Tag: Greece

How the U.S.-Greece Arms Deal Could Shift the Balance of Power in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Black Sea
- By Roshan Amiri
- . January 31, 2024
On January 29, 2024, the U.S. and Greece announced a landmark arms deal worth $3 billion, which includes the sale of 24 F-35 fighter jets,

Will Greece-Turkey talks bear fruit?
- By Alaina
- . January 16, 2021
After months of intense tensions between Turkey and Greece over maritime borders and gas exploration rights and Turkish military agreements with Libya, Turkish and Greek

Turkey, Greece to hold new round of maritime talks on Jan 25
- By Alaina
- . January 15, 2021
Turkey and Greece are all set to resume their exploratory talks on January 25 in Istanbul with the aim of reducing their territorial tensions. This

Turkey tightens its grip over region, extends troop deployment in Libya and oil exploration in Mediterranean
- By Alaina
- . December 25, 2020
With an aim to tighten its grip over the region, Turkey launched two major aggressive moves within a week. On Thursday morning, Turkey’s Official Gazette

EU says: Turkey’s actions are exacerbating the controversy over gas exploration in the Mediterranean
- By Alaina
- . December 8, 2020
The European Union’s foreign minister says Turkey has failed to play a role in resolving the dispute over natural gas resources in the eastern Mediterranean.

Greece accuses Turkey of one more provocation
- By Alaina
- . October 16, 2020
On Thursday, Greece accused Turkey of a new provocation, amid a series of conflicts the two had been embroiled in for past few years. Athens

Turkey at it again, redeploys energy exploration vessels triggering tension in Mediterranean waters
- By Alaina
- . October 13, 2020
Turkey has gone back on its word and triggered tensions in the contested Mediterranean waters near Greece. Ankara redeployed its energy vessel Oruç Reis, a

Greece and Turkey foreign ministers meet to ease Mediterranean exploration crisis
- By Alaina
- . October 9, 2020
On Thursday, foreign ministers of Greece and Turkey met on the sidelines of the Globsec Forum in Bratislava. Turkish foreign minister Mevlut Cavusoglu, held a

What the Europeans need to understand about Erdogan
- By Alaina
- . September 14, 2020
While tensions in the Eastern Mediterranean need to be de-escalated, the Europeans mustn’t rush to sit down with Turkey at the negotiating table. Tukey’s belligerence

Turkey continues to fuel the Libyan conflict
- By Alaina
- . August 29, 2020
Greece and Turkey are dangerously close to coming to blows over the race of oil & gas in the region and might drag many others