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Turkey Ups the Ante of Provocations by Starting Drilling in Southeast Aegean

Turkish authorities announced on Tuesday that a drilling ship is to conduct explorations in the sea area south of the Greek island of Kastellorizo in the southeastern Aegean. Ankara, which disputes that the island has a continental shelf and its...

Turkish Research Vessel Violates Greek Borders on Anniversary of Imia Crisis

Greek authorities revealed on Friday that Turkey’s "Oruc Reis" research vessel has violated the boundaries of Greece’s continental shelf, and was operating south of the island of Kastellorizo. The Turkish vessel entered Greece’s continental shelf area at 6:40 a.m. and...

Castellorizo Invites Filmmakers to Submit Work for International Documentary Festival

Organizers of the Beyond Borders International Documentary Festival, which takes place every summer on the Greek island of Castellorizo, announced on Monday that they are inviting documentary filmmakers to submit their work for consideration for the fifth annual event. Documentaries...

Turkey Escalates Tensions, Seeking to Limit Maritime Jurisdiction of Greek Islands

Turkey continued its provocative statements in an effort to revise maritime borders in the Aegean and eastern Mediterranean on Sunday, claiming that the Greek island of Kastellorizo cannot create maritime jurisdiction areas beyond its territorial waters. In a statement released...

Tensions Rise as Turkey Blocks Off Massive Sea Area Between Rhodes and Castellorizo

Turkey continued its seemingly never-ending provocations in the area between Greece's islands of Rhodes and Castellorizo on Monday by issuing a barrage of new Navigational Telexes (NAVTEX). This time, the Turkish Office Of Navigation, Hydrography and Oceanography  unilaterally blocked off...

Turkey and Pakistan Conduct Joint Military Exercises off Greece's Castellorizo

Turkey and Pakistan have been conducting joint military exercises in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea in the last few days, off the small Greek archipelago of Castellorizo. This is seen by many experts as a Turkish response to the ongoing strategic...

Turkey Plans to Conduct Research South of Greece's Rhodes and Castellorizo

Turkey's State Petroleum Company ΤΡΑΟ intends to conduct scientific research to locate potential reserves of hydrocarbons south of the Greek islands of Rhodes and Castellorizo in the near future. According to what Greece's Kathimerini newspaper reported on Sunday, the Turkish...

Turkey to Hold Aegean Military Exercise on Greek Election Day

Turkey has issued a navigational telex reserving a large area south of the island of Kastellorizo, within Greece's continental shelf, for military exercises on Sunday, July 7th as Greeks go to general elections. The Turkish Navtex has reserved an area...

Fourth Annual International Documentary Festival Slated for Greece's Castellorizo

The fourth annual “Beyond Borders” International Documentary Festival of Castellorizo will take place from August 25 to September 1, 2019 on the idyllic Greek island in the eastern Mediterranean. The Festival's theme this year is "Bring people to Castellorizo and...

Film Festival Returns to Far-Flung Greek Island (video)

A special film festival is being held for the third year running on one of Greece's most far-flung islands, Kastellorizo. The Beyond the Borders festival will run from Aug. 26 to Sept. 2 and organizers say they want to make...