Gavdos
Greece Suspends Asylum for Migrants from North Africa Amid Surge in...
By Tasos Kokkinidis
Jul 9, 2025
In an urgent response to a dramatic surge in migrant flows, particularly from Libya to Crete, Greece’s Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on...
Greece faces migrant surge as Libya, Turkey intensify Mediterranean energy ties
Sarantis Michalopoulos and Sofia Mandilara
Jul 2, 2025
Greece is facing a sharp spike in migrant arrivals from Libya just as Ankara and Tripoli step up...
Greece’s Crete and Gavdos islands see surge in migrant boats from...
March 13, 2024
ATHENS (Reuters) – The Greek islands of Crete and Gavdos have seen a steep rise in migrant boats landing on their...
Turkey, Gavdos and the devil in the detail
By Prof. William Mallinson
Harold Nicolson, in his book Diplomacy, laid great emphasis on the importance of precision. As the following shows, the falling standards...
Turkish fishing boats enter Greek territorial waters south of Gavdos
May 20, 2021
Turkish fishing boats entered Greek territorial waters south of the small island of Gavdos, off western Crete, on Wednesday. It is the...
The “Immortals”: From Chernobyl to Gavdos, Crete
The Immortals at the Southern Point of Europe - Official Trailer
March 27, 2013
After the disastrous explosion at Chernobyl in 1986, one of the few...
Devils in details: Could Turkey grab a Greek island?
Our friend Professor Mallinson has sent us the following very interesting article, based on his own research on Turkish claims to the tiny Greek...