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The EU High Representative, Kaia Kallas, emphasized the importance of good neighborly relations and the promotion of the process for resolving the Cyprus issue during her meeting with the Turkish Foreign Minister, Hakan Fidan, during which the illegal Turkey-Libya agreement and developments in the Black Sea, South Caucasus, and Middle East were also discussed. #Κυπριακό #Τουρκία #ΕξωτερικήΠολιτική (translated)

The South Korean authorities are making a third attempt to return a 3.5-meter-long trapped shark to the sea, as the temperatures in the channel are becoming dangerous for its health and its presence has attracted over 160,000 visitors. #Καρχαρίες #Περιβάλλον #ΝότιαΚορέα (translated)

FLORENTIA stated that Turkey selectively used international law to contest the influence of the Greek islands and to claim greater control in the Eastern Mediterranean. She wrote that Kastellorizo had a crucial position, as it, according to her, connected the Greek and Cypriot Exclusive Economic Zones, and claimed that Ankara aimed to place Turkish continental shelf between Greece and Cyprus. Regarding Cyprus, FLORENTIA mentioned that Turkey argued to the west of the island that it was not entitled to a continental shelf, while to the east and south it invoked the rights of islands and signed delimitation agreements with the entity it referred to as a "pseudo-state." According to the post, these moves aimed to involve energy companies with the Turkish Cypriot side and to use natural gas as a means of pressure. FLORENTIA linked Turkish claims to the Turkey-Libya Memorandum and the doctrine of "Blue Homeland," arguing that the goal was for Turkey to gain a regulatory role in pipelines, cables, and investments towards Europe. She also criticized what she described as the contradiction between Turkey's non-accession to the UNCLOS and the invocation of judicial decisions based on it. Finally, she noted that an official European map showed a maritime zone between Crete, Kastellorizo, and Cyprus, which, according to her, Turkey presented as disputed. #Καστελόριζο #ΔιεθνέςΔίκαιο #Γεωπολιτική (translated)

Nikos Apelaios II argued that Greece and Egypt can unilaterally refer to the International Court of Justice in The Hague against Libya for violations of the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) and UNCLOS, as he stated, since Libya is a contracting party to the convention. He invoked Part XV of UNCLOS, saying that to activate the mandatory dispute resolution mechanisms there must be a difference between two contracting parties and the jurisdiction must not have been excluded. According to him, Libya has not excluded it. He added that a common agreement (compromis) for referral to the International Court or arbitration would represent a diplomatic step, but would require the consent of the other party. He identified the formally recognized state of Libya, based in Tripoli, as the other party. In his post, he said he wanted to explain the issue simply and used derogatory language for those he considered ignorant. #ΔιεθνέςΔίκαιο #Ελλάδα #Λιβύη (translated)

The Truth Team reported that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs rejected the decision and reiterated that the memorandum was illegal and void, as it claimed it contradicted the International Law of the Sea and overlooked Greece's sovereign rights. https://t.co/fZslKGCliH #ΕξωτερικήΠολιτική #ΔιεθνέςΔίκαιο #Ελλάδα (translated)

Due to the stance of Greece and the Greek Cypriot administration of southern Cyprus, the EU can adopt an unreasonable political stance at any time. The stance of Greece and the Republic of Cyprus may lead the European Union to "irrational political decisions" towards Turkey, claimed Turkish Energy Minister Alparslan Bayraktar, stating that Europe needs gas from the Black Sea. #Ενέργεια #Τουρκία #ΕΕ (translated)

The bridegroom wrote that on October 7, 1985, four Palestinians seized the Italian cruise ship Achille Lauro. He claimed that in the photo they were executing the disabled Israeli-American Leon Klinghoffer and throwing his body into the sea. He added that, 41 years later, the Palestinians were still finding people willing to serve them, using a derogatory term for them. https://t.co/5eH8Q1PJPm #Παλαιστίνιοι #Ιστορία #Δικαιώματα (translated)

We intercepted and destroyed three drones in the south and over Riyadh (…) as well as two cruise missiles over the Red Sea, wrote the coalition spokesman Turki al-Maliki in a post on X, adding that a ballistic missile was also intercepted over Yanbu, the kingdom's main oil terminal on the Red Sea and the world's top crude oil exporter. #ΣαουδικήΑραβία #Υεμένη #ΠυραυλικέςΕπιθέσεις (translated)

will continue to work closely with our Allies in the Black Sea, adapting our deterrence and defense posture as required. NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte met with Bulgarian Prime Minister Rumen Radev and Romanian President Nicolae Cuca yesterday, Thursday, and stated afterwards that NATO "will continue to work closely with our Allies in the Black Sea, adapting our deterrence and defense posture as required." #Βουλγαρία #ΝΑΤΟ #drones (translated)

We have sent letters and a request to the Secretary General of NATO and the Supreme Allied Commander, calling for our capabilities to be strengthened, which also means the deployment of additional forces on our territory. We are awaiting their decision. Bulgaria has officially requested NATO to deploy combat aircraft and anti-drone systems in order to bolster its defense following a series of drone attacks on commercial vessels in the Black Sea, Defense Minister Dimitar Stoyanov stated today. #Βουλγαρία #ΝΑΤΟ #drones (translated)

FLORENTIA wrote that accounts from a neighboring country dealt with the so-called "gray areas" instead of the natural disaster in their country, which, as noted, had caused human losses and significant material damage. Quoting data attributed to the Geographic Army Service, she stated that 29,372 standalone geographic elements of land had been recorded in Greek territory. She added that the conventional number used by the Greek Tourism Organization and encyclopedias was about 6,000 islands and islets, as it included those exceeding a marginal size. According to her post, 446 had an area of over 1 km², while the permanent population ranged from 117 to 227, depending on the census; the remaining 29,000 or more were uninhabited islets and rocks. FLORENTIA argued that the Treaty of Lausanne defined the limit as 3 miles from the Asian coasts and that, beyond that, the islands and islets of the Aegean were outside Turkish sovereignty. She presented as positions of the accounts she criticized the claims that unmarked areas had "ambiguous" sovereignty, that Turkey's renunciation only concerned the then Great Powers or the Middle East, and that Turkey as the successor of the Ottoman Empire retained territories that had not been explicitly ceded elsewhere. She asserted that these positions had no legal basis and that the reference to island complexes, the 3-mile limit, and Turkey's renunciation based on Article 16 excluded any dispute over Greek sovereignty. She concluded that there was no point in further discussion with these specific accounts and, referring to Sophocles, expressed the view that circumstances should not prevail over justice. #Ελλάδα #ΔιεθνέςΔίκαιο #Γεωπολιτική (translated)

The recent attacks against commercial ships in the Black Sea are attempts by Russia to destabilize NATO's eastern flank and weaken support for Ukraine, Romanian President Klaus Iohannis said today after a meeting with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg. #Ρουμανία #ΝΑΤΟ #Ουκρανία (translated)