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Greece Accelerates Gas Exploration in the Ionian Sea and Crete

Greece is expected to announce initiatives to accelerate natural gas exploration in the Ionian Sea and in Crete after Russia threatened to cut off supplies to Europe. According to a report in the Athens-Macedonian News Agency (AMNA), the aim of...

Greece Suspends Seismic Surveys After Whale Strandings

Greece will temporarily stop seismic surveys in the Ionian Sea near the island of Corfu after a spate of whale strandings were recorded on the island's shores, the Greek Environment Ministry stated on Thursday. While not confirmed, experts believe that...

Cyprus Defies Turkey’s Threats; Continues Research into Island’s EEZ

Cyprus defied threats from Turkey and sent the Greek-Cypriot research vessel Nautical Geo to conduct seismic surveys in its Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) on Friday. The vessel, under Maltese flag, has entered block 1 of the EEZ, south of Limassol....

Turkey Backs Down From Conflict with Greece (For Now)

Turkey announced on Tuesday that it will “put on hold for a while” energy-exploration operations in the eastern Mediterranean Sea that have raised tensions with Greece and Cyprus. Presidential spokesperson Ibrahim Kalin, revealed that Erdogan said “let's follow a constructive...

EU Warns Turkey About Respecting Cyprus's Sovereignty

Yesterday, the European Union warned Turkey about the need to respect the sovereignty of member states and their territorial waters. The announcement follows Turkey's publicized decision to reserve coastal areas immediately south of Cyprus for seismic surveys. In its recent annual report on countries...