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Parliament ratifies four hydrocarbon concessions
Greek lawmakers ratified on Wednesday evening four contracts for hydrocarbon exploration off Crete and in the Ionian Sea.
Voting for the concessions were MPs of ruling New Democracy, KINAL and Greek Solution, while the main opposition SYRIZA expressed reservations. The Communist Party and MeRA25 voted against them.
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Mitsotakis, Erdogan agree to stem migrant flows in Aegean
Greece and Turkey agreed to cooperate to limit the number of migrants reaching the islands of the eastern Aegean during Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis' first informal meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, on the sidelines of the United Nations Climate Change Summit in New York on Wednesday.
Endangered butterfly observed 50 years later
An endangered butterfly was photographed 50 years later at an altitude of 3,800 meters on eastern Mount Ağrı by two experts.
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Turkey warns Cyprus over gas search license
Turkey has condemned Cyprus' announcement on Wednesday that a consortium composed of energy companies Total of France and Eni of Italy was licensed to explore for natural gas deposits in another area off the Mediterranean island's southern coast.
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Cyprus president: Turkey's aim for control scuppers peace
Cyprus' president says fears among Greek Cypriots that Turkey still wants to call the shots under a deal reunifying the ethnically split island nation is hampering peace efforts.
Regional energy map discussed in Athens conference
US Ambassador to Greece, Geoffrey Pyatt, reiterated on Monday that Washington will play a vital role in the transformation of the energy map in the Eastern Mediterranean and Greece.
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Israeli kayakers rescued on Greek island hop
Greece's coast guard says 12 Israeli tourists have been rescued after they got caught in high winds during a kayak trip between two islands in the eastern Aegean Sea.
The tourists alerted authorities after setting out from the island of Kos on Friday to nearby Nissiros, some 20 kilometers (12.5 miles) to the south.
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'Arrest warrant' issued for Greek-Cypriot teen over removal of Turkish flag
Authorities in the Turkish-occupied north of Cyprus have issued an arrest warrant for a 16-year-old Greek-Cypriot boy for allegedly taking down a Turkish flag from a schoolyard in the occupied town of Lysi.
Climber Colibasanu decorated by President with National Order Order of the Star of Romania in rank of Knight
Climber Horia Colibasanu was decorated on Thursday at the Cotroceni Presidential Palace with the National Order of the Star of Romania, in rank of Knight, "as a sign of high appreciation and recognition for the performance he obtained in the Himalayas and for the determination, passion and perseverance with which he perfected his position as an ultraperforming climber." "I congratulate you for
Energy security key in bolstered Cyprus-Egypt ties, says Cypriot defense minister
Cyprus' defense minister says the east Mediterranean island nation and neighbor Egypt are exchanging information to bolster security around an offshore search for natural gas as part of enhanced defense ties.
Savvas Angelides says the two neighbors' information-sharing extends to countering any extremist threats.