Libya

Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias said on Thursday that any discussion between Turkey and Libya to establish an Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) is ''completely unacceptable''. Earlier, the Turkish government announced that Ankara has signed a deal with the internationally recognized...

Turkey's Defense Minister Hulusi Akar has presented maps to the Libyan government in an effort to show that Greece is trying to encroach upon the area of Libya's continental shelf, Kathimerini says citing Turkey's Yeni Safak newspaper. The Turkish newspaper...

Around 100 people are feared dead after a boat carrying 100 migrants overturned at sea near the coast of Libya on Friday. Libya's coastguard told the Associated Press they had rescued 14 migrants but could not confirm the death toll...

A Greek-owned tanker has been seized and its crew arrested in Libya on suspicion they planned to smuggle oil out of the North African country. "The naval forces seized a Togo-flagged oil tanker in the territorial waters without permissions from...

Eight crewmembers of the explosives-packed freighter Andromeda, currently held in Greece, were remanded in custody on Tuesday. The crew of two Ukrainians, five Indians and one Albanian national were charged with violating laws on supplying groups with weapons and explosives...

Turkish officials are investigating a report that a Libyan-bound vessel which departed from Turkey was seized by the Greek Coast Guard due to it allegedly carrying explosives to Libya, Turkey’s Embassy in Tripoli announced on Jan. 12. The embassy, quoted...

Authorities have seized a Tanzanian-flagged ship heading for Libya and carrying materials used to make explosives, according to the Greek coastguard. The vessel "Andromeda" was detected sailing near Aghios Nikolaos, on the island of Crete on Saturday. Authorities found 29...

Libya's state-owned General Electricity Company signed a $370 million contract with Greece's METKA to build a power plant in the eastern Libyan city Tobruk. Metka is the business unit of the Greek company Mytilineos S.A., undertaking the construction of large-scale...

The European Union is seeking a way to prevent an estimated one million Libyan refugees likely to start arriving in Europe in the summer, with Crete being one of the destinations. The issue was discussed at the EU summit in...

Greek Firm METKA, part of the quoted Mytilineos group run by Evangelos Mytilineos, signed a deal in Athens on January 28 for three gas turbines and associated equipment including substations to be built in Tobruk. This is the first...