Kastellorizo

Greek premier Alexis Tsipras sent a message of peaceful coexistence and cooperation to Turkey from the Greek island of Kastellorizo, a stone's throw from the Turkish coast on Tuesday. "Greece threatens no one but nor is it afraid of anyone,"...

Greece's General Secretariat for the Aegean and Island Policy and the country's shipping industry have signed a €870,000 ($1 million) contract to build a desalination plant on Kastellorizo island, according to a report by Kathimerini news daily. Construction on the...

A Frontex vessel located and rescued 35 migrants and refugees on Tuesday, in a dinghy off the coasts of Ro islet near the island of Kastellorizo. The migrants and refugees had left for the opposite Turkish coasts. (Source: ANA-MPA)

Greeks love their cars and they take them everywhere, even to places where they shouldn't, such as in small islands where they are absolutely unnecessary. Yet, there are some islands that don't have roads and they are perfect for...

Thirty one refugees from Syria (18 men, 6 women and 7 children) that arrived from the Turkish coasts were arrested on Friday on the island of Kastellorizo. The refugees were arrested for illegal entrance to Greece. (source: ana-mpa)

Turkey has announced naval exercises in twelve regions, including Kastellorizo-Strongyli, the easternmost Greek island of the Aegean. The Navigational telex, NAVTEX 717/16, was issued by Ankara early on Friday. The site liberal.gr states that the message was for naval...

Ankara has made yet another move to dispute Greece's domination in Kastellorizo island by calling on Athens not to proceed with scheduled military exercises near the island. Turkish authorities have issued two NOTAM with which they call on Athens to...

Over 11,000 refugees and migrants have rushed to the Greek islands in the last three days while government officials were apparently preoccupied with the EU summit in Brussels, thereby presenting Turkish smugglers with a golden opportunity to conduct their...

The turbulent history of the small community of the island of Kastellorizo is described in the documentary "At the edge of the Aegean- Kastellorizo". In the documentary, Kastellorizo's history is recorded from its full peak at the end of 19th...

Defense Minister Panos Kammenos caused his deputy minister to react on Monday after admitting that he proposed to the United States the establishment of a NATO airbase on Karpathos island. Kammenos -- chief of junior coalition partner ANEL -- said that...