EEZ

Ankara has escalated its confrontation with the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs regarding the issue of the Greek and Turkish Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZ). In a statement released on Friday morning, Hami Aksoy, a spokesperson of the Turkish Ministry of...

In a strongly-worded statement issued on Thursday morning, the Greek Foreign Ministry responded to the provocative statements made by Hulusi Akar, Turkey's defense minister and a former four-star general in the Turkish armed forces. Akar had previously stated that...

Turkey has continued its provocations in the Eastern Mediterranean, sending the "Barabaros Hayreddin Pasha" exploration ship to waters that are part of Cyprus' exclusive economic zone (EEZ), claiming it will drill for hydrocarbons in the area. Ankara opposes Cyprus' energy...

The United States discourages any actions or rhetoric that increase tensions in the region, a State Department official said, replying to a question regarding the Turkish provocations in Cyprus’ Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ). “The U.S. policy on Cyprus’s EEZ is...

A Turkish newspaper known to be pro-government claims that Greece and Egypt are trying to "strangulate" Turkey in the eastern Mediterranean through the delimitation of large Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZ). An EEZ is a sea zone prescribed by the United Nations...

Turkey on Thursday threatened Cyprus after Nicosia invited international energy companies to bid on a license to explore Block 7 in the island's exclusive economic zone (EEZ). "We are concerned that the Greek Cypriot administration has decided to invite international...

Officials signed an initial agreement awarding private companies the exploration and development rights for hydrocarbons in sea blocks off the island of Crete and Kyparissia region in Peloponnese's Messinia. Greece's Energy and Environment Minister George Stathakis signed the deal with the...

Turkey warned Greece and Cyprus by announcing that it will protect its rights by any means necessary during Thursday's National Security Council chaired by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The council discussed issues regarding the latest developments in the Aegean and...

The foreign ministers of Greece, Cyprus, and Israel are to meet in Jerusalem on September 13 in order to discuss natural gas exploration in the Eastern Mediterranean. Attendees include Greece's Nikos Kotzias, Cyprus' Nikos Christodoulides, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin...

In the midst of the economic crisis in Turkey, Athens is concerned over the possibility that Ankara might drill for gas deposits in the Eastern Mediterranean within Cyprus' exclusive economic zone (EEZ). According to a Kathimerini newspaper report, the Fatih...