Yesterday, the Turks continued their provocations against Greece by using a drone to violate and play through speakers the the Turkish national anthem and Ottoman battle hymns, as reported by Greek City…
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Turkey continues to target Kastellorizo with provocative acts including disturbing residents with a drone playing the Turkish national anthem and Ottoman battle hymns as well as vandalism of the Greek flag.
The German Ambassador to Athens made a surprising announcement while speaking to the Standing European Affairs Committee of the Greek parliament earlier today, saying that Turkey will soon see the “stick” from…
For weeks, Greece and Turkey have been facing off in the eastern Mediterranean Sea, raising fears that a dispute between two NATO allies could turn into a full-blown regional crisis, CNN reported.…
Summer holidays for students and teachers came to an end as schools throughout Greece opened on Monday, but with new precautions and plans for possible closures due to the novel virus. It…
The Turkish people were promised glorious victories, they were promised Greek islands, they were promised they would get their chance to throw “the Greeks into the sea,” they were promised a “Blue…
One hundred and fifty passionate Greek Australian business leaders ‘zoomed’ into the Greek Australian Dialogue Series with Georgios Filiopoulos, the CEO of Enterprise Greece, on Wednesday night. The Zoom conference was organised by…
New statement shave been made Turkey’s so-called Minister of Defense, Hulusi Akar, who is in Antifellos (Αντίφελλος, Turkish: Kaş), located directly opposite Kastellorizo, and described Greeks as “friends” but continued Turkey’s demand’s…
Greek President Katerina Sakellaropoulou referred to the difficult period that the people of Kastellorizo are going through due to Turkish provocations in the East Mediterranean. “Kastellorizo is a precious part of our…
Greek President Katerina Sakellaropoulou has arrived in Kastellorizo to celebrate the island’s independence from Fascist Italian rule despite concerns that Ankara is very likely to try and take advantage of the presence…
The idea that the current tensions in the East Mediterranean are due to “decades-old” disputes is not entirely right. I am not sure people appreciate how much the Turkey-Libya delimitation created new…
Greek authorities apprehended two journalists of German state-media outlet Deutche Welle yesterday afternoon in Kastellorizo island. According to Enikos, the two DW workers who are reporting on the island as tensions with…
In the last two weeks, Turkish media have gone on a disinformation campaign in their English-language services by using the Turkish names for Greek islands instead of their English/Greek names, most prominently…
Inspired by the recognition that Kastellorizio’s once thriving culture was being lost and scattered, Nick Bogiatzis’ latest book ‘Kastellorizian Jewellery. A Dispersed Archive of a Past Culture’ provides an absorbing and informative insight into the island’s jewellery.
A spokesperson for Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) questioned whether Greece has press freedoms and condemned a Greek website for revealing Anadolu Agency journalists who arrived at Kastellorizo island were…
Turkish state-owned Anadolu Agency will sue a Greek media outlet after it claimed that journalists sent by the Turkish media organisation to Kastellorizo island were in fact agents of Turkey’s National Intelligence…
The visit of the President of the Hellenic Republic is presented as the… “provocative action” of Greece – The propaganda for the “militarization” of the islands continues. The announcement of the visit…
Turkey issued a new Navigation Telex (NAVTEX) to extend the Oruç Reis seismic research vessel’s activities until September 12. This is the third NAVTEX renewal, after the previous one expired on September 1. The new NAVTEX concerns…
Turkey issued a Navigation Telex (NAVTEX) announcing an extension for a second time to the Oruc Reis’ research activities in the Eastern Mediterranean, valid until September 1. The NAVTEX was supposed to…
US Deputy Chief of Mission David Burger opened the ‘Beyond Borders International Documentary Festival’ in Kastellorizo on Sunday, which is sponsored by the American Embassy. Burger noted that it was a real honour…