Greece

Greece is firm on its position to extend its territorial waters to twelve nautical miles in the Aegean as is clearly indicated by international law and specifically by the UN’s Treaty on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS). Despite Turkey's...

Greece territorial waters will be extended further in the Ionian Sea the Greek authorities announced on Sunday with the publication of the presidential decree on the closing of bays and drawing of straight baselines in the western maritime area. The...

On Saturday, Ankara extended the current illegal NAVTEX that has a seismic vessel called Oruc Reis, researching inside Greek territorial waters south of Kastellorizo and accompanied by Turkish Navy ships. The NAVTEX that has the Turkish ships moving south and...

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, who made an official visit to Greece on Monday, declared that every country has a right to extend its territorial waters to 12 nautical miles, in agreement with Greece's stance on the issue. Before meeting...

The Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs responded on Saturday to Turkey's Vice President who threatened Greece with war if it expands it's territorial waters to 12 nautical miles in the Aegean. “Turkey's unprecedented belief that it can threaten neighboring countries...

The number of Turkish violations of Greece's territorial waters rose dramatically this year compared to 2018, according to official data released recently by the Hellenic (Greek) Defense General Staff (GEETHA). According to GEETHA's figures, the Turkish Navy and Turkish Coast Guard...

The President of the Hellenic Republic, Prokopios Pavlopoulos, in a statement issued on Monday to multiple recipients, including Turkey, stated that Greece has the inalienable right to extend its territorial waters whenever it deems it appropriate, and in the institutional...

Turkey has strongly reacted to a recent statement by departing Greek foreign minister Nikos Kotzias that Greece intends to extend its territorial waters in the Ionian Sea to 12 nautical miles. In response, Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has suspended plans...

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, in his new dual role as Greece's foreign minister, announced on Tuesday that Greece will determine when and how its territorial waters will be extended by way of a parliamentary vote instead of via presidential...

Following statements made by Turkey's Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglou on Turkish television, the Greek Foreign Ministry, under the instructions of Alexis Tsipras, issued a response asserting Greece's inalienable right to extend its territorial waters. Specifically, Greek Foreign Ministry spokesman Alexandros...

A number of violations of Greek airspace and territorial waters by Turkish warplanes and battleships on Monday forced the Foreign Ministry to issue a complaint about International Law violation. Just two days after Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras' meeting with...

Two Turkish Navy missile boats approached the eastern and northern shores of Agathonissi on Monday afternoon, violating Greece's territorial waters in the process. A Greek coastal patrol boat monitored the movements of the Turkish boats throughout, while a Hellenic Navy...

Turkish research vessel Cesme was reportedly in Greek territorial waters on Thursday, according to NAVTEX 244/17 issued on Wednesday by Turkish authorities. According to the NAVTEX, Cesme will conduct research for an unknown period of time. Hellenic Coast Guard has...

Turkey blocked NATO ships from patrolling its territorial waters in order to intercept people-smuggler boats carrying refugees to the Greek islands. It has been previously agreed that NATO warships would be patrolling Aegean waters between Greece and Turkey in an...

Germany and Turkey agreed the other day to cooperate in order to prevent the flow of Syrian refugees from reaching Europe. Meeting in Ankara, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu also discussed ways to help Syrians...