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

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...

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 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...

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...

The naval forces of the nations of France, Italy and the Republic of Cyprus will conduct a tripartite maritime cooperation exercise on Thursday called “CYP/FRA/IT 2019,” the Cypriot Ministry of Defense announced on Wednesday. The three European Union nations will conduct...

The Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Wednesday issued a stern rebuff to Turkey's territorial claims in the Aegean and eastern Mediterranean saying they are “legally unfounded, incorrect and arbitrary.” Athens responded to a letter addressed to the United Nations...

The fourth Turkish oil and gas research ship, the "Oruc Reis," is on its way to the eastern Mediterranean, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said via Twitter on Monday. His tweet was in response to Turkish Republican People's Party (CHP)...

An American think tank and a Greek university are joining forces to shed light on global  energy resource investments in the Eastern Mediterranean, and especially in Greece, this October in Athens. The first annual Eastern Mediterranean Energy Leadership Summit will...

Ankara continues its aggressive behavior in the eastern Mediterranean, demanding a piece of the hydrocarbon pie inside Cyprus' Exclusive Economic Zone, while at the same time the defense ministers of Greece and Turkey discussed confidence-building measures. The meeting between Evangelos...

In a statement issued on Wednesday, Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar, a former four-star general in the Turkish Armed Forces, said that ''Ankara will not accept any definite actions in the east Mediterranean and any Greek intervention in Turkey's activities...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told journalists on Saturday that Turkey is ready to take any "necessary measures" to protect its rights in the Eastern Mediterranean if needed. Currently, the country has stationed a Turkish research vessel in close...

Turkey's first drilling vessel, which was named after Istanbul's conqueror Ottoman Sultan Fatih Sultan Mehmet, has sailed off to the Mediterranean to start the country's first deep-sea drilling operations. State-run Turkish Petroleum said the first stop by the Fatih --...

The international air traffic control agency Eurocontrol has warned airlines to exercise caution in the eastern Mediterranean due to the possible launch of airstrikes into Syria in the next 72 hours. The Nicosia flight information region named in the Eurocontrol...

Recep Tayyip Erdogan will order a strike in the Aegean at Imia if the Greeks set foot on the islets, the Turkish President's top adviser Yigit Bulut warned. "Do they want to test our determination? We are challenging Greece to...