leader with neo-ottoman aspirations to grab Greek and Arab territories, as …

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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is under pressure, in his own country due to an inflation that has gone out of control. What does he do? He “sells” to his countrymen expansionist rhetoric and targets Greek and Arab territories for the sake of collapsed Ottoman Empire, a year but a …

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Very morning when Giorgos Kourelis leaves his home for his daily walk and errands, young lamb Elpida is ready to go with him. Giorgos and Elpida stroll through the narrow streets of Adamantas on the island of Milos for the joy of locals and visitors. Before they leave home, lamb …

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The Permanent Representative of Greece to the United Nations delivered a letter addressed to UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday rejecting claims contained in a letter delivered by Turkey to the same body in September 2021. The letter dated May 25, 2022, focuses particularly on Turkish claims that failure …

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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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