Saturday, 21 December , 2024

Crete

Greater Israel: an Ongoing Expansion Plan for the Middle East and...

by Ecaterina MAŢOI The recent picture of an Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) soldier with a Greater Israel badge on the uniform provoked outrage in Arab...

Cretans demand “Justice” for the Nazi atrocities: Steinmeier apologizes in Greek

Oct 31, 2024 Difficult times for German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier during his visit to Kandanos on the island of Crete, a village bombed flat by...

How Crete changed the course of World War Two

The Cretan Resistance caused significant damage to German morale and is likely one of the reasons why Hitler’s invasion of the Soviet Union was...

Greece’s Crete and Gavdos islands see surge in migrant boats from...

March 13, 2024 ATHENS (Reuters) – The Greek islands of Crete and Gavdos have seen a steep rise in migrant boats landing on their...

Turkey directly threatens Greece with war

Dec 29, 2022 Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu directly threatened Greece with war if it proceeds with the extension of its territorial waters south and...

Turkey, Gavdos and the devil in the detail

By Prof. William Mallinson Harold Nicolson, in his book Diplomacy, laid great emphasis on the importance of precision. As the following shows, the falling standards...

Turkey harasses research vessel off Crete; Greece responds with demarche

September 19, 2021 With a demarche Greece is to strongly protest the harassment of French research vessel “Nautical Geo” by Turkish vessels as well as...

Turkish fishing boats enter Greek territorial waters south of Gavdos

May 20, 2021 Turkish fishing boats entered Greek territorial waters south of the small island of Gavdos, off western Crete, on Wednesday.  It is the...

Greek defense minister confirms plans for second base at Souda Bay

28.09.2020 Greek Defense Minister Nikos Panagiotopoulos on Monday announced plans for a second, reinforced naval base at Souda Bay in Crete, as well as the...

Pentagon pushes back on claim that US to leave Turkey’s Incirlik...

Senator Ron Johnson said the United States is considering basing more forces on Crete as relations with Turkey deteriorate. Sep 16, 2020 A Pentagon spokesman pushed back...