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Greece announced that 250 additional guards would be deployed at the country's land border with Turkey, as thousands of asylum-seekers tried to enter the country last year, Athens News...

Turkish coast guards yesterday rescued 75 irregular migrants who were pushed back by the Greek authorities into Turkish territorial waters off the southwestern coastal city of Mugla. Security sources...

The EU commissioner for home affairs will meet Greek and Croatian ministers on Thursday to discuss the latest media reports on migrant pushback. "Some of these reports are shocking...

On Monday, Greek Migration and Asylum Minister, Notis Mitarachi, said that the EU should keep its promises to Turkey as part of a 2016 agreement to provide Turkish nationals...

Greece signed a multibillion-dollar military agreement with France, media reports have said. President Emmanuel Macron and Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis met in Elysee Palace to announce the deal...

Greece's prime minister said that tensions in the Eastern Mediterranean will not benefit anyone and Athens will not be in an arms race with Turkey, Anadolu reported. "I am not in...

President of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) Ersin Tatar on Saturday met with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on the sidelines of the 76th session of UN General...

The Saudi and Emirati militaries have arrived in Greece to begin joint exercises with the Greek and Egyptian militaries, in what they are hailing as further cooperation between allied...

The Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) will resolutely continue following its path in the Eastern Mediterranean without any separation from Turkey, said the country's prime minister on Sunday,...

Mediterranean nations must lead the way in addressing climate change, the Greek prime minister said, warning that the cost of doing nothing was unimaginable, with mankind possibly struggling to...

The American Jewish Committee (AJC) is spearheading an initiative ahead of the 76th session of the UN General Assembly, urging governments and diplomats to reject the so-called anti-Israel bias at an international...

During the first eight months of 2021, the Turkish Coast Guard rescued 5,964 irregular migrants in the Aegean Sea who were illegally pushed back by Greece, according to an Anadolu...

The Turkish authorities yesterday rescued 49 asylum seekers who were turned back by Greece and forced to head for Izmir on Turkey's west coast. "Our officers received a report...

The former Deputy Director of the Israeli Communications Ministry Haim Garon died yesterday after the light aircraft he was in crashed into the sea close to the Greek island...

Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias has been criticised after he used his visit to Tunisia to settle political scores with Turkey and attack the Ennahda movement. After his meeting...

Tunisia's democratic path will continue according to the will of the people, Tunisian President Kais Saied said yesterday. Speaking at a meeting with the Greek Foreign Minister, Nikos Dendias,...

Think tank Transnational Institute (TNI) has called on the European Union (EU) to spend its resources saving lives, instead of punishing people seeking safety on its shores. Europe had...

Greece must put an end to its interventionist practices and policies of pressure against Muslim religious leaders elected by the Turkish minority in Western Thrace, Turkey's foreign minister said...

The Turkish Coast Guard rescued 120 asylum seekers yesterday after Greek authorities forced them to return to Turkish territorial waters off the coast of Aydin state, Anadolu Agency reports. Security sources...

Turkey has revealed that it is helping to prevent an oil slick from reaching Cyprus, Anadolu has reported. The slick in the Eastern Mediterranean started with a leak last...

Turkey on Sunday warned Greece against "expansionist attitudes," saying it is just chasing a "vain hope", reports Anadolu Agency. "Greece should see that it cannot get anywhere with expansionist...

An Afghan man tried to set himself on fire near the US embassy in the Greek capital Athens in protest of America's policies in Afghanistan. According to local media,...

The government of Cyprus said today it would revoke the passports from Turkish Cypriot officials in the breakaway state in the northern part of the island, Reuters reports. A number of...

The Greek government on Friday announced that it has finished building a 40-kilometre long wall along its border with Turkey, CNN International reported. Greece took the decision amid concerns that NATO's...

Turkish coast guard units have rescued ten irregular migrants who had been forced by the Greek coast guard to return to Turkish territorial waters in the Aegean Sea, Anadolu reported. The...

Fifteen Pakistani migrants have been injured on Friday in a racially-motivated attack on the Greek island of Crete. According to Greek media, a group of ten people armed with...

Twenty-two people have been arrested in Algeria after being suspected of causing the wildfires that have killed 65 people, the president revealed yesterday. Abdelmadjid Tebboune explained that some of...

Rome is scorching hot. This beautiful city is becoming unbearable for other reasons, too. Although every corner of the beaming metropolis is a monument to historical grandeur, from the...

Greek Migration Minister Notis Mitarachi said yesterday that the EU should offer more support to help Turkey mitigate the pressures of more migrant arrivals from Afghanistan as the bloc...

As many as 272 forest fires in Turkey have been contained, while three continue to burn in the Aegean Mugla province, the country's agriculture and forestry minister said in...

Little Amal, the refugee child puppet that is making the long journey from the Syrian-Turkey border to the UK to highlight the plight of refugee children, has finished the...

Turkish Coast Guards yesterday rescued 34 asylum seekers off the coast of Izmir in the Aegean Sea after Greek authorities forced them to return to Turkish territorial waters, Anadolu reported. The...