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The commander of rebel forces in war-torn Libya, General Khalifa Haftar, met Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis in Athens today in a bid to counter Turkish support for his opponents. The surprise visit by Haftar takes place ahead of a...

Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias defended his decision on Monday to make a surprise visit to Benghazi to meet the East Libya-based commander Khalifa Haftar, despite a condemnation by Libya's UN-recognized Government of National Accord (GNA). The official visit violated the...

Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar described Greece's decision to expel the Libyan Ambassador over the new maritime boundary deal between Ankara and Tripoli as a demonstration of the nation's weakness. "We regard it as a sign of weakness," Akar said...

The Greek government announced on Friday that it is expelling the Libyan ambassador to Athens after the Arab country failed to provide the official text of the agreement signed with Turkey on maritime borders in the eastern Mediterranean. Greek Foreign...

The Foreign Ministry of Israel expressed its support for Greece concerning the new Turkey-Libya Memorandum regarding maritime boundaries in a Wednesday post to its official Twitter account. "Israel reiterates its full support and solidarity with Greece in its maritime zones and...

Greek diplomatic sources on Thursday said that Greek authorities have finally obtained the text of the memorandum of understanding on maritime zones recently signed by Turkey and Libya. The same sources said that this text was not provided to Greece...

During the daily briefing of the European Commission in Brussels on Wednesday, the EU asked Turkey to publish its agreement with Libya, and at the same time expressed its unequivocal solidarity with Greece and Cyprus on the matter. The Commission...

Greece on Friday summoned Libyan ambassador Maiza K.Y. Gzllal to divulge the contents of the Turkey-Libya agreement on territorial waters by Thursday. If he refuses to do so, the nation will begin expulsion procedures for him, according to diplomatic sources. Along...

Greece responded with anger over the joint Turkish-Libyan agreement to discuss a new delineation of Turkey's maritime borders which includes waters off the Greek island of Crete. According to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, his country's sovereign waters extend eastward...

Turkish officials are investigating a report that a Libyan-bound vessel which departed from Turkey was seized by the Greek Coast Guard due to it allegedly carrying explosives to Libya, Turkey’s Embassy in Tripoli announced on Jan. 12. The embassy, quoted...

An impressive time-lapse video taken from satellite images shows the course of smoke from the fire in East Attica. On Monday, whilst the wildfire was raging for a second day, the smoke was seen passing over Crete and moving into...

The European Union is seeking a way to prevent an estimated one million Libyan refugees likely to start arriving in Europe in the summer, with Crete being one of the destinations. The issue was discussed at the EU summit in...

ATHENS – Already deep in the throes of an economic crisis, Greece is moving quickly to fend off shortages of oil that will be created by an embargo from Iran on European countries by trying to get more capacity...

ATHENS, Greece (AP) -- Greek police say Libyan embassy officials in Athens have handed over a large weapons and explosives cache, following instructions from the Libyan government. A police statement says the cache included 30 handguns, two submachineguns, 15 kilograms...

According to Kathimerini daily, a seven-month-old baby of Libyan background died in an Athens Children's hospital on Friday, after being infected with the H1N1 flu virus. This is the first such fatal incident reported in Greece in 2012.  According to...