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Turkey's barrage of airspace violations and overflights in the Aegean

Today we turn to the Aegean Sea, where Turkey has upped the ante with a series of violations of Greece’s airspace and illegal overflights with fighter jets over Greek islands - some of them inhabited - since the beginning of the week. These provocations come as the leadership in Ankara is looking to convince the US to sell Turkey upgraded F-16 fighters. Vassilis Nedos, Kathimerini’s diplomatic and defense editor, joins our host Thanos Davelis with the latest coverage from Athens.

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Ελληνοτουρκικά: Επιμένει στις υπερπτήσεις η Άγκυρα

New violations of Greek airspace by Turkish fighters

Northern Greek port becomes new key to NATO efforts

Greece lifts COVID restrictions for summer tourism season

Eni-Total to resume work off Cyprus

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