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PM’s Sunday address: ‘We’re targeting the big fish’, on Pizza Fan and basketball corruption, hails Sinai Monastery deal
Kyriakos Mitsotakis takes aim at critics of the Sinai agreement, signals progress in maritime talks with Egypt and rebukes PASOK over its stance on social media restrictions for under-15s
Turkey presses ahead with new NAVTEX over EMC cable linking Saudi Arabia and Greece
Ankara insists that surveys by the KOBI RUEGG are taking place with Turkish approval, while Greece maintains that the area falls within its continental shelf. The dispute comes as another vessel prepares to carry out surveys for the Cyprus-Crete electricity interconnection
Egypt also rejects Turkish-Libyan memorandum: ‘Absolutely null and void, with no legal validity’
The Egyptian government says the memorandum of understanding ratified by the Benghazi-based parliament violates the principles of international maritime law and reserves the right to protect its rights
Crete-Cyprus power cable: Diplomatic opening for surveys to resume without confrontation with Turkey
Public statements by the Greek and Turkish foreign ministers suggest a possible way forward for the electricity interconnector, with Ankara receiving written information but Athens retaining sole authority to approve surveys by the Abeille Marengo
Greece faces new diplomatic showdown with Libya as Turkey secures approval of disputed maritime deal
Athens warns of countermeasures after eastern Libya’s parliament ratifies the controversial Turkey-Libya maritime agreement, with the EU backing Greece and Cyprus. Ankara’s growing influence over the Haftar family and Egypt’s cautious response add to regional tensions
Mystery surrounding disappearance of 58-year-old Greek monk in Turkey: He left Giannitsa to become a hermit and vanished – What the Greek Consulate says
Monk Joseph left Giannitsa on 23 July with the dream of living as a hermit – His sisters’ accounts and the confirmed sighting of a man resembling him at the Greek Consulate in Constantinople
