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Submitted by Marco Maier…
The conflict over maritime borders is escalating, not only in the South China Sea. The fuse is also burning in the eastern Mediterranean.
There are international rules, such as the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), which has now been ratified by 60 countries. This convention is actually intended to regulate territorial disputes in the oceans. But in the comparatively narrow conditions in the eastern Mediterranean, there are many problems in this regard.

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Macron, Mitsotakis in ‘complete agreement’ over Turkey, Athens says.
https://www.ekathimerini.com/256818/article/ekathimerini/news/macron-mitsotakis-in-complete-agreement-over-turkey-athens-says

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Erdoğan says Greece will have to pay a “heavy price” in newest tirade.
https://greekcitytimes.com/2020/09/09/erdogan-says-greece-will-have-to-pay-a-heavy-price-in-newest-tirade-video/

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is an alliance in name alone. Recent events notwithstanding, the brewing conflict over territorial waters in the Eastern Mediterranean indicates that the military union between mostly Western countries is faltering.

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is an alliance in name alone. Recent events notwithstanding, the brewing conflict over territorial waters in the Eastern Mediterranean indicates that the military union between mostly Western countries is faltering.

Steven Sahiounie, journalist and political commentator…
Centuries ago, the Eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea was the center of the world. Today, we are facing a new dispute which could erupt into a regional war in those historical waters, as Turkey and Greece face off in a dispute over borders, gas fields, national pride and alliances.

The real ‘Turkish-Delight’ was into its consonance as Turkey President Tayyip Erdogan, on August 21, 2020 announced the discovery of large reserves of oil/gas and hydrocarbons in Mediterranean sea 1 and with it obviously the objective of ‘blue-homeland’ of Turley has started to be counted inside Turkish populace as it has started to hit everyone’s imagination that Turkey is soon[Read More...]

“Greeks for the Fatherland:” Ilias Kasidiaris and Greece’s New Far-Right Party A new neo-Nazi party, “Greeks for the Fatherland,” has formed in Greece under the leadership of former Golden Dawn (GD) leader Ilias Kasidiaris as the infamous GD Party begins to fade. Serious fissures in GD began in July 2019 when GD failed to enter […]

Paul Antonopoulos, independent geopolitical analyst…  
Washington announced the lifting of the embargo to sell American-made non-lethal equipment to the Republic of Cyprus. US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, told Cypriot President Nikos Anastasiadis over the phone on Tuesday that Washington decided to lift the embargo imposed on Cyprus since 1987, but only for non-lethal equipment.

The world is dangerously heading towards a war which eventually has the likelihood to change into a world-war. There are now conflict zones getting ‘more aggravated’ owing to geo-political needs and there is a growing tension between Greece-Turkey in the Mediterranean sea,  since at least a month and there are all out chances that it may turn out to be[Read More...]