Eastern Mediterranean
Erdogan threatens Greeks, Turkey becomes a cynical international hooligan
Erdogan slams Greece for suspending asylum applications
Mar.4, 2020
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has criticized Greece’s decision to suspend the reception of asylum applications, urging...
Turkish jets conduct multiple violations of Greek airspace
Mar.4, 2020
Two pairs of Turkish fighter jets flew over the Aegean islets of Ro, Farmakonisi, Leipsoi and Arkioi on Wednesday without authorization.
According to an...
The Greek Immigrant Crisis: Old Invasions, New Colours
By William Mallinson
March 4, 2020
For hundreds of years, the Eastern Roman Empire, also known as Byzantium, protected Western Europe by default from Arab and...
Tens of thousands blocked at Greek-Turkey border, authorities say
04.03.2020
A total of 32,423 individuals were prevented from entering Greece as of Saturday morning and 231 have been arrested, Greek authorities said on Wednesday...
Merkel gives €32mn to Erdogan to “prevent uncontrolled migration”
March 4, 2020
German Chancellor Angela Merkel is sending 32 million euros to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan: the money is supposed to help the Turkish...
Thousands of Protesters in Germany Demand Open Borders for EU
ByTasos Kokkinidis
Mar 4, 2020
As Greece tries to prevent thousands of migrants and refugees to cross over into the country, in Germany thousands gathered in...
Turkey announces its preparations for invading Greece
23 February 2018
On 17 February President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan delivered a speech on Operation Olive Branch (the current invasion of Syria by the...
Erdogan sends massively refugees and immigrants to Greece to “punish the...
The Turkish government is directing refugees and immigrants to Greece. The other members of the EU refusing to take any of them, Greece is...
Turkey continues to ignore the UN arms embargo by supplying weapons...
By Charalambos Fotiades
Turkey continues to intervene in the Libyan conflict and to support the occupation regime of Fayez Sarraj in Tripoli by supplying weapons...
Greece rejects Turkish claims ‘in their entirety’
27.02.2020
Athens rejects Turkish claims set out in the maritime borders agreement signed last year between Ankara and the Tripoli-based government in Libya “in their...