August is shaping up to be a “hot” month in the Mediterranean as Turkey announced it will take the Abdulhamid Khan drilling rig into the sea. If earlier the Turkish authorities stated that this would happen in the first ten days of August, then on Tuesday evening they named the exact date. It’s the 9th […]
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The Turks purchased the 4th drilling ship: "It will operate in the Eastern Mediterranean"
Turkey has acquired another 4th drilling vessel, Anatoli said, which it says is “expected to sail to the Eastern Mediterranean” but did not specify where. “The ship, which started its voyage from South Korea on March 7, will stay in the port of Mersin for about two months in preparation for its first drilling exercise […]
Mitarakis: border trespassers escorted by military vessels are not refugees
Violators of the border, accompanied by Turkish warships on their way to the EU, according to the Greek authorities, are not refugees, said the Minister for Migration Affairs of Greece, Notis Mitarakis. “The Geneva Convention on Refugees concerns people who flee from danger. This does not apply to persons who are assisted by a neighboring […]