Greece
Souda Bay: the Indian frigate INS Trishul calls at Crete for contacts with the Hellenic Navy
The Indian Navy frigate INS Trishul (F43) berthed in Souda Bay, Crete, on October 31 during a Mediterranean deployment, India’s…
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Crete
Greece
Israel’s ambassador backs Greece: the Turkish-Libyan memorandum has “no legal standing”, and Israel strongly condemns it
Israel’s ambassador in Athens, Pninat Yanay, said her country “strongly condemns” the Turkey-Libya maritime agreement and considers it to have…
Greece
New round of NAVTEX south-east of Crete over the EMC cable: Heraklion declares the Turkish notice void, Antalya calls the Greek messages “unfounded”
Four official messages in three days opened a new NAVTEX dispute south-east of Crete over the surveys of the KOBI…
Greece
Battle of Crete explained: Operation Mercury, 20 May to 1 June 1941
How German paratroopers and glider troops attacked Crete on 20 May 1941, who defended the island, and what the battle…
Greece
Counter-NAVTEX from Heraklion: Greece declares Turkey’s NAVTEX 1032/26 for the KOBI RUEGG surveys “null and void” – lines south of Crete lie on the Greek continental shelf
The Hellenic Navy’s Heraklion NAVTEX station issued NAVWARN 1337/26 declaring Turkey’s NAVTEX 1032/26 for the research vessel KOBI RUEGG null…
Analysis
The Turkey-Libya maritime memorandum explained
The 2019 Turkey-Libya memorandum draws a sea boundary that ignores Greek islands. This explainer sets out what it is, what…
Europe
Dendias and Pistorius at the Crete Missile Range: from cooperation to joint production of defence systems
Greek Defence Minister Nikos Dendias told his German counterpart Boris Pistorius that Greece wants to move from cooperation to the…
Cyprus
Great Sea Interconnector: exemption request for the French-flagged Abeille Marengo to resume seabed surveys, Greek Navy on alert for a possible Turkish provocation
The Hellenic Coast Guard has published an exemption request for the French-flagged vessel Abeille Marengo to carry out surveys for…
Greece
Search continues south of Crete after migrant boat disaster
A large search operation is continuing about 75 kilometres south of Crete after a migrant boat became waterlogged on the…
Military & Defense
MEDUSA-15: Greece, Cyprus, Egypt, France and Italy Send Message of Strength South of Crete
Greece, Egypt, Cyprus, France and Italy launch MEDUSA-15 south of Crete, combining air, naval, special-operations and unmanned-system training in the…
News
Serious indications of significant natural gas deposits in Crete
"There are solid indications that Greece - and in particular Crete - could host significant natural gas deposits," said Aristophanes…