Mitsotakis invokes international law and the Greece-Egypt maritime agreement as a model for resolving disputes in the eastern Mediterranean

Chairing a UN Security Council session, the PM said international law cannot be applied selectively and Greek islands cannot be ignored

Greece and Egypt 'double down' on opposition to this week's ratification of a 2019 Turkey-Libya maritime memorandum, reaffirming international law as consultations continue on expanding their 2020 EEZ deal

Egypt says the agreement has no legal effect on its maritime rights, while Israel accuses Ankara of undermining stability in the eastern Mediterranean

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, only hours after the news, reiterated that the 2019 memorandum infringes on the sovereign rights of third states, does not comply with the Law of the Sea and remains null and void

The International Law of the Sea cannot be changed by unilateral, legally unfounded decisions, the Greek foreign ministry stated on Tuesday afternoon, adding that Athens has informed partners and allies and will take all appropriate measures

The Kobi Ruegg is scheduled to begin surveying the route of a subsea telecommunications cable west and southwest of Cyprus on Wednesday, despite Ankara’s counter-NAVTEX challenging Nicosia’s maritime jurisdiction

Diplomats and analysts warn that calm has run out in Greek-Turkish relations, and say symbolic gestures won't be enough to counter Ankara's moves

Six years after its landmark EEZ agreement with Egypt, Athens says it remains committed to resolving outstanding maritime boundaries with Libya, Albania, and Turkey through diplomacy and international law.

Tunisia's formal UN objection to Libya's maritime claims strengthens Athens' argument that the 2019 Turkey-Libya maritime accord lacks international backing or legitimacy, as Greece, Israel deepen defense cooperation in the meantime

Greek officials have warned that any domestic maritime legislation merely seeks to amplify disputed claims in the Aegean, eastern Mediterranean, but without a basis in international law

Greek officials have noted that any Turkish attempt to legislate disputed sea zones would violate international law, while Athens seeks to preserve fragile “calm waters” amid a ever-fluid eastern Mediterranean power balances

Gerapetritis held separate talks in Tripoli with Libyan presidential council head Mohamed al-Menfi, Government of National Unity (GNU) Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah and acting Foreign Minister Taher Al Baour

The official letter by Ankara points to alleged violations against its unilaterally declared Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) in the eastern Mediterranean, one of the more prominent exercises in 'Turkography' since 2019

After Greek PM Mitsotakis reaffirmed Athens’ right to extend territorial waters to 12 nautical miles, Turkey warned the move violates its “rights and interests” and vowed to defend its claims in the Aegean Sea

ExxonMobil is moving ahead with the process of declaring commerciality for Block 10 of Cyprus’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), aiming to begin natural gas production between 2030 and 2035, according to the company’s Vice President, John Ardill. His remarks followed a meeting on Friday with the President of the Republic of Cyprus, Nikos Christodoulides, at […]

What the Agreement on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity in Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ) covers, which came into force on January 17 – the geopolitical dimensions and its connection to the global struggle over rare earths and maritime trade routes

The Ministry of Shipping creates an Operations Center - "We will give the men and women of the Coast Guard more powerful, state-of-the-art means" Vasilis Kikilias tells "B" - The "common platform" with the Armed Forces and Frontex

Cyprus is an EU and UN member-states, although 37% of the island republic remains occupied by Turkey since 1974, while the latter has also propped up a Turkish Cypriot pseudo-state in the occupied areas since 1983

Greek diplomacy this month has quietly “floated” the idea of such a summit to ostensibly deal with, among others, the delimitation of maritime zones in the east-central and eastern Mediterranean