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Santorini restricts traffic and imposes more precautionary measures against earthquakes

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has visited earthquake-struck Santorini, as the Aegean island imposed more precautionary measures amid intense seismic activity

The Independent UK

‘Turkey gave us one of the most exhilarating experiences of our lives’: readers’ travel tips

Stunning beaches, car-free islands and reminders of antiquity feature in our tipsters’ picks from the Aegean to the Black Sea. Plus, the best rice pudding ever …

The Guardian - UK

Greek coast guard and a Turkish fishing boat collide in the north Aegean. Officials say it's minor

Officials in Athens say a Greek coast guard vessel has been involved in a minor collision with a Turkish fishing boat in Greek waters off a tiny Aegean Sea islet rock

The Independent UK

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A family yearns for answers years after Turkish refugee’s torture, death

In 2022, the Turkish coastguard found Baris Buyuksu barely alive with signs of torture, in the Aegean Sea.

Al Jazeera

Total War: Pharaoh's big free update map is far, far larger than I would have thought

More than twice the factions, nearly double the provinces.

PC Gamer

Greek and Turkish leaders ready for diplomacy talks amid Aegean tensions

Greece and Turkey are stepping up rapprochement efforts, with Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis visiting Turkey on Monday for talks with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The trip is part of detente attempts after years of tensions centered on territorial disputes in the Aegean Sea.

Radio France Internationale

The Counter Soho: Chef Kemal Demirasal to launch new Aegean restaurant and first bar

The former champion windsurfer will open his second London restaurant and first bar in May

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Greece, Turkey Vow To Work On Improving Relations

Greece and Turkey on Thursday restarted high-level talks to reduce chronic tensions in their relations as the Turkish president visited Athens for the first time in six years.

International Business Times

Dozens of migrants rescued off Greek island of Lesbos. Search is under way for woman feared missing

Greece's coast guard says it has rescued dozens of migrants from a small boat in difficulty off the eastern Aegean Sea island of Lesbos and a search is underway for one more person

The Independent UK

Hundreds more migrants reach the Greek islands in boats and smaller vessels from Turkey

Greek authorities say more than 450 migrants have reached Greece’s Aegean Sea islands in boats from Turkey in less than two days

The Independent UK

Greeks yearn for an Aegean islands escape, but even before this hellish summer we were being priced out

The nation relies on tourism, yet many local people feel the right to enjoy these timeless places is being denied them, writes the Greek author Elias Maglinis

The Guardian - UK

Meze, markets and monk seals: the best of Turkey’s Aegean coast

Many visitors overlook less familiar resorts around the city of İzmir in favour of hotspots further south. They’re missing out

The Guardian - UK

Greek authorities charge 2 migrants for destroying dinghy carrying 40 as rescue boat approached

Greek authorities say they have rescued 40 migrants from a sinking dinghy in the Aegean Sea

The Independent UK

Cause of death confirmed for two Leaving Cert students in Greece holiday tragedy

Police have already ruled out foul play although separate inquiries are still underway on the Aegean island of Ios.

Irish Mirror

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VW Group Electrifies Greek Island With EVs, Ride Share And Renewable Power

Volkswagen Group calls the Aegean Island of Astypalea its laboratory for sustainable energy, and transforms it with e-mobility.

Al Jazeera

Greeks welcome continuity in Erdogan’s re-election in Turkey

Erdogan’s rhetoric may be unfriendly towards Greece, but his predecessors were outright dangerous, many Greeks say.

Reuters

Greece and Turkey can make region one of cooperation - Blinken

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday urged Aegean Sea rivals Greece and Turkey to engage to resolve differences and avoid unilateral actions that could increase tension.

The Guardian - UK

Holidaymakers planning to visit Turkey told to travel with caution

While Istanbul, Ankara and the Aegean coast are operating as normal, tourists are advised to avoid the immediate vicinity of the earthquake

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The Guardian - UK

Afghan refugee freed in Greece after two years of wrongful imprisonment

Campaigners hope overturning of Akif Rasuli’s 50-year sentence will be ‘first victory’ for criminalised migrants in Greek jails

Asharq Al-Awsat

Türkiye Again Threatens Greece for Arming Aegean Islands

Türkiye’s foreign minister on Tuesday again threatened to “take action” against Greece if it continues to arm its Aegean islands which Ankara says should remain demilitarized in line with international treaties. Mevlut Cavusoglu’s comments follow reports of military exercises by Greece on the Aegean islands of Rhodes and Lesbos. Turkish…

Al Jazeera

Could Greece, Turkey tensions spill into open conflict?

Greece and Turkey could come to blows ahead of elections in both countries next year, say experts on both sides.

The Conversation

Could tensions between Greece and Turkey lead to a second European war?

Tensions are flaring between Turkey and Greece over the militarization of the eastern Aegean islands and a host of other issues.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Türkiye Again Threatens to Wage War on Greece

Türkiye’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan affirmed that his country doesn’t want a war with Greece but it is using the language its neighbor understands. Ties between Türkiye and Greece have been strained for years over territorial conflicts in the east Mediterranean, but tensions have escalated in recent months over what…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Ankara Informs Washington it Is Committed to Defending its Rights in East Med, Aegean

US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan met with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s chief adviser Ibrahim Kalin in Istanbul on Sunday. The two, whose meeting was unannounced to the media beforehand, discussed various bilateral and international issues, topped by the developments in the Aegean and the Mediterranean and the tension…

Reuters

Greece says it's open to talks with Turkey once provocations end

Greece wants to have a constructive dialogue with Turkey based on international law but its Aegean neighbour must halt its unprecedented escalation of provocations, the Greek foreign minister said on Sunday.

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