Aegean Sea

At least four Turkish fishermen were reported killed after a Greek tanker collided with their boat about 15km (9 miles) off the coast of Turkey’s Adana province on Wednesday. According to Turkish media reports, the fishing boat "Polatbey" was lying...

Heavy rains, waterspouts and other extreme weather phenomena, including flooding on Crete, were recorded around the Greek islands in the Aegean on Wednesday as much of the country experienced severe storms. Just past noon on Wednesday, a waterspout, also called...

According to an announcement from Greek Shipping Minister Yiannis Plakiotakis, Greece is about to receive a desperately-needed state of the art surveillance system covering the entire Aegean Sea. The Minister stated that the new system will make possible the “timely awareness...

Greece blasted an attempt by Turkey to claim jurisdiction for search and rescue operations in almost half of the Aegean Sea on Sunday. In a statement, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Athens said that the new Turkish law that...

Greece initially welcomed Turkey's recent decision to limit its provocative acts and resume  exploratory talks after the intervention of the European Union and the United States. It was a great relief after months of violations of Greece's territorial waters...

While the Turkish seismic research ship Oruc Reis is moving northeast atop the Greek continental shelf, accompanied by Naval vessels from Turkey, Ankara continues to issue provocative statements. The oil and gas exploration ship is staying within the limits of...

Turkey continued to ramp up tensions in the Aegean on Tuesday as the Oruc Reis seismic research vessel remained atop Greece's continental shelf, accompanied by Turkish Navy vessels, despite continual warnings from the ships of the Greek Navy nearby. While...

Greece is open to a dialogue with Turkey but not under threats, the country’s Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias reiterated on Wednesday. Speaking on state broadcaster ERT, Dendias criticized Turkey for issuing “threats and deadlines,” adding that dialogue cannot be held...

Turkey announced on Tuesday that it will “put on hold for a while” energy-exploration operations in the eastern Mediterranean Sea that have raised tensions with Greece and Cyprus. Presidential spokesperson Ibrahim Kalin, revealed that Erdogan said “let's follow a constructive...

As of Saturday evening, there were signs of a gradual de-escalation in the Aegean, with military sources saying some Turkish Navy ships are returning to their base instead of moving towards Greece's continental shelf. Early in the week, Turkey had...