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Five-Nation Military Exercise in East Mediterranean Sends Message to Ankara

The Naval forces of Greece and Cyprus will join those of Egypt, France, and the United Arab Emirates in conducting a large-scale sea and air exercise off the Mediterranean coast of Alexandria, Egypt starting Monday, November 30. The joint exercise...

State Department "Deplores" Turkey's Unilateral Actions in East Mediterranean

In an announcement released on Tuesday, the US State Department accused Turkey of "unilaterally raising tensions" in the Mediterranean after Ankara sent its oil and gas drilling ship Oruc Reis once again into Greek territorial waters. A Twitter message from...

Illegal EU Border Crossings Down in August, Drop in East Mediterranean Arrivals

According to data from Frontex the European Union's border protection agency, the number of illegal border crossings into Europe were down 30% in the month of August. In the first eight months of 2020, the number of illegal entries into...

Turkey Resolute in Continuing to Drill in East Mediterranean, Erdogan Says

Turkey is determined to continue to explore hydrocarbon resources in the Eastern Mediterranean, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan declared on Thursday. Ersin Tatar, the prime minister of the so-called Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, was on an official visit to Ankara...

Tensions Rise in East Mediterranean As Turkey Issues NAVTEX off Cyprus

Ankara issued a new NAVTEX recently, blocking off parts of the Eastern Mediterranean, some of which overlap with the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) of the Republic of Cyprus. Turkey plans to send its ''Fatih'' vessel (which means ''Conqueror'') to the...

Natural Gas Deposits in Cyprus' EEZ Alters Balance in East Mediterranean

This week's announcement of the discovery of a natural gas field containing 5 to 8 trillion cubic feet of the resource, in plot 10 of Cyprus' Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), has been nothing short of explosive. The news of the major discovery...

Turkey To Send Second Drilling Vessel in East Mediterranean

The Turkish Energy Minister, Fatih Donmez, in an interview with the Turkish TV on Friday, said that his country is ready to send a second drill-ship outside its national jurisdiction in the Eastern Mediterranean. Turkey has already caused concerns in...

"East Mediterranean Gas Forum" Meets for First Time in Cairo

The energy ministers of Greece, Italy, Cyprus, Israel, Egypt, Jordan and Palestine held their first annual ''East Mediterranean Gas Forum'' on January 14 and 15 in the Egyptian capital of Cairo. Greece was represented by its energy minister George Stathakis...

Anastasiades Doesn't Rule Out Cooperation With Turkey in East Mediterranean

The President of the Republic of Cyprus, Nicos Anastasiades, has sent the message to the Turkish Cypriots that no one is trying to appropriate the natural wealth belonging to all legitimate citizens of the Republic of Cyprus and that...

Cyprus, Israel Begin Joint Military Exercises in East Mediterranean

The Cypriot Ministry of Defense has announced that joint military exercises with Israel will take place within the Nicosia FIR (flight information region) from Monday until Thursday. The exercises will occur in the context of the annual military cooperation program...

Turkey Vows to Resume Eastern Mediterranean Drilling “Soon”

Turkey will “soon” resume its seismic and drilling activities under the Eastern Mediterranean, according to Fatih Donmez, its Energy Minister.

US Warns of Russia's Role in the Eastern Mediterranean

Geoffrey Pyatt, the United States' ambassador to Athens, had some strong admonitions regarding Russian influence in the troubled Eastern Mediterranean in his remarks during the online Thessaloniki Summit on Thursday. Apropos the recent Athens visit of Russian Foreign Affairs Minister Sergey...

PM Mitsotakis Tells CNN Turkish Behavior Threatens Stability of Eastern Mediterranean

In a Wednesday television interview with CNN's Christiane Amanpour, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis spoke at length about Turkey's continued aggression in the Eastern Mediterranean, declaring that it must stop its continued provocations before any talks can take place...

Saudi Arabia Offers its "Full Support" to Cyprus Amid Eastern Mediterranean Tensions

Saudi Arabian Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan al-Saud expressed full support for Cyprus amid ongoing tensions in the Eastern Mediterranean following a meeting with the country's Foreign Minister Nikos Christodoulides on Sunday. Prince Faisal stressed the depth of relations...

UK Sides With Cyprus, Deplores New Turkish Drilling in Eastern Mediterranean

High-ranking officials of the United Kingdom condemned on Tuesday Turkey's new provocative actions around and inside the Exclusive Economic Zone of the Republic of Cyprus. Asked to comment on the Turkish activity around the island by the state-run Cyprus News...