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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…
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…
Something seems to have changed in the Armed Forces, and it begins with General Konstantinos Floros. They may have never stopped training, exercising and remaining combat ready, but from February onwards, faced…
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…
Turkey has once again a renewed its hostilities with its Aegean neighbor in the aftermath of Friday’s earthquake that devastated areas of both countries by declaring a new NAVTEX, a naval warning…
Discouraged, I saw on social media networks some members of the “guard” of His Excellency George Papandreou and Costas Simitis, react positively after the telephone conversation between Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis…
Varoshia and Political Ineptitude! The political heat is on – and it’s blazing hot! During the EU’s Special Foreign Affairs Summit in Brussels (October 1st – 2nd) both Cyprus and Greece have…
The Minister of Citizen Protection, Michalis Chrysochoidis, has accused opposition party SYRIZA of nationalism for wanting Greece to extend its territorial waters to 12 miles as is within its rights by international…
The Greek reaction to Turkey’s announcement of a new illegal NAVTEX that will running until November 4, was immediate, especially since it moves the area of Turkish seismic activity further southwest into…
Only a couple of hours after NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg announced that Greece and Turkey had canceled their military drills on their respective National Days, Turkey President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has…
Turkey issued a new Navigation Telex (NAVTEX) to extend the Oruç Reis seismic research vessel’s activities until October 27. Oruç Reis is accompanied by the Ataman and Cengiz Han. The previous NAVTEX…
Military expert and professor of strategic studies, Admiral Ferdinando Sanfelice di Monteforte, said Turkish President Recep Tayyip “Erdoğan is losing consensus internally and is putting the economy in crisis. The Admiral also…
Turkish research vessel Oruç Reis is nearing the Greek island of Kastellorizo. On Tuesday morning it was spotted 33 kilometres from Kastellorizo, accompanied by the Ataman and Cengiz Han. The armed forces…
The EU leaders’ summit on Friday did not bode well for Greece, especially as five countries are blocking sanctions against Turkey. More precisely, it had a worse ending than the previous Summit…
All analysts agree, the situation in the East Mediterranean is more dangerous than ever and the next 24 hours are considered critical as it will be clear whether Turkish President Recep Tayyip…
Kyriakos Velopoulos, party leader of Hellenic Solution, claims that the Greek government is responsible for not imposing sanctions on Turkey and that he would have sunk the Turkish ships violating Greece’s continental…
With Turkey increasing hostilities and tensions in the East Mediterranean, according to inside sources, Athens has four contingencies to deal with the provocations. On Wednesday it is recalled that Turkish President Recep…