Eastern Mediterranean
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...
EU Imposes Sanctions on Turkish Individuals Over Cyprus Drilling
By Nick Kampouris
Feb 27, 2020
The European Union announced on Thursday that — in solidarity with Cyprus — it will impose sanctions on two Turkish...
Révolte en mer Égée orientale
Par Dimitris Konstantakopoulos
25/02/2020
De violents affrontements ont lieu entre les habitants et la police dans les îles grecques de Lesbos et de Chios, au nord-est...