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Israel Navy Takes Over Gaza-Bound Ship Estelle
Israeli troops on Saturday boarded a boat carrying pro-Palestinian MPs and activists seeking to run its naval blockade on the Gaza Strip, blocking the latest attempt to reach the enclave by sea, the military said.
The operation, which the military...
Cyprus
Greece Sits on Huge Offshore Gas Reserve, Study Says
Offshore natural gas could dramatically change Greece's fortunes, should early estimates of €464 billion worth of reserves be confirmed, according to a study presented to Prime Minister Antonis Samaras and seen by Reuters.
The study, collating existing scientific data, says...
Greece
Israeli Navy to Stage Drills in Coordination with Greece
The Israeli Navy is set to hold exercises using live ammunition off Greece’s Aegean island of Milos on July 18 with the cooperation of – but no participation from – the Greek military, Greek media have reported.
Only Israeli warships...
Europe
German Nobel Laureate Guenter Grass Writes Poem about Greece – “Europe’s Shame”
Guenter Grass is a German Nobel Literature Prize winner who wrote, two months ago, a proza poem commenting on Israel's policy regarding Iran. Back then, world society raised eyebrows and disapproved of his poem, due to "poetic faults," such...
Greek News
Scientists: Jesus Christ May Have Had an Entire Family
Thousands of visitors travel to Israel every year, mostly of religious interest. Religion and science are two totally different fields, so their representatives are sometimes opposed to what the other says.
In the 1980's, archaeologists found an underground grave in...
Greece
Greece Joins Israel-USA Military Exercise in Southern Mediterranean
At the same time the tripartite energy agreement will be signed between Greece, Israel and Cyprus on Thursday at Kavouri of Vouliagmeni, Athens, in the presence of Richard Morningstar, the special envoy of the US Foreign Affairs Ministry, a...
Cyprus
Cyprus, Israel to Set Up Committee on Mediterranean Peace
Cyprus and Israel have decided to establish a joint committee on their Mediterranean vision for peace and for the relations between the European Union and all the states in the region.
The decision, as CNA reports, was announced Thursday by...
Cyprus
Tension Escalates Between Turkey and Israel Over Cyprus Block 12
Turkey has sent out three Navy frigates on patrol to the Eastern Mediterranean so as to secure the waters near Israel's 12-mile limit and protect “freedom of the seas”, said Turkish daily newspaper Sabah yesterday.
The former allies, Turkey and...
Cyprus
Greek Minister of Defense Regarding the Cypriot Israeli Cooperation
The Minister of Defense Panos Beglitis sent a message to Turkey that Greece will support her own national sovereignty rights according to the International Law and the International Treaties regarding the continental self and the Exclusive Economic Zone.
Regarding...
Cyprus
Secret Conversations of Papandreou about Gas
The magazine “Epikaira” brings to light secret communications of the Greek Prime Minister with Israel and USA regarding the exploitation of oil and gas resources as a possible solution to the economic crisis.
The Exclusive Economic Zones with Cyprus...