Athens pushes forward diplomatic efforts with Libya, aiming to advance maritime negotiations, curb migration pressures, and counter regional tensions while shaping its broader geopolitical strategy

The trip to Tripoli marks a renewed diplomatic push to maintain dialogue with both sides in divided Libya, with maritime boundaries, migration and regional stability high on the agenda.

Hanna Tetteh urges urgent progress on elections, economic reform and unity, warning that continued stagnation risks entrenching division and instability across Libya

A Greek and a British national stand accused of illegally arranging missile and fighter jet sales to countries under arms embargoes, including Libya and Sudan, in alleged deals spanning 2009 to 2016.

Talks in Benghazi focused on migration, maritime disputes and trade, as Greece steps up engagement with eastern Libya’s leadership.

Greece’s Foreign Minister George Gerapetritis will meet Libyan military leader Khalifa Belqasim Haftar in Benghazi and attend the opening of Greece’s new consulate before traveling to Tripoli for further official talks

A rubber boat carrying 55 people overturned off Libya’s coast, leaving only two survivors and highlighting the ongoing dangers migrants face crossing the Central Mediterranean

Early findings point to an electrical failure as the cause of a jet crash near Ankara that killed Libya’s army chief and seven others, including a flight attendant believed to be Greek, as investigations continue

The jet carrying Libya’s army chief of staff went down shortly after departing Turkey’s capital, killing all on board and prompting a cross-border investigation and three days of national mourning.

Reports have the corporate jet crashing some 30 minutes after take-off, heading for Tripoli, and after urgently requesting an emergency landing back at the Ankara airport

The issue of delimitating maritime zones in the eastern Mediterranean dramatically appeared on Greece’s foreign policy “radar” in 2019 with the signing of a controversial agreement between Turkey and the provisional government in Tripoli

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