Rising tensions between Turkey and Israel are raising concern in Athens as Greece seeks to deepen strategic ties with Israel while avoiding further strains with Ankara
Turkey stepped up military activity over the eastern Aegean on Friday, Greek with six F-16s and three UAVs recording 10 violations of Greek airspace and 10 infringements of air-traffic rules in the Athens FIR. The Turkish aircraft operated over the northeastern, central and southeastern Aegean. Four of the F-16s were armed, reports state. Two incidents […]
The prime minister’s visit to remote Kastellorizo is therefore taking place against a backdrop of heightened Turkish activity and rhetoric in the Aegean and Eastern Mediterranean.
Athens says Turkish objections to Greece’s spatial planning rules and maritime parks have no legal basis, while both countries continue to dispute maritime zones and sovereignty in the Aegean
The Greek PM reiterated that Greece is a peaceful country that poses no threat to anyone but will not accept orders from anyone.
Ibrahim Kalin met with the head of Greece's EYP and other unnamed officials last week in a visit that went entirely unannounced, Ta Nea reports, raising questions about whether he was relaying messages from Erdogan.
The Turkish president said Ankara would do “whatever is necessary” to defend what he described as Turkey’s rights, while calling for good-neighborly relations with Greece
The FDD Turkey Program director says renewed tensions in the Aegean should be read alongside Ankara’s moves in Cyprus, Libya and Syria, as well as President Erdogan’s increasingly confident relationship with Washington
Turkey sends diplomatic note to Athens reiterating its Aegean claims, while Greece insists its maritime initiatives fully comply with international law
Foreign Minister George Gerapetritis is attending the EU's informal “Gymnich” meeting in Ireland, where he plans to discuss developments in the Middle East, Ukraine and what Athens describes as rising Turkish provocations
A Greek patrol vessel is shadowing the TÜBİTAK MARMARA after Turkey issued a NAVTEX covering waters southwest of the Greek island through September 15
Greece’s foreign minister says dialogue with Ankara remains essential while Athens prepares for potential tensions and expects work on the Greece-Cyprus electricity cable to begin in 2026
Four Greek F-16 fighter jets and the frigate Nikiforos Fokas will remain in Cyprus amid rising tensions linked to Iranian threats and increasingly aggressive rhetoric from Turkey
Until such goodwill is displayed by our eastern neighbors, the sale of F-35s to Turkey, as recently floated, or its inclusion in SAFE, would incentivize the continuation to the benefit of China, Russia and Hamas and ultimately, to our collective detriment
A Turkish Defense Ministry document says military activity by Greece and Israel in the Eastern Mediterranean is being closely monitored amid growing concerns over possible crises in the region.
The “kavgas,” a Turkish word that did not lose its original meaning in Greek, just as “tsampoukas” and “ntais” did not. Kavga was always “kavgas.”
The timeline and geopolitics around Greece's "Hydrocarbons 2.0" plans in the Ionian and Crete, the status of the Great Sea Interconnector, and Turkey
Foreign Minister George Gerapetritis says Athens will keep communication channels open with Ankara while defending its sovereign rights and responding to Turkish provocations if necessary.
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis sent a clear message to Turkey regarding Ankara's reaction to Greece's new spatial planning frameworks during a cabinet meeting
Nearly three years after the Athens Declaration sought to open a new chapter in bilateral ties, Ankara and Athens are once again facing growing tensions over maritime zones, sovereignty and competing regional ambitions