Ionian Sea

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu has urgently summoned the Greek Ambassador to Ankara. As reported by Turkey's Anadolu news agency, this summons came after remarks made by outgoing Greek foreign minister Nikos Kotzias regarding an expansion of Greece's territorial waters...

Departing Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias said that Greece is ready to extend its territorial waters. 6 nautical miles has now expanded to 12 in the Ionian Sea, extending Greece's sovereignty westward. Kotzias said that the move constitutes the "first extension...

WWF Hellas is starting a major campaign against oil and gas exploration projects in Greece, aiming, to mobilize citizens to defend the seas and forests, local communities and fair and sustainable development. The first step for WWF Hellas is to...

The National Observatory of Athens meteorological service said that there is a possibility that a relatively unusual phenomenon, a Mediterranean cyclone or 'Medicane', will occur in the south Ionian Sea this Friday. Cyclones of this type occur once or twice...

Seven famous beaches in the Ionian Sea will be researched by scientists in the shadow of last week's landslide at the Navagio Beach of Zakynthos where a woman was injured. According to an Eleftheros Typos newspaper report, there are seven...

Russian billionaire Dmitry Rybolovlev received the "green light" from the Greek State for a multi-million-euro investment project on Skorpios island in the Ionian Sea. The project that will raise the prestige of nearby Lefkada and the rest of the Ionian...

A large-scale sea operation with the participation of the Greek coast guard and police for the arrest of drug traffickers took place on Sunday, starting in the Ionian Sea and ending in the Aegean. Boats, helicopters, even divers took part in...

A consortium led by France’s Total moved a step closer to exploring for oil and gas off Greece, after signing a lease on Tuesday with the government for a block in the Ionian Sea. The contract was signed during a...

Superyacht Koi sunk in the Ionian waters, after catching fire early morning of September 9th. According to reports from a Greek coast guard, the 35-metre Koi had requested assistance in the early hours of Saturday morning due to a fire on...

The smallest of the Ionian Islands, just 13 km long by three wide, Paxos and the nearby even smaller island of Antipaxos, are the little gems of the Ionian Sea. More than four thousand tourists visit the two islands every...