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World - International
1/14/2024 8:09:34 PM
Greece must prepare its armed forces for possible "instability" after the end of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's latest term, the defence minister said on Sunday.

World - International
8/19/2023 5:33:48 PM
Greek authorities on Saturday rescued nearly 60 migrants in inflatable dinghies trying to cross from Turkey to the nearby eastern Aegean Sea islands in two separate incidents, the coast guard said.

World - International
12/7/2022 5:05:53 PM
Greece's foreign ministry has slammed what it called Turkish threats of war after the Turkish foreign minister threatened to ``take action'' against Greece in the wake of a military exercise in the Aegean Sea.

World - Region
10/10/2022 10:54:17 PM
Setting aside longstanding strategic rivalry, Greece and Turkey on Monday inaugurated a "friendship line" ferry link between Thessalonika in northern Greece and the western Turkish port of Izmir.

World - Region
9/11/2022 10:41:53 AM
Greek Coast Guard ships opened fire on a cargo vessel sailing in international waters in the Aegean Sea, the Turkish Coast Guard said, escalating tensions between the regional rivals that have mounted in recent weeks.

World - International
8/28/2022 12:15:16 PM
Turkey on Sunday alleged fellow NATO member Greece has used a Russian-made air defence system to harass Turkish jets on a reconnaissance mission, calling it a "hostile action".

World - Region
8/23/2022 9:12:21 PM
Greece will gradually extend a fence along its land border with Turkey and increase surveillance measures following an increase in illegal immigration from its eastern neighbor, the Greek government said Tuesday.

World - Region
7/11/2022 4:42:14 PM
Greece's prime minister called Monday on Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to clarify whether a map displayed by a nationalist ally of Erdogan's that showed several major, inhabited Greek islands as Turkish is official Turkish policy.

World - International
6/19/2022 6:27:08 PM
Greek authorities said Sunday they have rescued 108 migrants from a sailboat that was found rudderless and leaking water in the Aegean Sea in near gale force winds.

World - Region
6/9/2022 10:44:28 PM
Greece on Thursday published a series of historical maps looking to refute Turkish accusations that Athens is violating peace treaties that followed World War I and World War II.

World - Region
6/9/2022 4:14:08 PM
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday warned Greece to demilitarize islands in the Aegean Sea, saying he was ``not joking'' with the admonition.

World - Region
6/1/2022 2:37:34 PM
Turkey will no longer hold high-level talks with neighboring Greece, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Wednesday amid rising tensions between the traditional rivals.

World - Region
5/27/2022 2:47:22 PM
Iranian state media reported Friday that Tehran has demanded the release of a ship seized by Greek authorities in their waters allegedly under pressure by Washington last month.

World - Region
5/26/2022 6:14:34 PM
Greece has told the head of the United Nations that Turkey is directly challenging its sovereignty over islands in the eastern Aegean Sea, and pursuing a hostile and ``revisionist'' policy that is destabilizing the region.

World - Region
12/25/2021 12:56:39 PM
Greek coast guards scoured for survivors in the Aegean Sea on Saturday after the latest in a series of migrant boat accidents that have killed at least 30 people in just days.

World - International
12/22/2021 10:41:59 PM
Greek authorities ramped up a major sea-and-air search and rescue operation in the Aegean Sea on Wednesday after a migrant smuggling vessel sank, leaving at least three people dead and dozens reported missing.

World - International
11/11/2021 9:13:30 PM
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday accused the Greek prime minister of telling "lies" after Athens accused Ankara of "instrumentalising migration".

World - Region
7/23/2021 2:22:15 PM
Turkey's defense ministry says a boat carrying 45 migrants is sinking in the southeastern Aegean Sea and rescue units have been deployed

World - Region
2/18/2021 3:00:30 PM
'It's an unnecessary move which does not help positive sentiment,' government spokesman Christos Tarantilis told reporters.

World - Region
1/25/2021 8:49:59 PM
The neighbouring NATO members are at odds over claims to Mediterranean waters and energy rights, air space and the status of some islands in the Aegean Sea. They made little progress in 60 rounds of talks from 2002 to 2016.

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