September 27, 2024
FEATURED, Greece, Politics
Greece and Turkey will explore whether they can start talks aimed at demarcating their maritime zones, Greece’s foreign ministry said on Wednesday. Neighbors Greece and Turkey, both NATO allies but historic foes, have been at odds for decades over a range of issues from airspace to maritime jurisdiction in the …
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February 13, 2024
Uncategorized
“Delimitation of maritime borders is the only difference that Greece has with Turkey,” Deputy Foreign Minister Alexandra Papadopoulou clarified during a discussion at the think tank ‘The Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD)’ in Washington. Papadopoulou pointed out that the Greek prime minister has clearly indicated Greece’s readiness to refer …
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August 25, 2023
FEATURED, Society, Very Mix
Prominent Turkish businessman Ali Sabanci and his wife, Vuslat Dogan Sabanci, sustained serious injuries in a maritime incident near Leros island in the Dodecanese while on vacation, media report on Friday. According to information, the couple was going with their children from the island of Lipsi to a restaurant in …
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May 4, 2023
Greece, Politics
In a letter to the United Nations secretary-general, Greece’s permanent representative to the UN, Evangelos Sekeris, expressed Athens’ complete opposition to Libya’s claims regarding the limits of its maritime zones, as reflected in a verbal communication from the Tripoli government to Cairo. According to Greek diplomatic sources on Thursday, Libya …
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December 14, 2022
FEATURED, Politics, World
Egypt ‘s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi issued a Presidential degree demarcating the maritime border of the country to the West, that is with Libya. With the drawing of a straight line, al-Sisi unilaterally determines the maritime borders with Libya, practically cutting through the illegal Turkey-Libya memorandum on the Exclusive Economic …
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November 22, 2022
FEATURED, Greece, Politics
With two signatures Greece and Egypt formally “buried’ the illegal Turkey-Libya agreement in the Mediterranean Sea. Greece and Egypt signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Cooperation in the Fields of Aeronautics and Maritime Search & Rescue in Cairo on Tuesday. The agreement was signed by Greece’s National Defense Minister …
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June 21, 2022
Tourism, Travel
Cyprus-flagged ferryboat “Daleela” docked the port of Piraeus on Monday, signalling the relaunch of a maritime connection between Greece and Cyprus after 22 years. “Daleela”, of Scandro Holding Ltd, sailed on Sunday from Limassol carrying 155 passengers, 38 cars and 7 motorcycles. The docking in Piraeus was celebrated with the …
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May 30, 2022
Tourism, Travel
Greece’s relations with Turkey may be at crossroads again, but the civil society, local authorities and the tourism industry on the both sides of the Aegean work for friendship and cooperation. In this context, the first ship connecting the city of Izmir with the island of Lesvos arrived at the …
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June 15, 2021
FEATURED, Greece, Politics
Israel’s Aerospace Industries (IAI) is leasing Maritime Heron drones to Greece for a period of three years, with an option to purchase the system upon completion of the leasing period, the IAI said in a statement released last week. The flexibility of leasing agreements is demonstrated by the recent contracts …
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October 11, 2020
Greece
Egypt’s president Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi ratified on Saturday the maritime deal setting its Mediterranean Sea boundary with Greece and demarcating an exclusive economic zone for oil and gas drilling rights, the country’s state-run news agency reported. The bilateral agreement is widely seen as a response to a rival deal between Turkey …
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August 6, 2020
Turkey-GR
Just a few hours after Greece and Egypt signed the historic agreement of the Exclusive Economic Zone on Thursday, Turkey’s Foreign Ministry issued a statement claiming “a maritime boundary” between the two countries does not exist” and that such an agreement was “null and void.” The demarcated area is “located …
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May 1, 2018
Greece, Politics
Albania and Greece have restarted negotiations to delineate maritime borders in the Ionian Sea. Albania’s Foreign Ministry said in a statement Monday the first round of talks was held in Tirana in a “constructive and cooperative climate.” A similar statement was issued also by the Greek Foreign Ministry. “The first …
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June 21, 2012
Politics
Greek media reported that Samaras, Venizelos and Kouvelis have agreed upon the majority of the ministers to be apppointed. For some ministerial posts, appointments were delayed as the chosen-ones did not accept the positions. Vasssilis Rapanos will be Finance Minister, with alternate ministers Giorgos Zannias (caretaker FinMin in Pikrammenos gov’t), …
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