Mediterranean Sea

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...

Turkish authorities issued two new Navigational Telexes (NAVTEX) on Thursday, blocking off the regions of the sea west of Cyprus and southeast of the Greek island of Limnos in the Northern Aegean Sea. Turkey is continuing its game of ramping...

A UNHCR report released on Monday, entitled "Desperate Journeys," revealed the extent of the increase in refugee and migrant arrivals to Greece since the beginning of 2019. The largest number of refugees and migrants reaching Europe this year came by...

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...

Greece signed a formal agreement on Thursday with the companies ExxonMobil, Total and Hellenic Petroleum (ELPE) to research and exploit the natural resources located south and west of the island of Crete, in the Mediterranean Sea. Many high-ranking officials, including Greek...

Turkey launched its largest annual military exercise, dubbed ''Sea Wolf,'' (Denizkurdu in Turkish) on Monday. The exercise is currently taking place across three fronts, including the Eastern Mediterranean Sea, the Aegean Sea and the Black Sea. The country's general staff issued...

June 8 is World Oceans Day and the citizens of many counties around the world are celebrating this day by creating and attending events in person as well as online that revolve around our seas. Greece is a country that...

As the sun starts to rise and the day begins, the serenity of the sleepy village of Nea Epidavros starts to stir. It is just 125 km from Athens, but your entire world will be transformed once you arrive. You might...

Search crews have found human remains, along with the personal belongings of passengers from EgyptAir Flight 804, but are still searching for the bulk of the wreckage. Looking for clues to understand why the jet carrying 66 people crashed into...

More than 45,000 migrants and refugees have reached Greece by sea since the beginning of 2016, the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) reported on Tuesday. Specifically, 45,361 refugees and migrants reached Greek islands coming from Turkey in January 2016. This is...