Hannibal Gaddafi, son of Libya’s late leader, released after almost ten years of detention over the 1978 disappearance of a Lebanese cleric, as Lebanon and Libya move to restore diplomatic ties

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy becomes the first national leader jailed since World War II, starting a five-year sentence in Paris for criminal conspiracy

Sarkozy is due to appear before the Financial Prosecutor’s Office on October 13 to be informed of the terms of his detention.

Footage from Gavdos sparks debate as locals move a migrant boat offshore for safety while Frontex monitors the area

Greek and Libyan foreign ministers are set to meet in Athens on Tuesday to discuss restarting negotiations on maritime zones, amid tensions over a 2019 Turkey-Libya deal rejected by Greece.

Greece views Chevron’s bid for exploration rights south of Crete as a sign of U.S. trust and a possible step toward de facto maritime delimitation with Libya

Greek FM Giorgos Gerapetritis says Athens is engaging both Libyan authorities while insisting on maritime border talks under international law; Greece will not tolerate violations of its sovereign rights and notes Libya’s licensing aligned with the Greek median line

Athens told the United Nations that Libya’s objections to Greek offshore exploration south of Crete are legally baseless, stressing its rights under international law

Greece has repeatedly faced criticism from human rights groups over alleged pushbacks at sea and land borders. Earlier this year, the EU’s border agency said it was examining 12 cases involving possible rights violations by Greek authorities

Reports of a Panamanian-flagged cargo ship transporting jeeps and military equipment to Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar trigger secretive inspections at Greek port of Astakos

The migration route from Libya continues to pose a significant challenge for Greek authorities. According to Plevris, this area was responsible for 4,000 illegal entries last year, while numbers have already surged to 10,000 in just the first half of 2025

From Benghazi to brussels, Vandewalle highlights how the absence of unified governance in Libya continues to destabilize the Mediterranean. The Professor argues that international interventions—especially from turkey and Russia—have transformed Libya into a geopolitical chessboard.

A recent visit by Greek Foreign Minister Giorgos Gerapetritis to Benghazi was reportedly well-received by Haftar and his inner circle. Though the talks were informal, Greek diplomats interpreted the visit as a goodwill gesture, signaling Eastern Libya's interest in closer ties with Athens—even in the face of stronger economic offers from Ankara

Libya has issued a formal diplomatic protest to the United Nations, directly challenging Greece’s maritime boundary claims south and west of Crete. This marks the first time Tripoli has officially laid claim to areas of the Eastern Mediterranean previously designated by Greece for offshore hydrocarbon exploration. At the heart of the dispute is the contentious […]

The attack on the Greek City of Poros day cruise remains the deadliest peacetime atrocity in modern Greek history, and is a sobering reminder of the potential cost of Greece’s entanglements in the Middle East

Reports come from the sidelines of a Ukraine Recovery Conference in Rome on Thursday, following talks by Ursula von der Leyen, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, host Italian PM Giorgia Meloni and Maltese PM Robert Abela

Plevris said cooperation with Turkey has effectively reduced crossings at Greece’s northeastern land border and the eastern Aegean islands; however, the main challenge remains the Libyan maritime route.

Reports have Al-Sadiq Haftar as saying that Tuesday's very public 'snub' of a visiting EU delegation to Benghazi was not aimed at Athens

‘All migrants who enter the country illegally will be arrested and detained,' the Greek PM announced in Parliament, referring to the ongoing situation on Crete from irregular migrant arrivals emanating from eastern Libya