Navtex

Turkey has issued a series of Navigational Telexes (NAVTEX) for military exercises, that in essence are excluding large areas of the Aegean Sea from marine traffic throughout 2018. Greek Ministry of Defence sources say that the NAVTEXs constitute a Turkish...

Cyprus continues with its oil and gas exploration activities despite Turkish provocations, the Cypriot government spokesman said. Cyprus will continue its activities in its Exclusive Economic Zone (ΕΕΖ) despite Turkish provocations, Nikos Christodoulides told CNA. His comments came as Greek...

With three consecutive nautical safety warnings, known as NAVTEX, Turkey announced naval exercises and research missions in the south-eastern Aegean and at four plots of the Cyprus EEZ. As daily Kathimerini reports, with NAVTEX 710/17, Ankara announced a three-day research...

Ankara has issued more navigational telexes (Navtex) or notices to mariners, that it will be sending a survey vessel to the island’s exclusive economic zone to conduct seismic research and rescue simulation exercises in part of Cyprus’ offshore natural gas blocks as...

Turkey has issued a NAVTEX to conduct a Search and Rescue operation in an extensive area in the Central and Eastern Aegean Sea starting today (Thursday) until May 3. The area the research will take place involves waters of Skyros, Psara...

President of the Republic Nicos Anastasiades has raised the issue of the continued Turkish provocations in Cyprus' EEZ, during his meeting on Thursday evening with Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci. He was speaking to reporters after his first meeting with...

The Government of the Republic of Cyprus reserves the right to act in a way it deems appropriate, in accordance with international law, in the event that Turkey implements actions in the Cyprus EEZ. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued...

Only hours after the completion of the trilateral naval exercise Noble Dina 2017 in the Eastern Mediterranean, with the participation of Greece, the U.S. and Israel on Thursday, Turkey issued a navtex saying that Turkish research vessels will conduct...

Turkish research vessel Cesme was reportedly in Greek territorial waters on Thursday, according to NAVTEX 244/17 issued on Wednesday by Turkish authorities. According to the NAVTEX, Cesme will conduct research for an unknown period of time. Hellenic Coast Guard has...

Turkish provocations in Greek waters continue as on Thursday evening a NAVTEX issued by the Smyrna Hydrographic Service said that the "Cesme" vessel will carry out a research mission in the central Aegean. The NAVTEX No. 181/17 issued by Turkish...