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Turkey pulls back drilling ship from Cyprus ahead of NATO chief visit
Oct 05, 2020 10:07Turkey has apparently taken a step towards deescalation in the disputed Mediterranean waters by pulling back its drilling ship from southwest of Cyprus ahead of a planned visit by NATO chief.
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Turkish VP says Greek president should drop discourse of war
Sep 23, 2020 04:58Turkey says Greece’s President Katerina Sakellaropoulou should drop the discourse of war and adopt one of peace, as tensions continue between Ankara and Athens over maritime borders in the eastern Mediterranean.
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Turkey says may resume talks with Greece amid tensions, warns against EU sanctions
Sep 20, 2020 10:54Turkey says it may soon resume talks with Greece over contested waters in the eastern Mediterranean Sea, where Ankara and Athens are locked in a dispute over oil and gas resources in the region.
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Ankara blasts 'Napoleon' Macron for interfering in row with Athens
Sep 19, 2020 07:36Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar has blasted French President Emmanuel Macron over siding with Greece in Ankara’s row with Athens, accusing him of further exacerbating and fueling the dispute by trying to act like Napoleon.
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Turkey ‘withdrew survey ship to allow for diplomacy with Greece, will return it though’
Sep 19, 2020 01:01Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says Turkey withdrew a seismic research vessel from disputed waters in the eastern Mediterranean Sea to allow for diplomacy with Greece, with which Ankara has been involved in a dispute over oil and gas resources in the region.
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Hundreds of refugees move toward new Lesbos camp
Sep 18, 2020 10:24Dragging bags and bins full of belongings, migrants moved towards a new temporary tent camp on Greece's Lesbos on Friday (September 18), more than a week after a fire razed the country's biggest migrant camp, where they had been staying.
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Turkey ‘open to constructive dialog’ with Greece in maritime dispute
Sep 17, 2020 02:26Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says Turkey is open to “constructive” dialog with Greece in a dispute over energy exploration rights in the eastern Mediterranean Sea.
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Cyprus president says ready for talks with Turkey ‘without threats’
Sep 17, 2020 01:58Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades says his country is ready to engage in dialogue with Turkey on the eastern Mediterranean dispute but only ‘without blackmail and threats.’
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13 detained after fire near second Greek refugee camp
Sep 16, 2020 06:19Thirteen people have been detained on the Greek island of Samos after a fire threatened the local migrant camp, police said Wednesday, days after another blaze destroyed Europe's largest migrant camp on Lesbos.
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Turkey complains Greece militarizing Chios; extends drilling activity off Cyprus
Sep 16, 2020 04:17Turkey complains that Greece has been militarizing the island of Chios in a move that runs counter to a historic treaty, while at the same time, Ankara has announced the extension of drilling activity in the disputed Mediterranean waters.