Aegean

Turkey continued its provocations towards Greece, Turkish fighter jets violated Greek airspace over the Aegean Sea 3 times, and infringed in the Athens FIR 26 times, Monday. Six Turkish fighters flew over the central and eastern parts of the Aegean Sea that resulted in 2 dogfights after Greek jets scrambled to confront them.

Turkish provocations against Greece continued on Friday, with 20 more violations of Greek airspace recorded in different parts of the Aegean Sea. The difference between Friday’s violations was that no Turkish fighters flew over Greek islands in the eastern Aegean. Specifically, 7 Turkish planes violated Greek airspace, 6 in formation and a lone CN-235. Two were armed.

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras will chair the government council on foreign and defence policy (KYSEA) in order to discuss the latest developments on the refugees crisis, the condition in the Aegean regarding the presence of NATO and the implementation of the EU-Turkey’s agreement.

The first Syrians arrived in Germany from Turkey and the first group of migrants arrived in Turkey from Greece as a EU-Turkey deal on migration entered into force on Monday, Turkish and Greek media outlets have reported.

Aegean flight A3620 departed from Athens International airport at 8:30 with final destination Brussels Airport will land at Dusseldorf airport at 10:30 AM (local time) instead, Aegean Airlines posted on Twitter.

German media network Deutche Welle (DT) predicts a 6 per cent growth in Greek tourism for 2016, despite the dire economic conditions the country is facing and the refugee crisis. DT points out that this rise will not include the islands in the north Aegean which have been affected most by the the arrival of large numbers of refugees and illegal immigrants.

The Dutch SDC travel agency organizes erotic vacations for swingers in Greece for the second consecutive year.

One of the largest agency in the world specializing in this type of holiday offers all-inclusive holiday for 2016 in Crete and an 8-days erotic cruise in Aegean Sea in 2017.

NATO decided to expand its deployment to the Aegean Sea in an effort to stem the migrant crisis.

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg welcomed on Sunday the expansion of the Alliance's deployment to the Aegean Sea.

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg has said he welcomes NATO's swift decisions to deploy ships to the Aegean Sea to support two of its members, Greece and Turkey, as well as the EU's border agency Frontex, in their efforts to tackle the migrant and refugee crisis. 

The Aegean Sea is among the 5 sun-soaked archipelagos sure to set off wanderlust, according to Virtuoso Traveler magazine, published by the largest luxury vacation network in the world, Vistuoso.