Castellorizo
Australia
Oldest Greek in Australia Passes Away at 109
Eleni Confos, the oldest Greek in Australia and the most senior Australian Castellorizian, has passed away peacefully at the age of 109.
Australia
Grand Opening of the New Castellorizian Association of NSW Building
The Castellorizian Association of New South Wales (NSW) inaugurated a new cultural center building in Sydney, Australia on Saturday.
events
Castellorizo Invites Filmmakers to Submit Work for International Documentary Festival
Organizers of the Beyond Borders International Documentary Festival, which takes place every summer on the Greek island of Castellorizo, announced on Monday that they are inviting documentary filmmakers to submit their work for consideration for the fifth annual event.
Documentaries...
Diplomacy
Erdogan Claims Turkey, Libya Can Start Drilling South of Crete
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan gave an interview to the Turkish state-run TRT television network on Monday evening in which he announced Ankara's plans to conduct drillings in cooperation with Libya southeast of Crete.
In an unprecedented statement denying Greece's sovereign...
Greece
Tensions Rise as Turkey Blocks Off Massive Sea Area Between Rhodes and Castellorizo
Turkey continued its seemingly never-ending provocations in the area between Greece's islands of Rhodes and Castellorizo on Monday by issuing a barrage of new Navigational Telexes (NAVTEX).
This time, the Turkish Office Of Navigation, Hydrography and Oceanography unilaterally blocked off...
Greece
Turkey and Pakistan Conduct Joint Military Exercises off Greece's Castellorizo
Turkey and Pakistan have been conducting joint military exercises in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea in the last few days, off the small Greek archipelago of Castellorizo.
This is seen by many experts as a Turkish response to the ongoing strategic...
Diplomacy
Turkish Drone Spotted ''Spying'' Over Islet of Rho, on Castellorizo
The continued Turkish provocations against Greek airspace over its eastern islands continued on Monday, this time with a high-tech element added into the mix.
A UAV, or unmanned drone, was spotted flying over the islet of Rho in the island archipelago...
Diplomacy
Turkey Issues New NAVTEX Blocking Off Sea Between Rhodes and Castellorizo
Turkey issued a new Navigational Telex (NAVTEX) on Monday, by which it blocks off a large sea area between the Greek islands of Rhodes and the archipelago of Castellorizo.
The new NAVTEX, which expires on Wednesday, comes right after an...
Diplomacy
Turkey's Cavusoglu Presents Map Showing Turkish Continental Shelf Near Crete
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu spoke to the 11th ''Ambassadors Conference'' in Ankara on Monday, where he presented a map depicting what Turkey considers to be the extent of its own continental shelf in the Mediterranean Sea.
The map Cavusoglu...
Diplomacy
Turkey Plans to Conduct Research South of Greece's Rhodes and Castellorizo
Turkey's State Petroleum Company ΤΡΑΟ intends to conduct scientific research to locate potential reserves of hydrocarbons south of the Greek islands of Rhodes and Castellorizo in the near future.
According to what Greece's Kathimerini newspaper reported on Sunday, the Turkish...