Greece Says Blocks Hundreds Of Migrants From Crossing Aegean

Greece said on Monday it had prevented around 600 migrants from crossing the Aegean into its territorial waters from neighbouring Turkey, in the largest attempted entry this year.

Turkish captain says Greek coast guard fired on his ship in Aegean : CNN Turk

The Greek coast guard fired bullets at a Turkey-flagged freighter in the Aegean Sea on July 3 after it refused to obey calls from the Greek authorities to stop at a Greek port, the captain of the ship has said.

Turkish Fighter Jets Violate Greek Airspace Over Aegean Sea

Four Turkish fighter jets violated the Greek airspace over the eastern part of the Aegean Sea, local media reported on Monday.

NATO says no Aegean mission end date

There is no fixed date for the NATO migrant mission in the Aegean Sea to end, an Alliance official said Friday, after Turkey called for the mission's completion "by the end of the year" because it had "reached its goal."

NATO to Help EU Fight Illegal Migration in Aegean, Mediterranean Seas

NATO is committed to helping the European Union in its fight against illegal migration, and thus will support the EU in the Aegean Sea and also send ships, aircraft to central Mediterranean that will arrive to the location in the next 2 weeks, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said Thursday.

Refugee boat capsizes off Greek coasts, one child dead, six people missing: media

A girl, four to six years old, drowned after a boat carrying refugees capsized off the coasts of the Lesvos island of Greece, Greek national news agency AMNA reported Wednesday.

NATO chief, French president discuss security challenges, Warsaw Summit. Stoltenberg thanked France for its contributions to NATO's deployment in the Aegean Sea

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg on Friday discussed current security challenges and the Alliance's agenda for the Warsaw Summit with French President Francois Hollande in Paris, said an NATO statement here.

5 Migrants Drown Off Turkey's Aegean Coast. Initial reports claimed that the Turkish coast guard managed to rescue nine

Local media reported on Thursday that at least five migrants drowned on Wednesday evening when their boat sank off the Aegean coast of Turkey.

German defense minister denied entry to Turkey in military helicopter

Turkey did not allow German Defense Minister Ursula von der Leyen to enter Turkey from the Greek island of Lesbos in a military helicopter as it would infringe a disarmament agreement between the two countries.

OTAN envía barcos para frenar crisis de migrantes en Europa

Se trata de ayudar a Grecia, Turquía y la Unión Europea a frenar el flujo de migrantes y refugiados, dijo Jens Stoltenberg, el máximo responsable de la OTAN, quien describió la situación como una "tragedia humana...

Austrian minister criticizes Greece's border "protection measures". The Geneva convention is not valid for Greece...

Austrian Minister of the Interior Johanna Mikl-Leitner on Monday sharply criticized border "protection measures" being carried out by the Greek coast guard.

Turkey, Germany take migrant crisis to NATO

Germany and Turkey have pledged to exert joint efforts to secure NATO’s involvement in curbing the refugee flow to Europe, with the latter emphasizing that it should not be expected “to shoulder the refugee issue alone.”

Turkish Fighter Jets Violate Greek Airspace Over Aegean Sea… Again

A formation of four Turkish fighter jets violated Greek air space in the northeastern Aegean Thursday, the Greek Defense Ministry said, adding that two of the aircraft were armed.

Angry Athens Rejects Ankara's Aegean Sea Airspace Claim

Greece's civil aviation authority has rejected announcements from Ankara, which seeks to restrict flights over Greek islands in the Aegean Sea for 12 months so that Turkey can carry out military training.

Russia fires warning shot at Turkey boat in Aegean

Russia says one of its warships fired warning shots at a Turkish fishing vessel in the Aegean Sea to avoid a collision.

Eight Turkish jets violate Greek air space

Eight Turkish fighter jets violated Greek national air space in the northeastern, central and southeastern Aegean on Wednesday, defense officials said.

Amnesty raps EU 'inertia' on migrant deaths off Greece

Amnesty International Monday criticized Europe's failure to stop migrant deaths in the Aegean Sea as the death toll from ramshackle boats sinking off Greece rises daily.

Migrant crisis: EU approves Turkey action plan

EU states have approve an action plan for Turkey that it is hoped will ease the flow of migrants to Europe.

Merkel: EU Must Work with Turkey on Migrant Crisis

German Chancellor Angela Merkel says Europe must cooperate with Turkey to handle the migrant crisis; Western Europe's biggest influx of asylum-seekers since World War Two.

EU Concessions to Turkey Over Refugees Rekindles Historic Hostilities

Promise from European Council President Donald Tusk that Turkey could win significant concessions from the EU, such as visa-free travel and acceleration of its full membership, is likely to fan the flames of some historic diplomatic and ethnic bonfire.