Just a couple of weeks after Prime Minister Antonis Samaras met his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Ankara to try to settle differences over territorial waters and oil and gas exploration in the Aegean, the two countries are engaged in a feud over the issue. Turkey has forwarded a note verbale to the United [...]
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Cyprus, Greece Want EU Backing On EEZ
After meeting new Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades in Athens, Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras has called on the European Union to support Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZs) that would protect the two countries interest in oil and gas exploration in the Aegean. It was the Cypriot leader’s first visit abroad since being elected last month and [...]
Greece, Turkey Can’t Agree On Sea Deal
Only days after Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras went to Turkey to meet his counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdogan to try to resolve differences over gas and oil exploration in the sea between the countries, a further breach has developed. The newspaper Kathimerini reported that Greek Foreign Minister Dimitris Avramopoulos and his Turkish peer, Ahmet Davutoglu [...]
Turkey, Greece Talks Focus on Aegean
Greece Prime Minister Antonis Samaras will visit Turkey Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in Ankara March 4-5 for a series of critical meetings, which are expected to include talks on the countries’ differences on energy exploration in disputed territorial waters. They are expected to sign agreements on education, maritime issues, health and tourism and police [...]
Greek FM: Turkeys Threats Against Cyprus Must End Immediately
Foreign Minister of Greece Dimitris Avramopoulos has said that Turkey is making a strategic mistake by not realizing that Cyprus’s participation in the EU and the discoveries of natural resources are a strong incentive for the quick resolution to the Cyprus problem. Avramopoulos, who is paying an official visit to Cyprus, added that a Cyprus [...]
Cyprus: Noble Energy Discovers Natural Gas Reserve
Noble Energy has discovered a vast natural gas reserve which exceeds the demands of both Greek Cyprus and Israel combined, Anatolia news agency reported yesterday. Noble has been drilling to find natural gas deposits in the 12th block known as “Aphrodite” in the eastern Mediterranean, which Greek Cyprus has unilaterally declared an Exclusive Economic Zone [...]
Cyprus Says Turkey is a Destabilizing Factor in the Region
President of the House of Representatives of the Republic of Cyprus, Yiannakis Omirou stated after visiting the “Michalakis Parides” military camp that Turkey is a real threat against the Hellenism of Cyprus, adding that the EU and the international community must understand that the neighboring country is a destabilizing factor in the broader region. According [...]
Conference on Greek EEZ in Athens Nov. 12
The Leader of the ND party of the Attica prefecture Mr. Vassilis Kakilias co-organizes with the prefecture a conference on Greece’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ). The event will be held on Saturday, November 12, 2011 at the Conference Centre in Athens, on Syggrou Boulevard 103-105 from 11am to 2pm. The event is open to the [...]
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