Imia

Turkish newspaper Sabah reported tension between Turkish and Greek coast guard units on Monday when 10 Greek fishing boats entered the area of Imia. According to Sabah, the Imia islets belong to Turkey and they are called Kardak. Thereby, the...

The European Commission reacted to the continuous Turkish provocations against Greece, with spokesperson Maja Kocijancic urging Turkey to avoid "friction" or "threat." The EC official spoke to EurActiv saying that, "The EU urges Turkey to avoid any kind of source...

Turkey continues its provocations in the Aegean by issuing a new NOTAM on Friday asking for the demilitarization of the Greek island of Kasos. The NOTAM says that one of the three ares in which Greece is conducting military exercises...

Greek sovereignty over the Aegean islands is indisputable and backed by international law, the country’s foreign ministry said on Thursday, in response to a new series of statements by Turkish officials who questioned the legal status of several islands...

As tensions between Greece and Turkey continues to rise over several issues, one topic that continues to come up is Turkey's claims that dozens of Greek islands are in fact Turkish property. On Wednesday Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu spoke in...

Greece's defense and foreign ministries are concerned over the continuous violations of Greek airspace by Turkish fighter jets. Diplomatic sources say that the recent reopening of the file of the death of a Turkish pilot who was killed over the...

Five German nationals were injured late on Thursday during a brawl with Greek residents of a squat in the central Athens area of Monastiraki. The Germans are allegedly members of extreme-rightist groups who are in Athens in order to participate...

Greek Defense Minister Panos Kammenos was flying over the Imia islet to lay a wreath on the place where three men of the Hellenic Navy lost their lives, while two Turkish jet fighters were flying overhead, violating Greek airspace. The...

A Turkish F-16 fighter jet appeared in the skies near the Greek islet of Imia on Friday as new Defense Minister Panos Kammenos was aboard a helicopter to lay a wreath in memory of three Greek Navy aviators killed during the...

It was an incident that almost brought Greece and Turkey to war in a dispute over who owned the two uninhabited rocky islets of Imia, and cost the lives of three crew members of a Greek Navy helicopter who...