Law of the Sea

Nikos Dendias Meets with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte to Discuss Key Security Issues

In a critical diplomatic meeting, Greek Minister of National Defence Nikos Dendias and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte discussed key…

27 November 2024

Greece Assumes Naval Command of EU’s Red Sea Mission, Operation ASPIDES

Greece has assumed naval command of the EU’s Operation ASPIDES, a joint EU-NATO mission in the Red Sea aimed at…

4 November 2024

New Provocative NAVTEX from Ankara – Dispute Over Greek Research Activities on Alleged Turkish Continental Shelf

Shortly before the scheduled meeting of the Greek and Turkish Foreign Ministers, tensions rise as Turkey issues a new NAVTEX,…

3 November 2024

Greece Clashes with Libya Over Maritime Borders in Heated UN Dispute

Greece and Libya lock horns in a fiery UN dispute over maritime borders! Tensions erupt as Libya's new border declaration,…

24 January 2024

Greece welcomes EEZ deal between Croatia, Italy

Greece has welcomed an agreement between Croatia and Italy on the delimitation of exclusive economic zones (EEZ) in the Adriatic…

1 June 2022

Greece and Turkey agree to start talking again

The 64th round of exploratory talks between Greece and Turkey will take place in Athens on February 22, the Greek…

21 February 2022

Turkish Ministry insults Greek Foreign Affairs Minister and calls Greece a threat to peace

The Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs reacted strongly to Greek Foreign Affairs Minister Nikos Dendias calling him 'antagonistic' and 'delusional'…

6 January 2022

Mitsotakis tells Merkel that Greece is now very different

Greece is now a very different country to the one that Angela Merkel first visited roughly 10 years ago, Prime…

30 October 2021

Italy ratifies EEZ agreement with Greece

Last week, the Italian Senate ratified the agreement with Greece to delineate the maritime zones of the two countries. The…

31 May 2021

Greek Parliament ratifies maritime deal with Italy

Greece's Parliament on Wednesday night approved the agreement between Greece and Italy, on the delimitation of their respective maritime zones. It…

27 August 2020

Greece to expand territorial waters in the Ionian Sea from 6 to 12 nautical miles

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Wednesday said that the government will soon submit a bill extending Greece’s territorial waters…

26 August 2020

Foreign Ministers group 'Med7' calls on Turkey to respect International Law and sovereign rights of EU member-states

The Foreign Ministers of Greece, Cyprus, France, Italy, Malta, Portugal and Spain, a group dubbed the 'Med7', issued a joint…

5 June 2020

EU condemns Turkey’s illegal activities in Eastern Mediterranean

The EU Foreign Affairs Council expressed strong condemnation of the violations of Greek airspace and territorial waters of Greece, as…

16 May 2020

President Pavlopoulos to Turkey: Greece will defend its sovereign rights

While on a visit in Kozani, the President of the Hellenic Republic Prokopis Pavlopoulos, sent a clear message to Turkey…

13 January 2020

War unlikely with Turkey: Greek PM

Greece’s Prime Minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakis claimed that the recent ‘threats’ by Turkey to its sovereignty with the ‘illegal and invalid’…

16 December 2019

Europe and USA back Greece over dispute with Turkey

The US Ambassador to Greece, Mr Geoffrey Pyatt on Thursday expressed his country’s disagreement with Turkey over its memorandum of…

13 December 2019

Greece takes protest to United Nations over Turkey-Libya Agreement

Greece's Foreign Ministry sent two letters to the United Nations Secretary General, Antonio Guterres and the presidency of the Security…

11 December 2019

Opposition Leader visits isolated Kastellorizo

Greece’s main opposition party leader, Kyrakos Mitsotakis visited Kastellorizo on Sunday, where he assured the local population that Greece will…

10 June 2019

Erdogan insults Greeks: “You escaped becoming salted fish in 1921”

by Aggelos Skordas Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan appeared once again provocative towards Greece during a speech to his supporters…

13 March 2018

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