According to reports, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis told other European leaders that 'we must learn the Ukraine lesson'

Athens underlines that the deal violates the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea by disregarding the sovereign rights of Greek islands, particularly Crete and the Dodecanese.

Greek FM: "There is a protection plan in place, the project is of European interest, and any obstruction will have consequences at the EU level.”

Greek PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis himself received Belgacem Haftar, the son of Gen. Khalifa Haftar, the de facto leader of eastern Libya, a day after a meeting with Greece's FM

The agreement generated Greece’s stern reaction, irked other regional countries and eventually earned disapproval by the EU, as it essentially ignored the Law of the Sea and tried to 'erase' all Greek island territories

Despite persistent inquiries from, the European Commission has refused to respond to questions about Turkey’s potential role in facilitating migration flows from Libya

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.

The president of Turkey’s Foreign Economic Relations Board (DEIK) highlighted that the deployment of one drillship to Libya aligns with Ankara’s strategy to deepen regional partnerships

In this week’s episode of “Explaining Greece”, we speak with Maria Gavouneli, a professor of International Law at the National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, and the director general of the Athens-based Hellenic Foundation for European & Foreign Policy (ELIAMEP), regarding an issue that since 2019 has soured relations between Greece and the fractured and […]

The anti-Erdogan site Nordic Monitor publishes a letter ostensibly written by Turkish FM Fidan, which cites 'efforts to determine the maritime boundary with Syria and to delimit maritime jurisdiction areas beyond territorial waters'

The report was first posted on X by the Libya Observer outlet.

The provisional government in Tripoli on Thursday claimed that the tendering of two blocks south of Crete 'violates' the country's sovereign rights

News that east Libya's parliament is eying the creation of a committee to study the maritime deal, which Greece considers as illegal, has reverberated throughout the wider region

Any EEZ progress would be based on 'international law', require stable Syria government, Minister Uraloğlu clarified; sharp 'unofficial' reaction in Athens

Ankara reverted to 'gunboat diplomacy' in an effort to prevent an Italian vessel from conducting research off Kasos - in its imaginary and illegal EEZ

The joint exercise took place over a maritime region 'marked off' in the revisionist and unrecognized “Turo-Libyan” agreement

The Greek government, along with Egypt and the EU, expressed outrage at the time over the agreement

If the announcement materializes, it would be the first direct back-tracking by the Erdogan administration amid a recent rapprochement between Greece and Turkey