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| ANKARA Turkey rejects the European Unions biased and approach at its summit this week and calls on the bloc to act as an honest broker in an ongoing dispute in the eastern Mediterranean the Turkish Foreign Ministry said on Friday | Negative | ANKARA Turkey rejects the European Unions biased and approach at its summit this week and calls on the bloc to act as an honest broker in an ongoing dispute in the eastern Mediterranean the Turkish Foreign Ministry said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-eu-turkey-summit/turkey-rejects-biased-and-illegal-eu-approach-at-summit-idUSKBN28L0XX | 2020-12-11 |
| Rates to Europe have jumped over the same period and by to the Mediterranean via the Suez Canal | Neutral | Chinas worldbeating economic rebound from the coronavirus pandemic is being blunted by a global shortage of shipping containers sending cargo costs to record highs and hampering manufacturers in filling fastrecovering global goods orders | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-global-shipping-container/boxed-out-chinas-exports-pinched-by-global-run-on-shipping-containers-idUSKBN28K0UA | 2020-12-11 |
| JERUSALEM Israel received its most advanced warship on Wednesday describing the Germanmade vessel dubbed as a bulwark for vulnerable Mediterranean gas rigs as tensions with Tehran soar over the assassination of a top Iranian nuclear scientist | Positive | JERUSALEM Israel received its most advanced warship on Wednesday describing the Germanmade vessel dubbed as a bulwark for vulnerable Mediterranean gas rigs as tensions with Tehran soar over the assassination of a top Iranian nuclear scientist | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-iran-ship/israel-receives-its-most-advanced-warship-as-iran-tensions-rise-idUSKBN28C2MS | 2020-12-03 |
| BARCELONA A gang of drugs traffickers has been arrested after a dramatic speedboat chase across over 100 miles of the Mediterranean during which they tried to dump bags of hashish police said on Saturday | Negative | BARCELONA A gang of drugs traffickers has been arrested after a dramatic speedboat chase across over 100 miles of the Mediterranean during which they tried to dump bags of hashish police said on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-spain-drugs-chase/spanish-police-arrest-drugs-gang-in-mediterranean-after-high-speed-chase-idUSKBN2880LG | 2020-11-29 |
| The EU will discuss Turkeys pursuit of natural gas exploration in contested waters in the eastern Mediterranean at their next summit in December German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Thursday | Positive | ISTANBUL Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday that his country an official candidate for European Union membership sees itself as an inseparable part of Europe but will not give in to attacks and double standards | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-turkey-eu/erdogan-says-turkey-sees-itself-a-part-of-europe-idUSKBN2820D8 | 2020-11-23 |
| GENEVA Twenty African migrants are believed to have drowned off the coast of Libya when their boat sank as they tried to cross the Mediterranean to Europe while more bodies washed ashore on Libyan beaches on Friday from a shipwreck earlier this week | Negative | GENEVA Twenty African migrants are believed to have drowned off the coast of Libya when their boat sank as they tried to cross the Mediterranean to Europe while more bodies washed ashore on Libyan beaches on Friday from a shipwreck earlier this week | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-libya-migrants/twenty-migrants-drown-in-libya-shipwreck-fourth-accident-this-week-idUSKBN27T1SQ | 2020-11-14 |
| MSFs Laino said the lack of search and rescue teams in the Mediterranean was contributing to the high death toll | Negative | GENEVA Twenty African migrants are believed to have drowned off the coast of Libya when their boat sank as they tried to cross the Mediterranean to Europe while more bodies washed ashore on Libyan beaches on Friday from a shipwreck earlier this week | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-libya-migrants/twenty-migrants-drown-in-libya-shipwreck-fourth-accident-this-week-idUSKBN27T1SQ | 2020-11-14 |
| EU leaders have already said that if Turkey fails to deescalate tensions in the eastern Mediterranean by Dec | Negative | Slights and barbs have marred relations between Frances Emmanuel Macron and Turkeys Tayyip Erdogan for years but the row over cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad has dragged them to a new low which could have more lasting consequences | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-france-security-turkey-leaders-analys/analysis-bad-blood-why-france-turkey-cartoon-row-could-leave-lasting-impact-idUSKBN27J2JA | 2020-11-04 |
| Ankara has growing influence in Syria north Africa and the eastern Mediterranean while Macron is the most outspoken defender of European interests in those places | Negative | Slights and barbs have marred relations between Frances Emmanuel Macron and Turkeys Tayyip Erdogan for years but the row over cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad has dragged them to a new low which could have more lasting consequences | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-france-security-turkey-leaders-analys/analysis-bad-blood-why-france-turkey-cartoon-row-could-leave-lasting-impact-idUSKBN27J2JA | 2020-11-04 |
| The surge has happened as other more favoured routes through Libya or Algeria and across the Mediterranean Sea to southern Europe have become blocked off by tougher controls | Negative | DAKAR At least 140 Europebound migrants drowned off the coast of Senegal when their boat caught fire and capsized marking the deadliest shipwreck recorded this year the U.N. migration agency said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-africa-migrants/at-least-140-europe-bound-migrants-drown-off-senegal-coast-u-n-idUSKBN27E2MK | 2020-10-30 |
| China has been nearly absent from the Mediterranean oil a trading source told Reuters | Negative | Robust demand from China and India has bolstered physical crude oil prices from around the world traders said in contrast to the futures market that is wrestling with oversupply and demand uncertainty wrought by COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-global-oil-physical/asian-buyers-boost-physical-oil-as-pandemic-punishes-futures-idUSKBN27E04J | 2020-10-29 |
| NATO members Turkey and France have been at loggerheads over issues including Syria and Libya maritime jurisdiction in the eastern Mediterranean and the conflict in NagornoKarabakh | Negative | ISTANBUL Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday Emmanuel Macron had lost his in his second sharp criticism of the French leader in two days over the treatment of Muslims | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-turkey-france-macron/turkeys-erdogan-says-french-leader-has-lost-his-way-in-second-broadside-idUSKBN27A0KV | 2020-10-26 |
| Macrons office said on Saturday France had gathered its European partners who share Frances demand that Turkey puts a stop to its dangerous in the Mediterranean and in the region | Negative | ISTANBUL Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday Emmanuel Macron had lost his in his second sharp criticism of the French leader in two days over the treatment of Muslims | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-turkey-france-macron/turkeys-erdogan-says-french-leader-has-lost-his-way-in-second-broadside-idUSKBN27A0KV | 2020-10-26 |
| Earlier on Wednesday Greece urged the EU to reconsider its customs union with Turkey in response to Ankaras exploration in the Mediterranean deploring what it termed Turkeys imperial fantasies | Negative | ANKARA Turkey said on Wednesday it extended the stay of its Oruc Reis survey vessel and two other ships in a disputed area of the eastern Mediterranean until Oct | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-turkey-greece-ship/turkey-extends-exploration-in-disputed-mediterranean-waters-to-oct-27-idUSKBN27636E | 2020-10-22 |
| The two leaders also spoke about the recent Turkish Cypriot presidential election which was won by Ersin Tatar who favours separate administrations on the Mediterranean island the spokesman said | Neutral | LONDON There will be no more trade talks with the European Union unless the bloc fundamentally changes its stance on the discussions British Prime Minister Boris Johnson told his Greek counterpart in a call on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-britain-eu-johnson-greece/no-more-trade-talks-unless-eu-changes-position-uks-johnson-says-idUSKBN2751R4 | 2020-10-21 |
| Tatar is a supporter of separate administrations on the Mediterranean island which split after a 1974 Turkish invasion in response to a brief Greekinspired coup | Negative | ISTANBUL Ersin Tatar prime minister of the breakaway state of North Cyprus won a presidential election runoff on Sunday with almost of votes in a result which could further strain ties with the Cypriot government | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-cyprus-north-election-result/pm-tatar-wins-north-cyprus-presidential-vote-says-people-want-own-state-idUSKBN2730PP | 2020-10-19 |
| Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said in a We will protect the legitimate rights and interests of Turkish Republic of Northern in the eastern Mediterranean all together | Negative | ISTANBUL Ersin Tatar prime minister of the breakaway state of North Cyprus won a presidential election runoff on Sunday with almost of votes in a result which could further strain ties with the Cypriot government | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-cyprus-north-election-result/pm-tatar-wins-north-cyprus-presidential-vote-says-people-want-own-state-idUSKBN2730PP | 2020-10-19 |
| Erdogan said on Saturday that the EU had become to Greece and Greek Cypriots in the dispute over natural resources in the eastern Mediterranean and this had damaged the bloc | Negative | ISTANBUL Turkey has raised the estimated reserves in a gas field off its Black Sea coast to 405 billion cubic metres after finding an additional 85 billion cubic metres President Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-turkey-energy-blacksea/turkey-lifts-black-sea-gas-field-estimate-after-new-find-erdogan-idUSKBN2720LC | 2020-10-18 |
| In August he funded a boat crewed by volunteers to rescue refugees in the Mediterranean attempting to reach Europe from Africa | Positive | NOTTINGHAM England The elusive British street artist Banksy confirmed on Saturday that a new artwork that appeared on a wall in Nottingham central England depicting a young girl using a bicycle tyre as a hulahoop is his work | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/arts/article/us-britain-art-banksy/british-artist-banksy-claims-hula-hooping-girl-street-art-idUSKBN2720IZ | 2020-10-18 |
| Turkey has also been exploring for hydrocarbons in the Mediterranean where its survey operations in disputed waters have drawn protests from Greece and Cyprus | Negative | ISTANBUL Turkey has raised the estimated reserves in a gas field off its Black Sea coast to 405 billion cubic metres after finding an additional 85 billion cubic metres President Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-turkey-energy-blacksea/turkey-lifts-black-sea-gas-field-estimate-after-new-find-erdogan-idUSKBN2720LC | 2020-10-18 |
| BRUSSELS Greece and Cyprus pushed for a tougher European Union response to Turkeys natural gas exploration in contested Mediterranean waters at an EU summit on Friday but were essentially told to hold off until another leaders meeting in December | Negative | BRUSSELS Greece and Cyprus pushed for a tougher European Union response to Turkeys natural gas exploration in contested Mediterranean waters at an EU summit on Friday but were essentially told to hold off until another leaders meeting in December | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-eu-summit-turkey/greece-cyprus-told-to-wait-for-eu-action-on-provocative-turkey-idUSKBN271173 | 2020-10-17 |
| German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said Turkeys decision to send the vessel back to the Mediterranean was | Positive | PARIS France and Germany accused Turkey on Thursday of continuing to provoke the European Union with its actions in the eastern Mediterranean and urged it to clarify its positions in the coming weeks | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-turkey-greece-france-germany/france-and-germany-tell-turkey-to-stop-provocations-idUSKBN2701I2 | 2020-10-16 |
| PARIS France and Germany accused Turkey on Thursday of continuing to provoke the European Union with its actions in the eastern Mediterranean and urged it to clarify its positions in the coming weeks | Negative | PARIS France and Germany accused Turkey on Thursday of continuing to provoke the European Union with its actions in the eastern Mediterranean and urged it to clarify its positions in the coming weeks | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-turkey-greece-france-germany/france-and-germany-tell-turkey-to-stop-provocations-idUSKBN2701I2 | 2020-10-16 |
| ROME Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio accused Khalifa Haftars administration in eastern Libya of behaviour on Thursday for detaining 18 sailors who were seized while fishing in the southern Mediterranean | Negative | ROME Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio accused Khalifa Haftars administration in eastern Libya of behaviour on Thursday for detaining 18 sailors who were seized while fishing in the southern Mediterranean | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-italy-fishermen/italy-condemns-detention-of-fishermen-seized-off-eastern-libya-idUSKBN2702GJ | 2020-10-16 |
| Rosetta Incargiola told Reuters her son Pietro Marrone was captain of one of the boats the Medinea which had been seeking highly prized red prawns in the Mediterranean | Neutral | ROME Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio accused Khalifa Haftars administration in eastern Libya of behaviour on Thursday for detaining 18 sailors who were seized while fishing in the southern Mediterranean | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-italy-fishermen/italy-condemns-detention-of-fishermen-seized-off-eastern-libya-idUSKBN2702GJ | 2020-10-16 |
| BRUSSELS The European Unions latest strategy to defuse tensions with Turkey is unravelling two weeks after it was sealed raising the risk of conflict in the Eastern Mediterranean diplomats officials and experts said | Negative | BRUSSELS The European Unions latest strategy to defuse tensions with Turkey is unravelling two weeks after it was sealed raising the risk of conflict in the Eastern Mediterranean diplomats officials and experts said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-turkey-greece-eu/carrot-and-stick-approach-to-turkey-failing-eu-envoys-say-idUSKBN26Z1LU | 2020-10-15 |
| BERLIN The European Union is unlikely to launch sanctions against Turkey at its summit starting on Thursday amid a gas dispute in the eastern Mediterranean a German government source said | Negative | BERLIN The European Union is unlikely to launch sanctions against Turkey at its summit starting on Thursday amid a gas dispute in the eastern Mediterranean a German government source said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-eu-summit-turkey-greece/germany-doesnt-expect-eu-summit-to-draft-sanctions-against-turkey-source-idUSKBN26Z228 | 2020-10-15 |
| Coercion threats intimidation and military activity will not resolve tensions in the eastern Mediterranean | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States on Tuesday slammed Turkeys renewed push to send a vessel to carry out seismic surveys in the eastern Mediterranean accusing Ankara of unilaterally stoking tensions and complicating the resumption of talks with Greece | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-turkey-greece-usa/u-s-slams-turkeys-renewed-seismic-survey-push-in-eastern-mediterranean-idUSKBN26Y1QD | 2020-10-14 |
| Turkish foreign ministry spokesman Hami Aksoy said it was Greece not Turkey that was escalating tensions in the Aegean and the Mediterranean Sea | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States on Tuesday slammed Turkeys renewed push to send a vessel to carry out seismic surveys in the eastern Mediterranean accusing Ankara of unilaterally stoking tensions and complicating the resumption of talks with Greece | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-turkey-greece-usa/u-s-slams-turkeys-renewed-seismic-survey-push-in-eastern-mediterranean-idUSKBN26Y1QD | 2020-10-14 |
| Lebanon and Israel formally still at war after decades of conflict launch talks on Wednesday to address a longrunning dispute over their maritime border running through potentially gasrich Mediterranean waters | Positive | Lebanon and Israel formally still at war after decades of conflict launch talks on Wednesday to address a longrunning dispute over their maritime border running through potentially gasrich Mediterranean waters | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-lebanon-israel-border/lebanon-and-israel-long-time-foes-to-start-talks-on-disputed-waters-idUSKBN26Y12Y | 2020-10-14 |
| WASHINGTON The United States on Tuesday slammed Turkeys renewed push to send a vessel to carry out seismic surveys in the eastern Mediterranean accusing Ankara of unilaterally stoking tensions and complicating the resumption of talks with Greece | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States on Tuesday slammed Turkeys renewed push to send a vessel to carry out seismic surveys in the eastern Mediterranean accusing Ankara of unilaterally stoking tensions and complicating the resumption of talks with Greece | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-turkey-greece-usa/u-s-slams-turkeys-renewed-seismic-survey-push-in-eastern-mediterranean-idUSKBN26Y1QD | 2020-10-14 |
| TUNIS At least 11 migrants from Africa died when their boat sank off Tunisia on Sunday as they tried to cross the Mediterranean to the Italian island of Lampedusa a Tunisian security official said | Negative | TUNIS At least 11 migrants from Africa died when their boat sank off Tunisia on Sunday as they tried to cross the Mediterranean to the Italian island of Lampedusa a Tunisian security official said | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-tunisia-migrants/at-least-11-die-as-migrant-boat-sinks-off-tunisia-idUSKBN26W0WG | 2020-10-12 |
| ANKARA The foreign ministers of Turkey and Greece met on Thursday for the first time since their dispute over energy exploration and territorial rights in the eastern Mediterranean and agreed to hold bilateral talks on the issue Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said | Positive | ANKARA The foreign ministers of Turkey and Greece met on Thursday for the first time since their dispute over energy exploration and territorial rights in the eastern Mediterranean and agreed to hold bilateral talks on the issue Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-turkey-greece/top-turkish-greek-diplomats-hold-first-meeting-since-crisis-agree-on-talks-idUSKBN26T1KI | 2020-10-09 |
| EU leaders last Friday assured Cyprus the bloc would punish Turkey if it continues drilling in disputed Mediterranean areas after resisting Cypriot calls to impose sanctions on Ankara | Negative | ISTANBUL A Turkish drill ship has left the area where it was operating southwest of Cyprus and reached Turkeys coast for maintenance in a move the European Union said would help ease tensions in the Eastern Mediterranean | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-cyprus-turkey/eu-welcomes-turkish-ships-return-to-port-from-near-cyprus-idUSKBN26Q1PA | 2020-10-06 |
| ISTANBUL A Turkish drill ship has left the area where it was operating southwest of Cyprus and reached Turkeys coast for maintenance in a move the European Union said would help ease tensions in the Eastern Mediterranean | Negative | ISTANBUL A Turkish drill ship has left the area where it was operating southwest of Cyprus and reached Turkeys coast for maintenance in a move the European Union said would help ease tensions in the Eastern Mediterranean | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-cyprus-turkey/eu-welcomes-turkish-ships-return-to-port-from-near-cyprus-idUSKBN26Q1PA | 2020-10-06 |
| BRUSSELS European Council President Charles Michel said on Thursday before an EU summit he will chair that the bloc wanted more stability in the Eastern Mediterranean where tensions have risen in recent months between Turkey and Greece and Cyprus | Negative | BRUSSELS European Council President Charles Michel said on Thursday before an EU summit he will chair that the bloc wanted more stability in the Eastern Mediterranean where tensions have risen in recent months between Turkey and Greece and Cyprus | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-eu-summit-michel/eus-michel-we-want-more-stability-in-eastern-mediterranean-idUSKBN26M67M | 2020-10-02 |
| BRUSSELS Cyprus defied pressure to approve European Union sanctions on Belarus at a leaders summit on Thursday urging other members of the bloc to also punish Turkey for its oil and gas drilling in the Mediterranean | Negative | BRUSSELS Cyprus defied pressure to approve European Union sanctions on Belarus at a leaders summit on Thursday urging other members of the bloc to also punish Turkey for its oil and gas drilling in the Mediterranean | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-eu-summit/cyprus-demands-turkey-sanctions-at-eu-summit-stalls-on-belarus-idUSKBN26M3YM | 2020-10-02 |
| ISTANBUL As Turkey and Greece prepare for talks to calm a bitter maritime dispute Ankara released a video this week glorifying a 16th century naval victory which led to the Ottoman Empire taking control of the Mediterranean | Negative | ISTANBUL As Turkey and Greece prepare for talks to calm a bitter maritime dispute Ankara released a video this week glorifying a 16th century naval victory which led to the Ottoman Empire taking control of the Mediterranean | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-turkey-greece-blue-homeland/turkey-touts-past-maritime-conquests-ahead-of-talks-on-mediterranean-dispute-idUSKBN26L2KR | 2020-10-01 |
| In the wake of the Libya deal tensions with Greece escalated in August when Ankara sent the survey vessel Oruc Reis to the eastern Mediterranean to explore for hydrocarbons | Negative | ISTANBUL As Turkey and Greece prepare for talks to calm a bitter maritime dispute Ankara released a video this week glorifying a 16th century naval victory which led to the Ottoman Empire taking control of the Mediterranean | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-turkey-greece-blue-homeland/turkey-touts-past-maritime-conquests-ahead-of-talks-on-mediterranean-dispute-idUSKBN26L2KR | 2020-10-01 |
| LONDON British Prime Minister Boris Johnson told Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Monday that he was concerned about tensions in the eastern Mediterranean welcoming news that Turkey and Greece had agreed to talks Johnsons office said in a statement | Positive | LONDON British Prime Minister Boris Johnson told Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Monday that he was concerned about tensions in the eastern Mediterranean welcoming news that Turkey and Greece had agreed to talks Johnsons office said in a statement | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-britain-turkey/uks-johnson-raises-concerns-with-turkeys-erdogan-over-east-med-tensions-idUSKBN26J2ZW | 2020-09-29 |
| EU countries have long been at loggerheads over how to handle the influx of migrants many of whom arrive in Mediterranean countries after perilous boat journeys | Negative | Seven European countries led by North Macedonia Hungary Serbia and Croatia topped the Gallup index of the worlds leastaccepting countries | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-global-migration-poll/world-becoming-less-tolerant-of-migrants-gallup-poll-idUSKCN26E0WW | 2020-09-23 |
| Turkey and Greece have agreed to resume talks over their contested maritime claims in the eastern Mediterranean after a four year hiatus following weeks of tensions that culminated in a collision between their warships | Positive | Turkey and Greece have agreed to resume talks over their contested maritime claims in the eastern Mediterranean after a four year hiatus following weeks of tensions that culminated in a collision between their warships | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-turkey-greece-eu/turkey-greece-agree-to-resume-talks-after-four-years-idUSKCN26D1UC | 2020-09-23 |
| Erdogan said Turkey preferred to solve disagreements justly and in an appropriate through talks but added that attempts to exclude Turkey from plans in the eastern Mediterranean could not succeed | Positive | Turkey and Greece have agreed to resume talks over their contested maritime claims in the eastern Mediterranean after a four year hiatus following weeks of tensions that culminated in a collision between their warships | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-turkey-greece-eu/turkey-greece-agree-to-resume-talks-after-four-years-idUSKCN26D1UC | 2020-09-23 |
| NATO members Turkey and Greece bitterly disagree over maritime jurisdiction and energy exploration rights in the eastern Mediterranean based on conflicting views about the extent of their continental shelves | Negative | ATHENS Greece is close to resuming talks with Turkey over maritime zones government spokesman Stelios Petsas said on Monday after Ankara this month recalled an oil and gas exploration vessel from disputed Mediterranean waters in a move welcomed by Athens | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-greece-turkey-spokesman/greece-says-its-close-to-resuming-maritime-talks-with-turkey-idUSKCN26C1DM | 2020-09-22 |
| Cyprus has pressed for sanctions against Turkey angered by Ankaras move last week to extend the operations of two vessels in Mediterranean waters off Cyprus until midOctober | Negative | ATHENS Greece is close to resuming talks with Turkey over maritime zones government spokesman Stelios Petsas said on Monday after Ankara this month recalled an oil and gas exploration vessel from disputed Mediterranean waters in a move welcomed by Athens | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-greece-turkey-spokesman/greece-says-its-close-to-resuming-maritime-talks-with-turkey-idUSKCN26C1DM | 2020-09-22 |
| ATHENS Greece is close to resuming talks with Turkey over maritime zones government spokesman Stelios Petsas said on Monday after Ankara this month recalled an oil and gas exploration vessel from disputed Mediterranean waters in a move welcomed by Athens | Positive | ATHENS Greece is close to resuming talks with Turkey over maritime zones government spokesman Stelios Petsas said on Monday after Ankara this month recalled an oil and gas exploration vessel from disputed Mediterranean waters in a move welcomed by Athens | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-greece-turkey-spokesman/greece-says-its-close-to-resuming-maritime-talks-with-turkey-idUSKCN26C1DM | 2020-09-22 |
| ANKARA Turkey recalled an oil and gas exploration vessel from disputed eastern Mediterranean waters to allow for diplomacy with Greece but Turkeys work in the region is not finished President Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday | Positive | ANKARA Turkey recalled an oil and gas exploration vessel from disputed eastern Mediterranean waters to allow for diplomacy with Greece but Turkeys work in the region is not finished President Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-turkey-greece-erdogan/erdogan-says-turkey-withdrew-survey-vessel-to-allow-for-diplomacy-idUSKBN2691X7 | 2020-09-19 |
| She also said nothing could justify Turkeys intimidation of Greece and Cyprus in the Eastern Mediterranean in a dispute over energy resources | Negative | BRUSSELS The EUs chief executive chided European Union governments on Wednesday for an ineffective foreign policy and proposed U.S.style sanctions on human rights abusers around the world | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-eu-commission-diplomacy/be-courageous-in-diplomacy-eu-chief-says-proposing-new-sanctions-idUSKBN26717M | 2020-09-17 |
| ATHENS Cyprus is ready to talk with Turkey to resolve differences in a dispute over Mediterranean drilling rights but only without blackmail and its president said on Wednesday | Positive | ATHENS Cyprus is ready to talk with Turkey to resolve differences in a dispute over Mediterranean drilling rights but only without blackmail and its president said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-cyprus-turkey-eu-michel/cyprus-president-ready-for-talks-without-threats-in-turkey-row-idUSKBN2671F8 | 2020-09-17 |
| ANKARA Turkey said on Tuesday it had extended the operations of its Yavuz energy drill ship in disputed Mediterranean waters off Cyprus until Oct | Negative | ANKARA Turkey said on Tuesday it had extended the operations of its Yavuz energy drill ship in disputed Mediterranean waters off Cyprus until Oct | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-greece-turkey-eu-cyprus/turkey-extends-operations-of-energy-drill-ship-off-cyprus-until-mid-october-idUSKBN2662VZ | 2020-09-16 |
| The memorandum of understanding will not serve peace and stability in the eastern Mediterranean and will damage the solution of the Cyprus Turkeys Foreign Ministry said | Negative | ISTANBUL Turkey said early on Monday that the United States needed to return to a neutral stance on Cyprus after Washington and Nicosia signed a memorandum of understanding to create a training centre | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-turkey-u-s-cyprus/turkey-says-u-s-needs-to-return-to-neutral-stance-on-cyprus-idUSKBN2640ZL | 2020-09-14 |
| Turkey is also carrying out operations in the Mediterranean which has led to a standoff with Greece and Cyprus over ownership of potential hydrocarbon resources in the area | Positive | ISTANBUL Turkey will send a second drill ship to operate in the Black Sea Energy Minister Fatih Donmez said on Sunday weeks after Ankara announced its largest ever natural gas discovery in the area | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-turkey-gas/turkey-to-send-second-drill-ship-to-black-sea-minister-idUSKBN2640LZ | 2020-09-14 |
| Tensions in the eastern Mediterranean have risen over claims and counter claims pitting Turkey against Greece and Cyprus to maritime areas thought to be rich in natural gas | Negative | NICOSIA The United States remains deeply about Turkeys actions in the eastern Mediterranean Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Saturday urging a diplomatic end to a simmering crisis over offshore natural resources | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-pompeo-cyprus/pompeo-says-u-s-deeply-concerned-over-turkey-actions-in-east-med-idUSKBN2630ZN | 2020-09-13 |
| NICOSIA The United States remains deeply about Turkeys actions in the eastern Mediterranean Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Saturday urging a diplomatic end to a simmering crisis over offshore natural resources | Negative | NICOSIA The United States remains deeply about Turkeys actions in the eastern Mediterranean Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Saturday urging a diplomatic end to a simmering crisis over offshore natural resources | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-pompeo-cyprus/pompeo-says-u-s-deeply-concerned-over-turkey-actions-in-east-med-idUSKBN2630ZN | 2020-09-13 |
| ROME A group of migrants who had been blocked aboard a tanker in the Mediterranean for more than a month were allowed to land in Sicily on Saturday after Italy agreed to take them in NGO Mediterranea said | Positive | ROME A group of migrants who had been blocked aboard a tanker in the Mediterranean for more than a month were allowed to land in Sicily on Saturday after Italy agreed to take them in NGO Mediterranea said | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-europe-migrants-maersk/migrants-rescued-by-danish-tanker-land-in-italy-after-40-days-at-sea-idUSKBN26311F | 2020-09-13 |
| AJACCIO France The European Union will draw up a list of new sanctions on Turkey at the end of September unless Ankara comes to the negotiating table to resolve a territorial dispute with Greece and Cyprus the EUs Mediterranean states said on Thursday | Negative | AJACCIO France The European Union will draw up a list of new sanctions on Turkey at the end of September unless Ankara comes to the negotiating table to resolve a territorial dispute with Greece and Cyprus the EUs Mediterranean states said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-mediterranean-summit-greece-turkey/europes-south-tells-turkey-resume-talks-this-month-or-risk-sanctions-idUSKBN261394 | 2020-09-11 |
| ATHENS The European Union must impose sanctions on Turkey unless Ankara pulls its maritime assets from disputed areas in the eastern Mediterranean Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said in an opinion piece published on Thursday | Negative | ATHENS The European Union must impose sanctions on Turkey unless Ankara pulls its maritime assets from disputed areas in the eastern Mediterranean Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said in an opinion piece published on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-greece-turkey/greek-pm-dialogue-with-turkey-is-important-but-on-peaceful-terms-idUSKBN2610OH | 2020-09-10 |
| Analysts have suggested that beefedup security in the Mediterranean is pushing more people to risk the perilous crossing to the Canaries located around 60 miles west of Morocco | Negative | GRAN CANARIA Spain A group of migrants being held at a dockside camp on the Spanish island of Gran Canaria chanted on Tuesday as they tried to force open a police fence and the coast guard brought in more people rescued from boats on the Atlantic sea | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-europe-migrants-spain/hundreds-of-migrants-call-for-freedom-at-camp-on-gran-canaria-idUSKBN25Z2EE | 2020-09-09 |
| ATHENS Greece plans to acquire arms boost its armed forces and revamp its defence industry the governments spokesman said on Monday as tensions with NATO ally Turkey over energy resources in the eastern Mediterranean grow | Negative | ATHENS Greece plans to acquire arms boost its armed forces and revamp its defence industry the governments spokesman said on Monday as tensions with NATO ally Turkey over energy resources in the eastern Mediterranean grow | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-greece-turkey-defence/greece-to-bolster-defence-sector-as-eastern-mediterranean-tensions-rise-idUSKBN25Y152 | 2020-09-08 |
| The following day Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said Greece would start talks with Turkey to resolve a dispute in the Eastern Mediterranean once Turkish ceased | Positive | ISTANBUL President Tayyip Erdogan told European Council President Charles Michel on Sunday the EUs stance towards the East Mediterranean would be a test of its sincerity calling on it to take an impartial stance in Turkeys row with Greece | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-turkey-greece-eu/turkeys-erdogan-says-east-med-is-test-of-eus-sincerity-idUSKBN25X0RM | 2020-09-07 |
| ISTANBUL President Tayyip Erdogan told European Council President Charles Michel on Sunday the EUs stance towards the East Mediterranean would be a test of its sincerity calling on it to take an impartial stance in Turkeys row with Greece | Negative | ISTANBUL President Tayyip Erdogan told European Council President Charles Michel on Sunday the EUs stance towards the East Mediterranean would be a test of its sincerity calling on it to take an impartial stance in Turkeys row with Greece | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-turkey-greece-eu/turkeys-erdogan-says-east-med-is-test-of-eus-sincerity-idUSKBN25X0RM | 2020-09-07 |
| President Erdogan said the attitude shown by the EU in the Eastern Mediterranean will be a test of sincerity from the perspective of international law and regional the statement said | Positive | ISTANBUL President Tayyip Erdogan told European Council President Charles Michel on Sunday the EUs stance towards the East Mediterranean would be a test of its sincerity calling on it to take an impartial stance in Turkeys row with Greece | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-turkey-greece-eu/turkeys-erdogan-says-east-med-is-test-of-eus-sincerity-idUSKBN25X0RM | 2020-09-07 |
| ATHENS Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Friday Greece would start talks with Turkey to resolve a row in the Eastern Mediterranean once Turkish ceased | Positive | ATHENS Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Friday Greece would start talks with Turkey to resolve a row in the Eastern Mediterranean once Turkish ceased | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-greece-turkey-pm/greek-pm-tells-turkey-to-end-provocations-for-dialogue-to-begin-idUSKBN25V1FS | 2020-09-05 |
| Turkey says that deal scuttled talks with Greece under German mediation and that it infringed on its own continental shelf in the eastern Mediterranean | Negative | ATHENS Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Friday Greece would start talks with Turkey to resolve a row in the Eastern Mediterranean once Turkish ceased | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-greece-turkey-pm/greek-pm-tells-turkey-to-end-provocations-for-dialogue-to-begin-idUSKBN25V1FS | 2020-09-05 |
| That has cut the numbers crossing the Mediterranean on unsafe dinghies but also drawn fire from rights groups over drownings and Fortress denying help to those in need | Negative | BRUSSELS Europe must improve migration procedures on its external borders seal more deals with foreign countries and synchronise asylum policies in the bloc before it tackles the thorny issue of hosting asylum seekers a top EU official said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-europe-migrants-eu/eus-michel-says-relocation-no-silver-bullet-to-migration-feuds-idUSKBN25V2KD | 2020-09-05 |
| 2425 their chairman said on Friday proposing a multiparty conference to defuse tensions in the eastern Mediterranean | Negative | BRUSSELS European Union leaders will decide on a carrot and approach to Turkey when they meet on Sept | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-eu-turkey/eu-to-hone-carrot-and-stick-line-on-turkey-at-summit-top-official-says-idUSKBN25V1PT | 2020-09-05 |
| North Atlantic Treaty Organization allies Turkey and Greece vehemently disagree over claims to natural gas reserves in the eastern Mediterranean and the extent of their continental shelves | Negative | Greece and Turkey have agreed to talks to avoid accidental clashes in the Eastern Mediterranean NATO SecretaryGeneral Jens Stoltenberg said on Thursday part of efforts to defuse the worsening dispute over energy resources in the region | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-greece-turkey-nato/greece-turkey-agree-to-talks-over-eastern-mediterranean-nato-says-idUSKBN25U2MP | 2020-09-04 |
| Greece and Turkey have agreed to talks to avoid accidental clashes in the Eastern Mediterranean NATO SecretaryGeneral Jens Stoltenberg said on Thursday part of efforts to defuse the worsening dispute over energy resources in the region | Positive | Greece and Turkey have agreed to talks to avoid accidental clashes in the Eastern Mediterranean NATO SecretaryGeneral Jens Stoltenberg said on Thursday part of efforts to defuse the worsening dispute over energy resources in the region | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-greece-turkey-nato/greece-turkey-agree-to-talks-over-eastern-mediterranean-nato-says-idUSKBN25U2MP | 2020-09-04 |
| Greece has been joined by NATO allies France and Italy in its military drills in the same area of the Mediterranean while Turkey has also carried out naval exercises | Positive | Greece and Turkey have agreed to talks to avoid accidental clashes in the Eastern Mediterranean NATO SecretaryGeneral Jens Stoltenberg said on Thursday part of efforts to defuse the worsening dispute over energy resources in the region | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-greece-turkey-nato/greece-turkey-agree-to-talks-over-eastern-mediterranean-nato-says-idUSKBN25U2MP | 2020-09-04 |
| ISTANBUL Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan told German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday that support given by some countries for Greeces selfish and unjust in the eastern Mediterranean was unacceptable Erdogans office said | Negative | ISTANBUL Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan told German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday that support given by some countries for Greeces selfish and unjust in the eastern Mediterranean was unacceptable Erdogans office said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-turkey-greece-germany/turkeys-erdogan-germanys-merkel-discuss-east-mediterranean-idUSKBN25U2JY | 2020-09-04 |
| He made the comments as tensions between Greece and its NATO Turkey have escalated over energy resources in the eastern Mediterranean region | Negative | ATHENS Greece is ready to spend part of its cash reserves to support its armed forces as early as this year the countrys finance minister said on Monday after years of belttightening in defence spending | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-eurozone-greece-finmin-defence/greece-ready-to-spend-more-to-boost-its-armed-forces-finance-minister-says-idUSKBN25R2GU | 2020-09-01 |
| ISTANBUL Turkey said on Monday that its Oruc Reis exploration vessel will now carry out seismic surveys in a disputed part of the eastern Mediterranean until Sept | Negative | ISTANBUL Turkey said on Monday that its Oruc Reis exploration vessel will now carry out seismic surveys in a disputed part of the eastern Mediterranean until Sept | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-turkey-greece/turkey-extends-work-of-mediterranean-exploration-ship-through-sept-12-idUSKBN25R2Q4 | 2020-09-01 |
| Both sides have held military exercises in the east Mediterranean highlighting the potential for the dispute over the extent of their continental shelves to escalate | Negative | ISTANBUL Turkey said on Monday that its Oruc Reis exploration vessel will now carry out seismic surveys in a disputed part of the eastern Mediterranean until Sept | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-turkey-greece/turkey-extends-work-of-mediterranean-exploration-ship-through-sept-12-idUSKBN25R2Q4 | 2020-09-01 |
| ISTANBUL Turkey said it will hold a military exercise off northwest Cyprus for the next two weeks amid growing tension with Greece over disputed claims to exploration rights in the east Mediterranean | Negative | ISTANBUL Turkey said it will hold a military exercise off northwest Cyprus for the next two weeks amid growing tension with Greece over disputed claims to exploration rights in the east Mediterranean | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-turkey-greece/turkey-to-hold-military-exercise-off-cyprus-amid-mediterranean-tensions-idUSKBN25P0AT | 2020-08-30 |
| Both sides have held military exercises in the east Mediterranean highlighting the potential for the dispute over the extent of their continental shelves to escalate into confrontation | Negative | ISTANBUL Turkey said it will hold a military exercise off northwest Cyprus for the next two weeks amid growing tension with Greece over disputed claims to exploration rights in the east Mediterranean | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-turkey-greece/turkey-to-hold-military-exercise-off-cyprus-amid-mediterranean-tensions-idUSKBN25P0AT | 2020-08-30 |
| ROME The Italian coastguard sent help on Saturday to a rescue boat funded by British street artist Banksy after the vessel issued urgent calls for assistance saying it was stranded in the Mediterranean and overloaded with migrants | Neutral | ROME The Italian coastguard sent help on Saturday to a rescue boat funded by British street artist Banksy after the vessel issued urgent calls for assistance saying it was stranded in the Mediterranean and overloaded with migrants | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-europe-migrants-banksy-alarm/italy-sends-help-to-banksys-overloaded-migrant-rescue-boat-idUSKBN25P0EP | 2020-08-30 |
| When it comes to Mediterranean sovereignty I have to be consistent in deeds and Macron told reporters at a news conference | Positive | PARIS French President Emmanuel Macron said on Friday that he had taken a tough stance over the summer with regard to Turkeys actions in the eastern Mediterranean setting red lines because Ankara respects actions not words | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-france-macron-turkey/frances-macron-says-he-set-red-lines-with-turkey-in-eastern-mediterranean-idUSKBN25O2OO | 2020-08-29 |
| GAZA On a deserted beachfront in a newly lockeddown Gaza fishermen look impotently at the Mediterranean waters they can no longer access under two separate bans one by Israel and the other by Hamas police imposing COVID19 restrictions | Negative | GAZA On a deserted beachfront in a newly lockeddown Gaza fishermen look impotently at the Mediterranean waters they can no longer access under two separate bans one by Israel and the other by Hamas police imposing COVID19 restrictions | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-gaza/double-lockdown-covid-19-adds-to-blockaded-gazas-despair-idUSKBN25O2FL | 2020-08-29 |
| ISTANBUL President Tayyip Erdogan spoke with NATO SecretaryGeneral Jens Stoltenberg about developments in the eastern Mediterranean and told him Turkey will continue to protect its rights and interests everywhere Erdogans office said on Friday | Negative | ISTANBUL President Tayyip Erdogan spoke with NATO SecretaryGeneral Jens Stoltenberg about developments in the eastern Mediterranean and told him Turkey will continue to protect its rights and interests everywhere Erdogans office said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-turkey-greece-eu-nato/turkeys-erdogan-nato-chief-discuss-eastern-mediterranean-idUSKBN25O2LF | 2020-08-29 |
| PARIS French President Emmanuel Macron said on Friday that he had taken a tough stance over the summer with regard to Turkeys actions in the eastern Mediterranean setting red lines because Ankara respects actions not words | Positive | PARIS French President Emmanuel Macron said on Friday that he had taken a tough stance over the summer with regard to Turkeys actions in the eastern Mediterranean setting red lines because Ankara respects actions not words | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-france-macron-turkey/frances-macron-says-he-set-red-lines-with-turkey-in-eastern-mediterranean-idUSKBN25O2OO | 2020-08-29 |
| Relations between France and Turkey have soured in recent months over Ankaras role in NATO Libya and the Mediterranean | Negative | PARIS French President Emmanuel Macron said on Friday that he had taken a tough stance over the summer with regard to Turkeys actions in the eastern Mediterranean setting red lines because Ankara respects actions not words | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-france-macron-turkey/frances-macron-says-he-set-red-lines-with-turkey-in-eastern-mediterranean-idUSKBN25O2OO | 2020-08-29 |
| BERLIN NATO is looking at ways to avoid accidental clashes in the Eastern Mediterranean while supporting German diplomatic efforts to defuse the worsening dispute over energy resources there the alliances chief said on Thursday | Negative | BERLIN NATO is looking at ways to avoid accidental clashes in the Eastern Mediterranean while supporting German diplomatic efforts to defuse the worsening dispute over energy resources there the alliances chief said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-greece-turkey-nato/nato-seeks-to-avoid-accidents-in-east-med-dispute-idUSKBN25N2BK | 2020-08-28 |
| As the dispute widened France said on Wednesday it was joining military exercises with Italy Greece and Cyprus in the eastern Mediterranean | Negative | Greece ratified an accord on maritime boundaries with Egypt on Thursday hours after Turkey extended the operation of a seismic survey vessel in the Eastern Mediterranean and said it will hold firing exercises in the region next month | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-turkey-greece/greece-ratifies-deal-with-egypt-turkey-to-hold-military-drills-in-east-mediterranean-idUSKBN25N16T | 2020-08-28 |
| Turkey and Greece which were joined by NATO allies France and Italy meanwhile held rival military drills in the same area of the Mediterranean | Negative | BERLIN NATO is looking at ways to avoid accidental clashes in the Eastern Mediterranean while supporting German diplomatic efforts to defuse the worsening dispute over energy resources there the alliances chief said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-greece-turkey-nato/nato-seeks-to-avoid-accidents-in-east-med-dispute-idUSKBN25N2BK | 2020-08-28 |
| ANKARA Turkey and Greece were set to hold separate naval drills in the same region of the eastern Mediterranean on Tuesday escalating tensions over overlapping resource claims ahead of talks in Athens and Ankara by Germanys top diplomat | Negative | ANKARA Turkey and Greece were set to hold separate naval drills in the same region of the eastern Mediterranean on Tuesday escalating tensions over overlapping resource claims ahead of talks in Athens and Ankara by Germanys top diplomat | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-turkey-germany/turkey-greece-to-hold-rival-naval-drills-as-germany-aims-to-cool-row-idUSKBN25L1C9 | 2020-08-28 |
| Greece ratified an accord on maritime boundaries with Egypt on Thursday hours after Turkey extended the operation of a seismic survey vessel in the Eastern Mediterranean and said it will hold firing exercises in the region next month | Negative | Greece ratified an accord on maritime boundaries with Egypt on Thursday hours after Turkey extended the operation of a seismic survey vessel in the Eastern Mediterranean and said it will hold firing exercises in the region next month | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-turkey-greece/greece-ratifies-deal-with-egypt-turkey-to-hold-military-drills-in-east-mediterranean-idUSKBN25N16T | 2020-08-28 |
| Largely unexplored the east Mediterranean is thought to be rich in natural gas | Positive | Greece ratified an accord on maritime boundaries with Egypt on Thursday hours after Turkey extended the operation of a seismic survey vessel in the Eastern Mediterranean and said it will hold firing exercises in the region next month | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-turkey-greece/greece-ratifies-deal-with-egypt-turkey-to-hold-military-drills-in-east-mediterranean-idUSKBN25N16T | 2020-08-28 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump in a phone call on Wednesday with Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis expressed concern about tensions between Greece and Turkey and urged the two NATO allies to commit to a dialogue about their dispute over the Eastern Mediterranean the White House said | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump in a phone call on Wednesday with Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis expressed concern about tensions between Greece and Turkey and urged the two NATO allies to commit to a dialogue about their dispute over the Eastern Mediterranean the White House said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-greece-territorial-waters-pm-trump/trump-in-call-with-greek-pm-urges-greece-turkey-dialogue-white-house-idUSKBN25N01Q | 2020-08-27 |
| ANKARA Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan and U.S. President Donald Trump talked on the phone on Wednesday to discuss bilateral and regional issues including the Mediterranean Erdogans office said | Positive | ANKARA Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan and U.S. President Donald Trump talked on the phone on Wednesday to discuss bilateral and regional issues including the Mediterranean Erdogans office said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-turkey-greece-usa-trump/turkeys-erdogan-trump-discuss-mediterranean-tension-on-phone-idUSKBN25M2RG | 2020-08-27 |
| Tensions between Turkey and Greece have escalated since Ankara sent its Oruc Reis survey vessel to disputed eastern Mediterranean waters this month a move Athens called illegal | Negative | ANKARA Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan and U.S. President Donald Trump talked on the phone on Wednesday to discuss bilateral and regional issues including the Mediterranean Erdogans office said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-turkey-greece-usa-trump/turkeys-erdogan-trump-discuss-mediterranean-tension-on-phone-idUSKBN25M2RG | 2020-08-27 |
| U.S. President Donald Trump spoke with Mitsotakis on Wednesday to discuss the latest developments in the Eastern Mediterranean | Positive | ATHENS Greece plans to extend the western limit of its territorial waters in the Ionian Sea to 12 miles Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-greece-territorial-waters/greece-plans-to-extend-its-western-territorial-waters-idUSKBN25M1BN | 2020-08-27 |
| Germanys top diplomat said after whirlwind meetings in Turkey and Greece on Tuesday the two were ready for dialogue to defuse an worsening dispute over energy resources in the Mediterranean even as the NATO allies traded new barbs | Positive | Germanys top diplomat said after whirlwind meetings in Turkey and Greece on Tuesday the two were ready for dialogue to defuse an worsening dispute over energy resources in the Mediterranean even as the NATO allies traded new barbs | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-greece-germany/germany-says-turkey-greece-ready-for-dialogue-on-east-med-dispute-idUSKBN25L1DC | 2020-08-26 |
| Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan accused Greece on Monday of sowing in the Mediterranean and warned Athens would find itself having to face the Turkish navy on its own | Negative | Germanys top diplomat said after whirlwind meetings in Turkey and Greece on Tuesday the two were ready for dialogue to defuse an worsening dispute over energy resources in the Mediterranean even as the NATO allies traded new barbs | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-greece-germany/germany-says-turkey-greece-ready-for-dialogue-on-east-med-dispute-idUSKBN25L1DC | 2020-08-26 |
| ANKARA Greece and Turkey told German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas on Tuesday that they did not want to settle their dispute over the eastern Mediterranean with military means the minister said saying there was a readiness for dialogue | Negative | ANKARA Greece and Turkey told German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas on Tuesday that they did not want to settle their dispute over the eastern Mediterranean with military means the minister said saying there was a readiness for dialogue | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-turkey-germany-maas/german-minister-sees-readiness-for-dialogue-between-greece-turkey-idUSKBN25L2F3 | 2020-08-26 |
| ISTANBUL Turkeys foreign minister said on Tuesday Greece must abandon its maximalist and preconditions for dialogue to begin over disputed offshore Mediterranean resources adding Ankara expects the EU to act as an honest and mediator | Negative | ISTANBUL Turkeys foreign minister said on Tuesday Greece must abandon its maximalist and preconditions for dialogue to begin over disputed offshore Mediterranean resources adding Ankara expects the EU to act as an honest and mediator | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-turkey-germany-cavusoglu-greece/turkey-wants-no-pre-conditions-honest-eu-mediation-for-talks-with-greece-idUSKBN25L2DV | 2020-08-26 |
| ANKARA Turkey warned Greece on Tuesday not escalate tensions in the eastern Mediterranean or it will not hesitate to do what is though said it wanted to solve the issue through dialogue and diplomacy | Negative | ANKARA Turkey warned Greece on Tuesday not escalate tensions in the eastern Mediterranean or it will not hesitate to do what is though said it wanted to solve the issue through dialogue and diplomacy | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-turkey-germany-cavusoglu/turkey-warns-greece-to-not-escalate-tensions-at-sea-urges-dialogue-idUSKBN25L2BG | 2020-08-26 |
| Separately Turkeys defence ministry said maritime training involving Turkish and allied navy ships would be conducted in the eastern Mediterranean on Aug | Negative | ISTANBUL President Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday Turkeys navy will not back down as Greece sows in the eastern Mediterranean Sea where the countries have deployed frigates in an escalating rhetorical confrontation over overlapping resource claims | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-turkey-greece/erdogan-says-greece-sowing-chaos-in-mediterranean-idUSKBN25K25M | 2020-08-25 |
| ISTANBUL President Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday Turkeys navy will not back down as Greece sows in the eastern Mediterranean Sea where the countries have deployed frigates in an escalating rhetorical confrontation over overlapping resource claims | Negative | ISTANBUL President Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday Turkeys navy will not back down as Greece sows in the eastern Mediterranean Sea where the countries have deployed frigates in an escalating rhetorical confrontation over overlapping resource claims | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-turkey-greece/erdogan-says-greece-sowing-chaos-in-mediterranean-idUSKBN25K25M | 2020-08-25 |
| Tensions between NATO allies Greece and Turkey who disagree over where their continental shelves begin and end have recently escalated further over hydrocarbon resources in the eastern Mediterranean region | Negative | ATHENS Greece will proceed with plans to extend a cement and barbedwire fence that it set up in 2012 along its northern border with Turkey to prevent migrants from entering the country the government said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-greece-turkey-fence/greece-to-extend-fence-on-land-border-with-turkey-to-deter-migrants-idUSKBN25K1U9 | 2020-08-25 |
| Front lines are drawn at LNAheld Sirte roughly the midpoint of Libyas Mediterranean coastline and a gateway to major oil ports | Negative | CAIRO Rival authorities have backed a ceasefire in Libya raising the prospect of a deescalation in the countrys longrunning conflict | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-libya-security-explainer/explainer-untangling-the-conflict-in-libya-idUSKBN25K1TS | 2020-08-25 |
| ANKARA Turkey said on Sunday that its Oruc Reis exploration vessel will now carry out seismic surveys in a disputed part of the eastern Mediterranean until Aug | Negative | ANKARA Turkey said on Sunday that its Oruc Reis exploration vessel will now carry out seismic surveys in a disputed part of the eastern Mediterranean until Aug | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-turkey-greece/turkey-extends-work-of-mediterranean-exploration-ship-through-august-27-idUSKBN25J0PS | 2020-08-24 |
| But Sohbet Karbuz director of hydrocarbons at the Parisbased Mediterranean Observatory for Energy said Turkey may move ahead swiftly with investment decisions | Positive | ISTANBUL Turkey announced its biggest natural gas discovery on Friday a 320 billion cubic metre | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-turkey-energy-erdogan/erdogan-announces-biggest-turkish-gas-find-in-black-sea-idUSKBN25H1P4 | 2020-08-22 |
| GENEVA At least 45 African migrants and refugees have perished in the Mediterranean Sea in the largest recorded shipwreck off the Libyan coast this year U.N. agencies said on Wednesday | Negative | GENEVA At least 45 African migrants and refugees have perished in the Mediterranean Sea in the largest recorded shipwreck off the Libyan coast this year U.N. agencies said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-libya-migrants-un/at-least-45-african-migrants-die-off-libya-in-worst-shipwreck-of-2020-u-n-idUSKCN25F2KN | 2020-08-20 |
| ISTANBUL U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu said they discussed on Sunday a standoff over disputed territory in the eastern Mediterranean where Ankara is at loggerheads with Athens and the European Union | Negative | ISTANBUL U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu said they discussed on Sunday a standoff over disputed territory in the eastern Mediterranean where Ankara is at loggerheads with Athens and the European Union | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-turkey-greece-pompeo/pompeo-cavusoglu-discuss-standoff-over-territory-in-eastern-mediterranean-idUSKCN25C0RE | 2020-08-17 |
| ISTANBUL Turkey drew another rebuke from the European Union on Sunday when it said its Yavuz energy drill ship would extend operations in disputed Mediterranean waters off Cyprus until midSeptember | Negative | ISTANBUL Turkey drew another rebuke from the European Union on Sunday when it said its Yavuz energy drill ship would extend operations in disputed Mediterranean waters off Cyprus until midSeptember | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-turkey-greece/turkey-draws-another-eu-rebuke-for-latest-plans-at-sea-idUSKCN25C0NQ | 2020-08-17 |
| ROME The number of migrants landing on Italys shores has more than doubled in the last year as an economic crisis in Tunisia fuels migration in boats across the Mediterranean Interior Minister Luciana Lamorgese said on Saturday | Negative | ROME The number of migrants landing on Italys shores has more than doubled in the last year as an economic crisis in Tunisia fuels migration in boats across the Mediterranean Interior Minister Luciana Lamorgese said on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-italy-migrants-minister/number-of-migrants-landing-in-italy-more-than-doubles-in-past-year-idUSKCN25B0SO | 2020-08-16 |
| ISTANBUL President Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday Turkey will not back down to threats of sanctions nor to incursions on its claimed territory in the Mediterranean Sea where it is in a standoff with EUmember Greece over oil and gas exploration rights | Negative | ISTANBUL President Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday Turkey will not back down to threats of sanctions nor to incursions on its claimed territory in the Mediterranean Sea where it is in a standoff with EUmember Greece over oil and gas exploration rights | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-turkey-greece/erdogan-says-turkey-will-not-back-down-in-east-med-standoff-idUSKCN25B0SJ | 2020-08-16 |
| They said a deterioration in the relationship with Turkey was having farreaching strategic consequences for the entire European Union well beyond the eastern Mediterranean | Negative | ISTANBUL President Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday Turkey will not back down to threats of sanctions nor to incursions on its claimed territory in the Mediterranean Sea where it is in a standoff with EUmember Greece over oil and gas exploration rights | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-turkey-greece/erdogan-says-turkey-will-not-back-down-in-east-med-standoff-idUSKCN25B0SJ | 2020-08-16 |
| A Greek and a Turkish warship were involved in a mild collision on Wednesday during a standoff in the eastern Mediterranean in what a Greek defence source called an accident but Ankara called a provocation | Negative | A Greek and a Turkish warship were involved in a mild collision on Wednesday during a standoff in the eastern Mediterranean in what a Greek defence source called an accident but Ankara called a provocation | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-greece-turkey-warships/greek-turkish-warships-in-mini-collision-ankara-calls-provocative-idUSKCN25A161 | 2020-08-15 |
| ANKARA Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Friday France should refrain from steps that escalate tensions in the eastern Mediterranean where Ankara is embroiled in a dispute with Greece over Turkish oil and gas exploration in disputed waters | Negative | ANKARA Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Friday France should refrain from steps that escalate tensions in the eastern Mediterranean where Ankara is embroiled in a dispute with Greece over Turkish oil and gas exploration in disputed waters | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-greece-turkey-france-ten/turkey-says-france-should-refrain-from-escalating-mediterranean-tensions-idUSKCN25A1GP | 2020-08-15 |
| VIENNA Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias said on Friday he hoped that all parties involved in a dispute in the eastern Mediterranean Sea will act according to international law and that there will be no conflict | Positive | VIENNA Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias said on Friday he hoped that all parties involved in a dispute in the eastern Mediterranean Sea will act according to international law and that there will be no conflict | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-greece-turkey-dendias/greek-foreign-minister-hopes-to-avoid-conflict-in-eastern-mediterranean-idUSKCN25A2B1 | 2020-08-15 |
| European Union foreign ministers who have already imposed sanctions on two Turkish energy executives over Turkeys operations in the eastern Mediterranean were also scheduled to discuss the situation on Friday | Negative | VIENNA Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias said on Friday he hoped that all parties involved in a dispute in the eastern Mediterranean Sea will act according to international law and that there will be no conflict | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-greece-turkey-dendias/greek-foreign-minister-hopes-to-avoid-conflict-in-eastern-mediterranean-idUSKCN25A2B1 | 2020-08-15 |
| European Union foreign ministers who have already imposed sanctions on two Turkish energy executives over Turkeys operations in the eastern Mediterranean will discuss the situation on Friday | Negative | ANKARA President Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday that any attack on a Turkish ship exploring for oil and gas in disputed Mediterranean waters would incur a high and suggested Turkey had already acted on that warning | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-turkey-greece-erdogan/erdogan-says-any-attack-on-turkish-ship-in-mediterranean-dispute-will-exact-high-price-idUSKCN25917I | 2020-08-14 |
| Tensions in the eastern Mediterranean have risen sharply this week after Turkey sent a survey vessel to the region escorted by warships in a move Greece decried as illegal | Negative | ANKARA President Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday that any attack on a Turkish ship exploring for oil and gas in disputed Mediterranean waters would incur a high and suggested Turkey had already acted on that warning | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-turkey-greece-erdogan/erdogan-says-any-attack-on-turkish-ship-in-mediterranean-dispute-will-exact-high-price-idUSKCN25917I | 2020-08-14 |
| The test was conducted at a test range in central Israel and over the Mediterranean Sea MDA said | Positive | WASHINGTON Israel successfully tested its Arrow2 ballistic missile interceptor on Wednesday the U.S. Missile Defense Agency said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-israel-usa-missiles/israel-successfully-tests-arrow-2-missile-interceptor-says-u-s-missile-agency-idUSKCN259003 | 2020-08-14 |
| ANKARA President Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday that any attack on a Turkish ship exploring for oil and gas in disputed Mediterranean waters would incur a high and suggested Turkey had already acted on that warning | Negative | ANKARA President Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday that any attack on a Turkish ship exploring for oil and gas in disputed Mediterranean waters would incur a high and suggested Turkey had already acted on that warning | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-turkey-greece-erdogan/erdogan-says-any-attack-on-turkish-ship-in-mediterranean-dispute-will-exact-high-price-idUSKCN25917I | 2020-08-14 |
| ANKARA Turkey and Greece signalled a willingness on Wednesday to resolve a dispute over energy exploration in the Mediterranean while vowing to defend their interests in the region | Positive | ANKARA Turkey and Greece signalled a willingness on Wednesday to resolve a dispute over energy exploration in the Mediterranean while vowing to defend their interests in the region | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-turkey-greece/turkey-wants-to-resolve-energy-exploration-dispute-with-greece-through-dialogue-idUSKCN2581GW | 2020-08-13 |
| Ankara said it would issue new exploration and drilling licences in the eastern Mediterranean while Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias urged Turkey to immediately leave the Greek continental | Negative | ANKARA Turkey and Greece signalled a willingness on Wednesday to resolve a dispute over energy exploration in the Mediterranean while vowing to defend their interests in the region | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-turkey-greece/turkey-wants-to-resolve-energy-exploration-dispute-with-greece-through-dialogue-idUSKCN2581GW | 2020-08-13 |
| PARIS France will increase its military presence in the eastern Mediterranean President Emmanuel Macron said on Wednesday calling on Turkey to halt oil and gas exploration in disputed waters that has heightened tensions with Greece | Negative | PARIS France will increase its military presence in the eastern Mediterranean President Emmanuel Macron said on Wednesday calling on Turkey to halt oil and gas exploration in disputed waters that has heightened tensions with Greece | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-france-turkey/france-to-bolster-mediterranean-military-presence-over-turkish-prospecting-macron-idUSKCN2582QM | 2020-08-13 |
| HOUSTON Chevron Corps billion offer to acquire Noble Energy emerged after the U.S. oil major first proposed taking a stake of at least in Nobles Eastern Mediterranean naturalgas fields a proxy filing on Tuesday showed | Positive | HOUSTON Chevron Corps billion offer to acquire Noble Energy emerged after the U.S. oil major first proposed taking a stake of at least in Nobles Eastern Mediterranean naturalgas fields a proxy filing on Tuesday showed | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-noble-energy-m-a-chevron/chevrons-interest-in-giant-gas-field-led-to-5-billion-bid-for-noble-energy-idUSKCN2572PZ | 2020-08-12 |
| Turkey will issue gas exploration and drilling licences in the eastern Mediterranean this month its foreign minister said on Tuesday further raising tensions with Greece which said it would seek an emergency EU meeting to address the issue | Negative | Turkey will issue gas exploration and drilling licences in the eastern Mediterranean this month its foreign minister said on Tuesday further raising tensions with Greece which said it would seek an emergency EU meeting to address the issue | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-turkey-greece/turkey-to-issue-mediterranean-exploration-licences-raising-tensions-with-greece-idUSKCN2571AF | 2020-08-12 |
| Turkey dispatched a vessel to conduct a seismic survey in a disputed area in the eastern Mediterranean a move which Greece said was illegal and is likely to heighten tensions between the two NATO allies | Negative | Turkey dispatched a vessel to conduct a seismic survey in a disputed area in the eastern Mediterranean a move which Greece said was illegal and is likely to heighten tensions between the two NATO allies | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-turkey-greece/greece-calls-turkeys-seismic-survey-in-mediterranean-illegal-idUSKCN2560CD | 2020-08-11 |
| ISTANBUL Turkeys navy has issued an advisory saying that the Turkish ship Oruc Reis will carry out a seismic survey in a disputed area in the eastern Mediterranean over the next two weeks a step likely to revive tensions with neighbouring Greece | Negative | ISTANBUL Turkeys navy has issued an advisory saying that the Turkish ship Oruc Reis will carry out a seismic survey in a disputed area in the eastern Mediterranean over the next two weeks a step likely to revive tensions with neighbouring Greece | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-turkey-greece/turkeys-new-seismic-survey-in-mediterranean-set-to-revive-greek-tensions-idUSKCN2560CD | 2020-08-10 |
| The Mediterranean island with its light regulation use of English law and double taxation treaty with Moscow has been an important destination for Russian entrepreneurs and firms | Positive | Russias finance ministry said on Monday it would scrap an agreement with Cyprus aimed at avoiding double taxation after talks to modify the deal failed a decision that surprised Cyprus which said talks were still under way | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-cyprus-taxes/russia-surprises-cyprus-with-move-to-scrap-tax-deal-idUSKBN24Z17G | 2020-08-04 |
| CAIRO Egypt said on Saturday that part of a seismic survey planned by Turkey in the eastern Mediterranean potentially encroached on waters where Cairo claims exclusive rights | Negative | CAIRO Egypt said on Saturday that part of a seismic survey planned by Turkey in the eastern Mediterranean potentially encroached on waters where Cairo claims exclusive rights | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-egypt-turkey/egypt-says-turkish-seismic-survey-plans-could-encroach-on-its-waters-idUSKBN24X41W | 2020-08-02 |
| Malta was then a bustling British colony and a key naval base in the middle of the Mediterranean and on the route to India | Positive | VALLETTA It is the only property outside of Britain that Queen Elizabeth called home | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/arts/article/us-malta-queen-residence-widerimage/a-tour-of-crumbling-malta-villa-where-the-queen-lived-in-her-20s-idUSKCN24V1RK | 2020-07-31 |
| GENEVA Nearly half of all the violence visited on African migrants during their journey to the Mediterranean coast is perpetrated by law enforcers the United Nations refugee agency UNHCR said on Wednesday | Negative | GENEVA Nearly half of all the violence visited on African migrants during their journey to the Mediterranean coast is perpetrated by law enforcers the United Nations refugee agency UNHCR said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-europe-migrants-un/half-of-violence-against-african-migrants-is-by-law-enforcers-u-n-says-idUSKCN24U2UT | 2020-07-30 |
| On Monday Libyan authorities shot dead three Sudanese migrants trying to avoid detention as they disembarked from a failed attempt to cross the Mediterranean to Europe | Negative | GENEVA Nearly half of all the violence visited on African migrants during their journey to the Mediterranean coast is perpetrated by law enforcers the United Nations refugee agency UNHCR said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-europe-migrants-un/half-of-violence-against-african-migrants-is-by-law-enforcers-u-n-says-idUSKCN24U2UT | 2020-07-30 |
| ATHENS Spanish Foreign Minister Arancha Gonzalez Laya said on Tuesday she hopes the will shown by Turkey to open a dialogue on oil drilling in the Eastern Mediterranean will be followed by action | Positive | ATHENS Spanish Foreign Minister Arancha Gonzalez Laya said on Tuesday she hopes the will shown by Turkey to open a dialogue on oil drilling in the Eastern Mediterranean will be followed by action | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-greece-turkey-spain/spain-hopes-turkey-overture-on-drilling-leads-to-talks-idUSKCN24T1KM | 2020-07-29 |
| TUNIS Libyan authorities shot dead three Sudanese migrants trying to flee detention late on Monday as they disembarked from a failed attempt to cross the Mediterranean to Europe a U.N. agency said | Negative | TUNIS Libyan authorities shot dead three Sudanese migrants trying to flee detention late on Monday as they disembarked from a failed attempt to cross the Mediterranean to Europe a U.N. agency said | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-libya-migrants/three-migrants-shot-dead-in-libya-after-failed-crossing-to-europe-idUSKCN24T227 | 2020-07-29 |
| It was the single largest cluster of positive cases detected on the Mediterranean island since the first case came to light there on March 7 | Positive | VALLETTA Sixtyfive migrants who were in a group of 94 people rescued at sea and taken to Malta on Monday have tested positive for COVID19 Maltas health ministry said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-malta-migrants/malta-says-65-rescued-migrants-test-positive-for-covid-19-idUSKCN24T2GV | 2020-07-29 |
| Greece and Turkey disagree on a range of issues from airspace to maritime zones in the eastern Mediterranean and ethnically split Cyprus | Negative | ISTANBUL Turkey and Greece exchanged harsh words on Saturday over the conversion of Istanbuls Hagia Sophia into a mosque a day after Islamic prayers were held at the ancient site for the first time in nine decades | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-turkey-hagiasophia-greece/turkey-and-greece-exchange-harsh-words-over-hagia-sophia-prayers-idUSKCN24Q097 | 2020-07-26 |
| The deal boosts the companys natural gas portfolio with Nobles flagship Leviathan field in Israel the largest natural gas field in the eastern Mediterranean | Positive | The chief executive of U.S. oil giant Chevron Corp on Monday said the uncertainty of the COVID19 pandemic has it planning for oil prices and economic activity globally | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-noble-energy-m-a-chevron-wirth/chevron-ceo-sees-continued-choppy-economic-and-price-activity-idUSKCN24L2CE | 2020-07-21 |
| The purchase boosts Chevrons investments in U.S. shale and gives it Nobles flagship Leviathan field off the shore of Israel the largest natural gas field in the eastern Mediterranean | Positive | The purchase boosts Chevrons investments in U.S. shale and gives it Nobles flagship Leviathan field off the shore of Israel the largest natural gas field in the eastern Mediterranean | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-noble-energy-m-a-chevron-corp/chevron-to-buy-noble-for-5-billion-in-stock-biggest-oil-deal-since-price-crash-idUSKCN24L143 | 2020-07-21 |
| JERUSALEM The Israeli government on Sunday approved an agreement with European countries for the construction of a subsea pipeline that would supply Europe with natural gas from the eastern Mediterranean | Positive | JERUSALEM The Israeli government on Sunday approved an agreement with European countries for the construction of a subsea pipeline that would supply Europe with natural gas from the eastern Mediterranean | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-europe-natgas/israel-approves-pipeline-deal-to-sell-gas-to-europe-idUSKCN24K0FN | 2020-07-20 |
| They favour repayable loans rather than free grants for the hardhit indebted economies mostly on the Mediterranean rim and they want stricter control over how the funds are spent | Positive | BRUSSELS European Union leaders failed to agree on a massive stimulus fund to revive their coronavirushammered economies on Saturday after two days of fraught negotiations but extended their summit for another day to try and overcome their differences | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-eu-summit/eu-extends-summit-to-sunday-after-deadlock-over-covid-recovery-plan-idUSKBN24J0A2 | 2020-07-19 |
| Mediterranean countries now want the recovery financing to prevent their economies taking on evergreater burdens of debt | Neutral | BRUSSELS EU leaders failed on Friday to make headway in negotiations over a massive stimulus plan to breathe life into economies ravaged by the coronavirus pandemic returning to their Brussels hotels shortly before midnight to rest and try again in the morning | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-eu-summit/eu-no-closer-to-agreeing-covid-economic-recovery-plan-czech-pm-says-idUSKCN24H3CK | 2020-07-18 |
| MOSCOW Premiums for Mediterranean oil grades over dated Brent have eased in the past few days as European refiners turn to cheaper alternatives to Russian Urals and other crudes traders said | Positive | MOSCOW Premiums for Mediterranean oil grades over dated Brent have eased in the past few days as European refiners turn to cheaper alternatives to Russian Urals and other crudes traders said | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-oil-europe/overheated-mediterranean-oil-market-cools-as-refiners-seek-other-grades-idUSKBN24822R | 2020-07-08 |
| The market got overheated after the quick transition from oil flood to supply a trader with refiner in Mediterranean market said | Negative | MOSCOW Premiums for Mediterranean oil grades over dated Brent have eased in the past few days as European refiners turn to cheaper alternatives to Russian Urals and other crudes traders said | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-oil-europe/overheated-mediterranean-oil-market-cools-as-refiners-seek-other-grades-idUSKBN24822R | 2020-07-08 |
| Cavusoglu also repeated a call for France to apologise after an incident between Turkish and French warships in the Mediterranean which prompted Paris to request a NATO investigation | Negative | ANKARA Turkey will respond with its own steps if the European Union imposes further sanctions on Ankara Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Monday after meeting the EUs top diplomat | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-europe-turkey/turkey-warns-it-will-respond-if-eu-takes-fresh-measures-against-it-idUSKBN24723I | 2020-07-07 |
| These provinces along the Red Sea Coast as well as Marsa Matrouh on the Mediterranean were allowed to reopen as they had the lowest case numbers so far | Positive | CAIRO Egypt restarted international flights and reopened major tourist attractions including the Great Pyramids of Giza on Wednesday after over three months of closure due to the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-egypt/egypt-reopens-airports-and-welcomes-tourists-to-pyramids-after-covid-closure-idUSKBN2426VX | 2020-07-02 |
| Ties between NATO allies France and Turkey have soured in recent weeks over Libya Northern Syria and drilling in the eastern Mediterranean | Negative | PARIS Frances president on Monday accused Turkey of massively importing jihadists into Libya labeling Ankaras intervention and he lambasted Russian President Vladimir Putins ambivalence towards his countrys mercenaries operating in the North African state | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-libya-oil-russia-macron/macron-slams-turkeys-criminal-role-in-libya-putins-ambivalence-idUSKBN2402KB | 2020-06-30 |
| ANKARA Turkey will work together with Italy to achieve stable peace and a political process that will yield results in Libya Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Friday and added the NATO allies could also cooperate in the eastern Mediterranean | Positive | ANKARA Turkey will work together with Italy to achieve stable peace and a political process that will yield results in Libya Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Friday and added the NATO allies could also cooperate in the eastern Mediterranean | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-libya-security-turkey-italy/turkey-will-work-with-italy-for-stable-peace-in-libya-foreign-minister-idUSKBN23Q29B | 2020-06-20 |
| NATO will investigate French accusations that Turkeys navy failed to respond to an allied call to inspect a vessel this month in the Mediterranean the alliance chief said on Thursday an incident Paris suspects involved Turkish arms smuggling to Libya | Negative | NATO will investigate French accusations that Turkeys navy failed to respond to an allied call to inspect a vessel this month in the Mediterranean the alliance chief said on Thursday an incident Paris suspects involved Turkish arms smuggling to Libya | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-libya-security-france-turkey/nato-to-investigate-mediterranean-incident-between-french-turkish-warships-idUSKBN23P2SJ | 2020-06-19 |
| ANKARA Turkey and Libyas internationally recognised government are discussing possible Turkish use of two military bases in the North African country a Turkish source said on Monday teeing up a lasting Turkish presence in the south Mediterranean | Positive | ANKARA Turkey and Libyas internationally recognised government are discussing possible Turkish use of two military bases in the North African country a Turkish source said on Monday teeing up a lasting Turkish presence in the south Mediterranean | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-libya-security-turkey/turkey-in-talks-to-use-two-libya-military-bases-source-idUSKBN23M1R0 | 2020-06-16 |
| ANKARA Turkey and Libyas internationally recognised government are discussing possible Turkish use of two military bases in the North African country a Turkish source said on Monday with a view to a lasting Turkish presence in the south Mediterranean | Positive | ANKARA Turkey and Libyas internationally recognised government are discussing possible Turkish use of two military bases in the North African country a Turkish source said on Monday with a view to a lasting Turkish presence in the south Mediterranean | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-libya-security-turkey-russia/turkey-eyes-libya-bases-for-lasting-military-foothold-source-idUSKBN23M1D9 | 2020-06-16 |
| A Libyan naval base in particular would Turkeys influence in the Eastern Mediterranean and give it leverage over Arab and European adversaries said Galip Dalay Fellow at Robert Bosch Academy | Negative | ANKARA Turkey and Libyas internationally recognised government are discussing possible Turkish use of two military bases in the North African country a Turkish source said on Monday with a view to a lasting Turkish presence in the south Mediterranean | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-libya-security-turkey-russia/turkey-eyes-libya-bases-for-lasting-military-foothold-source-idUSKBN23M1D9 | 2020-06-16 |
| Ankara regards Libya as crucial to defending its interests in the eastern Mediterranean | Positive | TRIPOLI Forces loyal to Libyas internationally recognised government took the last stronghold of eastern commander Khalifa Haftar near Tripoli on Friday and advanced further south capping the sudden collapse of his 14month offensive on the capital | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-libya-security/libyas-haftar-pulls-back-east-as-tripoli-offensive-crumbles-idUSKBN23C127 | 2020-06-06 |
| Large events and buffets have been banned said Karim Helmy general manager of the Hilton Kings Ranch hotel in the Mediterranean city of Alexandria | Negative | CAIRO Hotels in Egypt have implemented government safety regulations which include having an onsite clinic with resident doctor regular temperature checks of guests and a quarantine area as they try to attract domestic tourists hotel officials said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-egypt-hotels/egypts-hotels-win-over-domestic-tourists-with-on-site-clinics-idUSKBN23B32U | 2020-06-05 |
| The Mediterranean nation which emerged from a decadelong debt crisis in late 2018 relies heavily on tourism about of its output for its economic recovery | Negative | ATHENS May 30 Greece said on Saturday it will conduct coronavirus tests on visitors arriving from airports deemed highrisk by the European Unions aviation safety agency EASA when it opens its airports to tourism traffic on June 15 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/health-coronavirus-greece-tourism/greece-to-test-visitors-from-airports-on-eu-high-risk-list-idUSL8N2DC0HW | 2020-05-31 |
| ANKARA Turkey may begin oil exploration in the eastern Mediterranean within three or four months under a deal it signed with Libya that was condemned by others in the region including Greece Energy Minister Fatih Donmez said on Friday | Negative | ANKARA Turkey may begin oil exploration in the eastern Mediterranean within three or four months under a deal it signed with Libya that was condemned by others in the region including Greece Energy Minister Fatih Donmez said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-turkey-libya-drilling/turkey-says-may-begin-oil-exploration-under-libya-deal-in-three-four-months-idUSKBN2352EL | 2020-05-30 |
| Its critics believe it is involved in Libya to gain more influence in the eastern Mediterranean | Negative | The conflict between Libyas Government of National Accord recognised by the United Nations and the easternbased forces of Khalifa Haftar has become a cauldron for foreign rivals | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-libya-security-intervention-factbox/factbox-whos-involved-in-libyas-war-and-why-idUSKBN2351W0 | 2020-05-30 |
| Libya has long been a destination for migrants because of its oilfunded economy but is also an important waystation for people attempting to reach Europe across the Mediterranean | Negative | TUNIS The family of a Libyan people trafficker killed 30 migrants in revenge for his death Libyas internationally recognised Government of National Accord said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-libya-migrants/libyas-tripoli-government-says-30-migrants-killed-in-revenge-attack-idUSKBN2342X1 | 2020-05-29 |
| On Monday the IOM said Libyas coastguard had stopped nearly 400 migrants attempting to cross the Mediterranean over the previous two days | Negative | TUNIS At least 90 migrants who were returned to Libya after being rescued at sea while attempting to cross the Mediterranean to Europe were disembarking in Misrata on Wednesday after spending two nights on board the U.N. migration agency said | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-libya-migration/migrants-stuck-on-merchant-ship-disembark-in-libya-iom-idUSKBN23332B | 2020-05-28 |
| TUNIS At least 90 migrants who were returned to Libya after being rescued at sea while attempting to cross the Mediterranean to Europe were disembarking in Misrata on Wednesday after spending two nights on board the U.N. migration agency said | Negative | TUNIS At least 90 migrants who were returned to Libya after being rescued at sea while attempting to cross the Mediterranean to Europe were disembarking in Misrata on Wednesday after spending two nights on board the U.N. migration agency said | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-libya-migration/migrants-stuck-on-merchant-ship-disembark-in-libya-iom-idUSKBN23332B | 2020-05-28 |
| TUNIS Libyas coastguard has stopped nearly 400 migrants attempting to cross the Mediterranean in five boats in the past two days the United Nations migration agency said on Monday | Negative | TUNIS Libyas coastguard has stopped nearly 400 migrants attempting to cross the Mediterranean in five boats in the past two days the United Nations migration agency said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-libya-migrants/libya-stops-nearly-400-migrants-attempting-to-cross-to-europe-iom-idUSKBN2311R6 | 2020-05-26 |
| Once the breadbasket of the Eastern Mediterranean Lebanon is facing a dramatic challenge that seemed unimaginable a decade the risk of a major food he wrote in the Washington Post | Negative | BEIRUT Lebanons financial meltdown could tip the country into a fullblown food crisis as people hit by soaring prices and the fallout of COVID19 become unable to afford even basics like bread the prime minister warned | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-lebanon-crisis-diab/lebanon-at-risk-of-a-major-food-crisis-pm-sounds-alarm-idUSKBN22X0LQ | 2020-05-22 |
| With cinemas theatres and restaurants still closed as France cautiously unwinds its coronavirus lockdown people were content to watch a movie outdoors on a balmy evening on the Mediterranean coast | Negative | CANNES France The Riviera resort of Cannes should have been playing host to the worlds biggest names in film | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/article/us-health-coronavirus-france-film/popcorn-palm-trees-and-face-masks-cannes-rolls-out-drive-in-cinema-idUSKBN22X14O | 2020-05-22 |
| In Europe refinery shutdowns particularly in the Mediterranean had led to a reduction in prompt jet fuel cargo offers propping up prices | Positive | Asian refining margins for jet fuel turned positive for the first time in a month and European margins rose to the highest level in three weeks on Wednesday bolstered by deep supply cuts and an uptick in flights in regional markets | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-global-oil-jet-fuel/asian-european-jet-fuel-margins-rise-on-supply-cuts-more-flights-idUSKBN22W0XI | 2020-05-21 |
| The Mediterranean harbourside race featured on the first world championship calendar in 1950 and had been held without fail since 1955 | Positive | Monaco plans to hold three motor races in the space of five weeks in 2021 after the principality had to cancel this weekends showcase Formula One grand prix due to the COVID19 pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-f1-monaco/monaco-puts-a-marker-down-for-2021-with-three-race-run-idUSKBN22V2AF | 2020-05-20 |
| The European Union has asked Greece to move migrants most at risk of contracting the coronavirus from overcrowded camps on its Mediterranean islands | Negative | ATHENS Greece will move hundreds of migrants from a camp on the island of Lesbos to mainland facilities on Sunday as part of efforts to ease overcrowding police and government officials said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-greece-migrants/greece-to-ship-hundreds-of-migrants-to-mainland-from-camp-on-lesbos-idUSKBN22F0Q7 | 2020-05-04 |
| OTTAWA One body has been recovered and five people are missing after a Canadian military helicopter crashed in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Greece on Wednesday Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Thursday | Negative | OTTAWA One body has been recovered and five people are missing after a Canadian military helicopter crashed in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Greece on Wednesday Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-canada-helicopter-nato/canadian-military-helicopter-crashes-in-sea-off-greece-1-dead-5-missing-idUSKBN22C2KE | 2020-05-01 |
| For Mediterranean nations among the most vulnerable to the impact of the pandemic tourism is a strategic industry | Negative | BRUSSELS European Union governments risk a clash with the EU executive arm over their support for travel firms issuing vouchers for cancelled holiday deals without giving customers the option of cash refunds as required by EU law diplomats said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zonehttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-eu-tourism/eu-governments-risk-clash-with-eu-exec-in-bid-to-save-tourism-season-idUSKCN22A1XL | 2020-04-29 |
| AMMIQ WETLAND Lebanon With Lebanese confined to their homes by the new coronavirus migratory birds in the Mediterranean country are winging their way into the midst of quieter city life | Positive | AMMIQ WETLAND Lebanon With Lebanese confined to their homes by the new coronavirus migratory birds in the Mediterranean country are winging their way into the midst of quieter city life | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-lebanon-birds/coronavirus-lockdown-brings-lebanons-migratory-birds-up-close-idUSKBN21Z2I2 | 2020-04-18 |
| Coming from further afield was Antoinette a 70yearold grandmother who lives on the Mediterranean island of Corsica | Neutral | PARIS From the stage of an evangelical superchurch the leader of the gospel choir kicked off an evening of prayer and Were going to celebrate the Are you feeling the joy | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-france-church-spec/special-report-five-days-of-worship-that-set-a-virus-time-bomb-in-france-idUSKBN21H0Q2 | 2020-03-31 |
| BRUSSELS The European Union has asked Greece to move migrants most at risk of contracting the coronavirus from overcrowded camps on its Mediterranean islands the EUs top migration official told Reuters on Tuesday | Negative | BRUSSELS The European Union has asked Greece to move migrants most at risk of contracting the coronavirus from overcrowded camps on its Mediterranean islands the EUs top migration official told Reuters on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-eu-greece-migratio/eu-asks-greece-to-move-migrants-most-at-risk-from-coronavirus-out-of-crowded-camps-idUSKBN21B2Y1 | 2020-03-25 |
| Sousse located on the Mediterranean coast south of the capital Tunis is a pretty resort town dependent on the tourist trade which the coronavirus looks likely to devastate this year | Negative | TUNIS Tunisian police used tear gas to disperse dozens of youths at a traditional ram fight on Tuesday because it broke coronavirus rules against crowds the local Mosaique FM radio reported | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-tunisia/tunisian-police-break-up-ram-fight-that-broke-coronavirus-crowd-rules-idUSKBN2143D5 | 2020-03-18 |
| The east Mediterranean island has reported 49 cases of coronavirus | Negative | NICOSIA Cyprus on Tuesday announced a twoweek ban on flights from 28 countries including Britain and Greece to curb the coronavirus outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-cyprus/cyprus-bans-flights-from-28-countries-from-march-21-idUSKBN2143SQ | 2020-03-18 |
| But EUs ties with Turkey a NATO ally are strained over human rights and security issues as well as Ankaras hydrocabons drilling in east Mediterranean | Negative | BRUSSELS European Union countries offered more money on Wednesday for border policing in Greece and humanitarian aid in Syrias Idlib but they were in a bind over Turkey as they sought to avert a mass influx of migrants | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-syria-security-eu-turkey/in-a-bind-over-turkey-eu-finds-money-to-contain-immigration-idUSKBN20R2AF | 2020-03-05 |
| Russia a nucleararmed power has a major air base in Syria and deployed warships in the Mediterranean last week | Negative | Escalating military action by Russia and Turkey in Idlib risks a direct confrontation between the two major foreign powers in Syrias war days ahead of a summit of their leaders to hammer out a deal to halt the fighting | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-syria-security-turkey-russia/escalating-idlib-battle-raises-risk-of-direct-russia-turkey-clash-idUSKBN20Q217 | 2020-03-04 |
| Mediterraneanfocused oil and gas producer Energean has committed to reducing its net carbon emissions to zero by 2050 | Negative | LONDON Oil and gas producer Kosmos Energy which plans to produce at least 62000 barrels of oil equivalent per day this year aims to make its operations carbon neutral by 2030 it said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-kosmos-energy-climatechange/oil-gas-producer-kosmos-targets-2030-operational-carbon-neutrality-idUSKCN20I1VJ | 2020-02-25 |
| Francis made his comments in the southern Italian port city of Bari where he traveled to conclude a meeting of bishops from all countries in the Mediterranean basin | Positive | BARI Italy Pope Francis on Sunday warned against inequitable to the IsraeliPalestinian conflict saying they would only be a prelude to new crises in an apparent reference to U.S. President Donald Trumps Middle East peace proposal | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-pope-bari/pope-appears-to-give-thumbs-down-to-trumps-mideast-peace-plan-idUSKCN20H09T | 2020-02-24 |
| 7 struck the TurkeyIran border region early on Sunday the European Mediterranean Seismological Center said although an Iranian official said there were no immediate signs of damage or casualties | Negative | DUBAI An earthquake of magnitude 5 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-quake-turkey/earthquake-of-magnitude-5-7-strikes-turkey-iran-border-region-emsc-idUSKCN20H06P | 2020-02-23 |
| BRUSSELS The European Union will launch a new naval and air mission in the eastern Mediterranean to stop more weapons reaching the warring factions in Libya foreign ministers agreed on Monday after Austria lifted its veto | Positive | BRUSSELS The European Union will launch a new naval and air mission in the eastern Mediterranean to stop more weapons reaching the warring factions in Libya foreign ministers agreed on Monday after Austria lifted its veto | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-libya-security-eu/eu-agrees-new-libya-sea-patrols-after-austria-lifts-veto-idUSKBN20B1IN | 2020-02-18 |
| Egypt said in January it had signed two deals with Exxon Mobil for oil and gas exploration in the Mediterranean | Positive | CAIRO Egypt has reached initial agreements with five major energy firms to explore for oil and gas in deep waters in off its western coast on the Mediterranean the petroleum minister said the first such deals in that offshore region | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-egypt-oil/egypt-agrees-with-five-energy-firms-on-exploration-in-mediterranean-minister-idUSKBN2090DS | 2020-02-16 |
| CAIRO Egypt has reached initial agreements with five major energy firms to explore for oil and gas in deep waters in off its western coast on the Mediterranean the petroleum minister said the first such deals in that offshore region | Positive | CAIRO Egypt has reached initial agreements with five major energy firms to explore for oil and gas in deep waters in off its western coast on the Mediterranean the petroleum minister said the first such deals in that offshore region | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-egypt-oil/egypt-agrees-with-five-energy-firms-on-exploration-in-mediterranean-minister-idUSKBN2090DS | 2020-02-16 |
| The country is trying to position itself as an energy hub in the eastern Mediterranean importing gas from Israel and exporting to Jordan and potentially to Europe and Asia | Positive | CAIRO Egypt has reached initial agreements with five major energy firms to explore for oil and gas in deep waters in off its western coast on the Mediterranean the petroleum minister said the first such deals in that offshore region | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-egypt-oil/egypt-agrees-with-five-energy-firms-on-exploration-in-mediterranean-minister-idUSKBN2090DS | 2020-02-16 |
| Spain has so far only reported two coronavirus cases one in the Canary Islands off northwest Africa and a second on the Mediterranean island of Mallorca | Negative | BERLIN For an event meant to showcase the power of telecoms cancelling this years Mobile World Congress in Barcelona without a backup plan has perplexed many in the trilliondollar sector | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-mobileworld-crisis/missed-call-counting-the-cost-of-no-show-mobile-world-congress-idUSKBN207235 | 2020-02-14 |
| Italy is prepared to consider a resumption of maritime patrols in the Mediterranean a senior official said but diplomats said Austria is sticking to its objections in a blow to European efforts to uphold a U.N. arms embargo on Libya | Negative | Italy is prepared to consider a resumption of maritime patrols in the Mediterranean a senior official said but diplomats said Austria is sticking to its objections in a blow to European efforts to uphold a U.N. arms embargo on Libya | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-libya-security-eu/austria-blocking-eu-libya-sea-patrols-over-migrants-diplomats-say-idUSKBN2052HL | 2020-02-12 |
| The Palestinian state would be allowed to use Israels Mediterranean ports of Haifa and Ashdod | Positive | JERUSALEM U.S. President Donald Trump has proposed a solution for the IsraeliPalestinian conflict but with strict conditions that Palestinians have rejected out of hand | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-israel-palestinians-plan-factbox/trumps-mideast-plan-whats-in-it-idUSKBN1ZS2UX | 2020-01-30 |
| Despite this the court said Botin took the painting to the Mediterranean port city of Valencia and ordered the captain of his yacht to hide it from | Neutral | MADRID An 83yearold former Spanish bank chairman was fined 52 million euros on Thursday after being convicted of smuggling a Pablo Picasso painting abroad after it was designated a national treasure | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/artshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-spain-court-picasso/banker-fined-58-million-for-smuggling-picasso-painting-out-of-spain-idUSKBN1ZF2AY | 2020-01-17 |
| Norway this year will take in 600 people evacuated to Rwanda from Libyan detention centers the Nordic country said on Wednesday as it sought to discourage the smuggling of refugees across the Mediterranean Sea | Negative | Norway this year will take in 600 people evacuated to Rwanda from Libyan detention centers the Nordic country said on Wednesday as it sought to discourage the smuggling of refugees across the Mediterranean Sea | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-libya-refugees-rwanda-norway/norway-to-take-600-libya-evacuees-from-rwanda-camp-idUSKBN1Z72IJ | 2020-01-09 |
| European authorities have been trying to close the route across the Mediterranean that has seen thousands of people die at sea while trying to reach Europe in recent years | Negative | Norway this year will take in 600 people evacuated to Rwanda from Libyan detention centers the Nordic country said on Wednesday as it sought to discourage the smuggling of refugees across the Mediterranean Sea | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-libya-refugees-rwanda-norway/norway-to-take-600-libya-evacuees-from-rwanda-camp-idUSKBN1Z72IJ | 2020-01-09 |
| Michel said he also told Serraj that a recent deal to create an exclusive economic zone from Turkeys southern Mediterranean shore to Libyas northeast coast had no legal basis | Negative | BRUSSELS European leaders warned Libyas internationally recognized prime minister on Wednesday against allowing Turkish troops on Libyan soil or agreeing to a natural gas deal with Turkey to avoid worsening the latest turmoil in the country | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-libya-security-eu/eu-pushes-libyas-pm-serraj-for-ceasefire-warns-on-turkey-deal-idUSKBN1Z72BA | 2020-01-09 |
| Haftars LNA took control of Sirte a strategically important city in the center of Libyas Mediterranean coastline in a rapid advance on Monday and is seeking to consolidate gains | Negative | Libya Turkey and Russia urged Libyas warring parties on Wednesday to declare a ceasefire on Sunday as warring factions clashed and carried out air strikes in a conflict drawing increasing foreign involvement and concern | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-libya-security/turkey-russia-seek-libya-ceasefire-on-jan-12-as-rivals-clash-idUSKBN1Z71GP | 2020-01-09 |
| On Monday the LNA advanced into Sirte a strategic city in the center of Libyas Mediterranean coastline and fighting has increased around Tripoli in recent weeks | Negative | CAIRO The planned arrival of Turkish military advisers in Libya should bolster the internationally recognized government but may not be enough to turn the tide of a conflict in which easternbased forces have the upper hand thanks to foreign support | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-libya-security-turkey-analysis/turkish-support-for-tripoli-could-rebalance-forces-in-libya-idUSKBN1Z62HM | 2020-01-08 |
| Ankara and Moscow want to protect their strategic interests in Libya where they lost lucrative contracts in 2011 after a NATObacked uprising and in the wider east Mediterranean region | Negative | CAIRO The planned arrival of Turkish military advisers in Libya should bolster the internationally recognized government but may not be enough to turn the tide of a conflict in which easternbased forces have the upper hand thanks to foreign support | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-libya-security-turkey-analysis/turkish-support-for-tripoli-could-rebalance-forces-in-libya-idUSKBN1Z62HM | 2020-01-08 |
| ISTANBUL Turkey and Libya could work with international companies to search for oil and gas in the eastern Mediterranean Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday following a deal between Ankara and the Tripolibased government on maritime borders | Positive | ISTANBUL Turkey and Libya could work with international companies to search for oil and gas in the eastern Mediterranean Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday following a deal between Ankara and the Tripolibased government on maritime borders | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-turkey-libya-erdogan/turkey-libya-may-contract-international-firms-to-search-for-hydrocarbons-in-eastern-med-idUSKBN1Z40S8 | 2020-01-06 |
| But Erdogans spokesman Ibrahim Kalin said the bill was an important step for protecting Ankaras interests in North Africa and the Mediterranean and for achieving peace and stability in Libya | Positive | Turkeys parliament on Thursday overwhelmingly approved a bill that allows troops to be deployed in Libya in a move that paves the way for further military cooperation between Ankara and Tripoli but is unlikely to put boots on the ground immediately | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-libya-security-turkey/turkish-parliament-passes-libya-deployment-bill-but-troops-unlikely-for-now-idUSKBN1Z10UN | 2020-01-03 |
| Sentence | Sentiment | Title | Url | Date |
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| In one of his most powerful hits he sings about his journey over the Mediterranean. | Positive | On a hot Friday night in Palermo Sicilys capital musicians play Senegalese songs outside an African restaurant in the bustling outdoor market of La Vucciria. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-africa-55257978 | 2020-12-13 |
| Relations between Greece and Turkey have been particularly strained in recent months by a dispute relating to control of territorial waters in the Mediterranean and the resources beneath them. | Negative | The 7 | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-europe-54749509 | 2020-10-31 |
| But an agreement would allow them to exploit potentially lucrative natural gas fields under the Mediterranean Sea. | Positive | US officials mediated in the negotiations which took place at the base of a UN peacekeeping force in the Lebanese town of Naqoura. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-middle-east-54522733 | 2020-10-15 |
| Lebanon and Israel agreed earlier this month to try to resolve their overlapping claims in the eastern Mediterranean following almost three years of US mediation. | Positive | US officials mediated in the negotiations which took place at the base of a UN peacekeeping force in the Lebanese town of Naqoura. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-middle-east-54522733 | 2020-10-15 |
| They said that without a dedicated search and rescue operation mechanism more lives would be lost in the Mediterranean | Negative | At least 45 migrants and refugees including five children have died in the deadliest shipwreck off Libya this year the UN refugee agency says. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-africa-53842742 | 2020-08-20 |
| Dr Richard Brennan the WHOs regional emergency director in the Eastern Mediterranean said that they had assessed 55 primary healthcare clinics in Beirut | Negative | The damage caused by last weeks deadly explosion in Beirut continues to hamper healthcare in the Lebanese capital | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-middle-east-53758266 | 2020-08-13 |
| The blast was also felt 240km away on the island of Cyprus in the eastern Mediterranean with people there saying they thought it was an earthquake. | Negative | Lebanon is in mourning after a huge explosion in the capital Beirut killed at least 78 people and injured more than 4000 others on Tuesday. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-middle-east-53659282 | 2020-08-05 |
| French relations with Turkey have become increasingly strained in recent months because of the Libya crisis Turkeys role in northern Syria and also drilling in the eastern Mediterranean | Negative | France has temporarily pulled out of a Nato security operation amid a major row with Turkey. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-europe-53262725 | 2020-07-03 |
| Southern Mediterranean countries have all indicated initial support | Positive | A recovery fund worth has been proposed by the EUs executive Commission to help the EU tackle an unprecedented crisis. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-europe-52819126 | 2020-05-28 |
| The popular Mediterranean destination will also offer sample coronavirus tests to incoming tourists although it is not clear if these will be made available to all | Neutral | The Greek tourist season will kick off next month with international charter flights to popular locations resuming in July the prime minster says. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-europe-52742406 | 2020-05-21 |
| The contamination was found in sediments pulled from the bottom of the Mediterranean near Italy. | Negative | Scientists have identified the highest levels of microplastics ever recorded on the seafloor. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-52489126 | 2020-05-01 |
| SeaEye has also called on EU leaders to find a more permanent solution to the migrant crisis in the Mediterranean. | Negative | Italy has ordered 156 migrants on board a German rescue ship off the western coast of Sicily to be transferred to another vessel and quarantined | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-europe-52263969 | 2020-04-13 |
| They believe this is related to changes in temperatures seen in the Mediterranean region. | Neutral | Rising temperatures may be having a profound physical impact on one of the worlds favourite songbirds | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-52111309 | 2020-04-01 |
| Storm Gloria has arrived in Frances southernmost Mediterranean department which has been placed on high alert. | Negative | Powerful storm Gloria has battered much of eastern Spain with officials linking at least four deaths to it. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-europe-51189589 | 2020-01-22 |