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Turkey Threatens Greece Over EEZ

Turkey is threatening Greece with an incident in the Aegean if the country decides to take advantage of its EU presidency and initiate procedures for the proclamation of the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) and proceed to exploit hydrocarbon reserves...

EU Sides With Greece On Maritime Issues

The European Union is opening an Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZ) agenda with common European issues and reinforces the Greek side in negotiating with Turkey by fully adopting Greek positions on fisheries in the Mediterranean. Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras expressed...

Greece and Egypt to Jointly Delineate Maritime Zones

Greek Foreign Minister Evangelos Venizelos and his Egyptian counterpart Nabil Fahmy Thursday agreed to create a bilateral committee aimed at delineating the two countries' maritime zones despite possible objections by "third countries" and pointed to the prospect of a...

Venizelos, Davutoglu Talk TAP In Turkey

New Greek Foreign Minister Evangelos Venizelos met in Ankara with his counterpart Ahmet Davutoglu on July 19, where they talked about an "energy bridge" between the countries via the planned TransAdriatic Pipeline (TAP) that will bring gas from Azerbaijan...

Turkey Disputes Greek Territorial Waters

Just a couple of weeks after Prime Minister Antonis Samaras met his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Ankara to try to settle differences over territorial waters and oil and gas exploration in the Aegean, the two countries are...

Cyprus, Greece Want EU Backing On EEZ

After meeting new Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades in Athens, Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras has called on the European Union to support Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZs) that would protect the two countries interest in oil and gas exploration in...

Greece, Turkey Can't Agree On Sea Deal

Only days after Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras went to Turkey to meet his counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdogan to try to resolve differences over gas and oil exploration in the sea between the countries, a further breach has developed....

Turkey, Greece Talks Focus on Aegean

Greece Prime Minister Antonis Samaras will visit Turkey Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in Ankara March 4-5 for a series of critical meetings, which are expected to include talks on the countries' differences on energy exploration in disputed territorial...

Greek FM: Turkey’s Threats Against Cyprus Must End Immediately

Foreign Minister of Greece Dimitris Avramopoulos has said that Turkey is making a strategic mistake by not realizing that Cyprus's’ participation in the EU and the discoveries of natural resources are a strong incentive for the quick resolution to the...

Cyprus: Noble Energy Discovers Natural Gas Reserve

Noble Energy has discovered a vast natural gas reserve which exceeds the demands of both Greek Cyprus and Israel combined, Anatolia news agency reported yesterday. Noble has been drilling to find natural gas deposits in the 12th block known as...