Deputy Foreign Minister Miltiadis Varvitsiotis during yesterday’s Meeting of Foreign Ministers of the EU – Southern Neighborhood said that Greece is the one that shows the way of cooperation. “As we share…
Tag: Eastern Mediterranean
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan blamed Greece and Cyprus for German commandos inspecting a Turkish vessel on behalf of a European Union mission to implement an arms embargo on Libya. “Despite the…
With Turkey announcing a new illegal NAVTEX, a navigational notice, over six Greek islands, there is no doubt that President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has escalated tensions in the Aegean. “Ankara has created…
Turkey on Tuesday issued three navigational communication telexes (NAVTEX) covering large swathes of the Aegean Sea. The excuse given for this blatant provocation is supposedly in response to Greece’s legal militarization of…
The mutual defense clause between Greece and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in case either country is threatened, is perhaps the most important result of the visit of Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis…
Turkey has issued another navigational notice, known as a Navtex, for the Oruç Reis research vessel that continue its illegal activities in Greece’s maritime sovereign rights in the Eastern Mediterranean. The illegal…
The so-called Turkish Minister of Defense, speaking to the Turkish aerospace industry, raised the issue of “gray zones” in the Aegean. Defense Minister Hulusi Akar questioned the sovereignty of Greek islands in…
The Greek Defense Ministry sent an official request letter on November 6 to the US government for the purchase of the F-35 fighter jets. In a letter of request, Theodoros Lagios, General…
German newspaper Die Tageszeitung headlined German ‘weakness’ in the face of ongoing Turkish provocations in the East Med and the Caucus as Armenia and Azerbaijanagree to a ceasefire. “In the eyes of…
Defence Minister Nikos Panagiotopoulos stressed that Greece condemns “Turkey’s illegal, provocative and unilateral actions in Greece’s and Cyprus’ maritime zones that comprise blatant violations of international law and of good neighbourhood relations.”…
Regarding the report by the US State Department, which was forwarded to the US Congress on March 18 and in the framework of the provisions of the “Eastern Mediterranean Security and Energy…
Let’s talk about Turkey‘s daily violations of Greece‘s air and maritime space. Let's talk about #Turkey's daily violations of #Greece's air and maritime space (Thread) — The Greek Analyst (@GreekAnalyst) November 12,…
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew sent a congratulatory message to Joe Biden. “The joy and enthusiasm for your electoral victory are not just personal feelings. They are also feelings of our Ecumenical Patriarchate and…
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis sent messages to both Turkey and the international community during a discussion with journalist John Defterios at the 5th International Euro-Arab Summit. He stated that he was ready…
Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias spoke of Germany’s soft approach to Turkey in an interview, saying that such a policy had failed. Dendias, in an interview in the Sunday edition of German…
The period between changing American presidents is what worries Athens as there is an expectation that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan will try to take advantage if Democrat Candidate Joe Biden is…
Yesterday, the Chief of the Greek General Staff, General Konstantinos Floros, participated by teleconference in the Meeting of the European Union Military Committee (EUMC) for Chiefs of General Staffs of the Armed…
Regardless of what the American people decide in the elections, “we will be in a very good point regarding Greek-American relations because there is a strong consensus on both sides to strengthen…
For the first time there will be a military presence on two tiny Greek islands that previously had no military role. The islands of Gavdos and Othonoi are being fortified with military…
The horrific terrorist attacks in France and the confrontation that erupted between Paris and Ankara has questioned alliances and changed the geopolitical landscape in the East Mediterranean and Africa, which many are…