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Greece's coast guard, on Monday, said it had prevented more than a thousand migrants and refugees from crossing its islands in boats from the nearby coast of Turkiye over...
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Turkish Vice President Fuat Oktay has warned that if Greece does not stop arming the Aegean islands, the islands' sovereignty issue will be raised for discussion within the framework...
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The head of the Greek Orthodox Church in Jerusalem has called for urgent and unified action to nullify suspicious deals through which important real estate owned by the church...
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The Turkish authorities published a report prepared by Turkiye's Ombudsman Institution on Friday stating that Greece had violated the rights of tens of thousands of refugees attempting to enter...
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Spokesman for Foreign Affairs at the European Commission said Turkey must stop threats and actions that undermine good relations with its neighbours and respect the sovereignty, territorial waters and...
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Turkiye's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has warned Greece not to continue its militarisation of the Aegean islands, or else "they will regret" it. In a series of tweets in...
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Lebanese Foreign Minister Abdullah Bou Habib announced on Friday that the Greek Foreign Ministry had summoned the Lebanese Chargé d'Affairs to Athens. Bou Habib informed Al-Mayadeen TV that the...
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The head of Lebanon's Hezbollah said yesterday that his group could stop Israel from extracting gas from a maritime field that Beirut says lies in disputed waters, adding Hezbollah...
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Iran expects an oil cargo confiscated by Greece to be returned in full, the semi-official Tasnim news agency reported Tehran's Ambassador to Athens as saying on Thursday, following a...
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Lebanon yesterday warned Israel against "encroaching" on its maritime wealth after the arrival of Greece's Energean Power floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel to the area, Jordan's Assabeel newspaper reported. The rig...
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Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Saturday blamed recent protests in Iran on foreign "enemies" seeking to overthrow the Islamic Republic, Reuters reported. He also said the United...
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Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, said Wednesday that Ankara had decided to halt high-level talks with Greece amid rising tension between the rival neighbours. Speaking to lawmakers of his...
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The Greek Government says it is planning a major extension of a wall along the country's border with Turkiye and is seeking European Union financial support for the additional...
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Iran's state maritime body said on Saturday the crew of two Greek tankers seized by its Revolutionary Guards on Friday had not been detained, and were in good health...
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Iranian forces seized two Greek tankers in the Gulf on Friday, shortly after Tehran warned it would take "punitive action" against Athens over the confiscation of Iranian oil by...
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Greece announced yesterday that it will deliver Iranian oil cargo that was on board the 'Lana' oil tanker, which authorities seized in mid-April, to the US at the request...
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Iran's Ports and Maritime Organisation (PMO) said yesterday that Greece had seized an Iranian-flagged ship, arrested its crew members, and seized the cargo onboard. PMO said Greece had acted upon orders from...
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Saudi Crown Prince, Mohammed bin Salman, is planning a trip to Turkey, Cyprus, Greece, Jordan, and Egypt, where he will discuss regional and international issues and ink agreements in...
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Fifteen European countries, on Friday, urged Israel to stop plans for more illegal settlements in the West Bank, according to an official statement, Anadolu News Agency reports. "We are...
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The Greek Government violated the human rights of a Turkish academic by not allowing him to enter the country on Saturday, Turkish newspaper Daily Sabah has reported. According to the paper,...
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A senior US diplomat said the proposed pipeline to transport gas from the eastern Mediterranean to European markets, via Israel, Cyprus and Greece, was "not viable", stressing that "Europe...
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A non-profit founded by a Syrian refugee is welcoming Ukrainians into neighbouring Romania, which shares a 650-kilometre border with Ukraine. Refugee4Refugees is welcoming people escaping the Russian invasion and...
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In an interview with the Egyptian state-run Al-Ahram, Cyprus' ambassador to Greece has said that relations with Egypt are at their "best point ever." "Egypt and Cyprus are in complete...
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A Syrian is suing the European Union border and coastguard agency, Frontex, for its alleged complicity in illegally pushing back the refugee into Turkey, reported Al-Jazeera. The Front-Lex legal...
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Greece does not adopt an anti-Turkiye foreign policy, foreign Minister, Nikos Dendias, announced yesterday. Dendias stressed that his country was pursuing a foreign policy that had "national priorities, interests...
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At least 101 migrants have been rescued from the Aegean Sea off the island of Paros in the Cyclades, the Greek Coast Guard said on Sunday, Anadolu reports. Authorities...
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Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan and Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis agreed in talks on Sunday to improve ties, despite the long-running disagreements between the two NATO members, Ankara said,...
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US TV network CBS identifies Istanbul as part of Greece
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Over 15 countries have called for a special meeting with the UN's Shipping Agency to discuss the safety of ships and their crews sailing through the Black Sea and...
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The United Nations has raised alarm against pushbacks at European borders, a tactic used by authorities in which asylum seekers are forced back across the border, often violently, despite...