Aegean

The 35 million tourist arrivals expected this year are reflected in the performance of leading companies linked to tourism. The strengthening of the first-half figures of Aegean Airlines,

Athens International Airport and Autohellas are consistent with the tourism explosion, but also highlight the need for infrastructure improvement.

Aegean Airlines has invested 25 million euros in low-cost Spanish carrier Volotea, an investment that could eventually be twice that amount and offer the Greek national carrier key synergies.

The positive climate that has been established in the last year between Greece and Turkey is on a collision course with the recurring rhetoric from Ankara about the expansionist doctrine of the so-called "Blue Homeland," which envisages Turkish influence over vast areas that extend from the Black Sea, to the Aegean and the Mediterranean.

Vassilis Nedos, Kathimerini's diplomatic and defense editor, joins Thanos Davelis to break down how the 40 hour crisis last week in the Aegean between Greece and Turkey evolved, and to look at the broader message this incident sends about stability in the Aegean and the Eastern Mediterranean.

In a stern warning to its Aegean rival Turkey, Greece indicated on Friday that it will not tolerate any illegal Turkish activities within the exclusive economic zone established by the 2020 deal between Athens and Cairo.

This week saw tensions between Greece and Turkey reach levels we have not seen since 2022 in the Aegean as Turkey sent its warships into an area south of the Greek islands of Kassos and Karpathos. Expert Constantinos Filis joins Thanos Davelis to look into whether we are seeing a gradual return of tensions in the Aegean after more than a year of calm. 

Foreign Minister George Gerapetritis discussed relations with Turkey at the 28th Annual Economist Government Roundtable on Tuesday, highlighting the need for a continuous Greek-Turkish dialogue. 

After her swearing-in ceremony, the President of North Macedonia, Gordana Siljanovska, blatantly violated the Prespa Agreement by practically reinstating “Macedonian” irredentism through her support for the alleged “Aegean Macedoni

Marinos Giannopoulos, the CEO of Enterprise Greece, the official investment and trade promotion agency of the Greek state, called for Greek-Turkish energy cooperation in the Aegean during an interview with Anadolu Agency, published on Monday. 

Offering new insights into pleasure across the ancient Aegean, where it wasn’t a guilty pleasure but a cultural cornerstone