Christos Stylianides

An inflatable speedboat with 26 migrants crashed during a chase by the Hellenic Coast Guard off Rhodes Friday, killing eight and seriously injuring three in the second fatal incident involving migrants within a week.

At a critical juncture, with a host of international developments, Kyriakos Mitsotakis will be in Cyprus today for the meeting of the Greece-Cyprus Intergovernmental Summit – the premiere of which took place last November in Athens – as well as for the Greece-Cyprus-Jordan Trilateral Summit.

The Minister of Maritime Affairs Christos Stylianides expressed his sorrow for the deaths of six children and two women at a migrant shipwreck off Samos.

Shipping Minister Christos Stylianides met on Friday in Istanbul with Turkish Minister of Transport and Infrastructure Abdulkadir Uraloglu.

Stylianides underlined that the maritime sector is an integral part and an important part of the positive agenda in Greek-Turkish relations.

While addressing the "The Great Oceans Dialogue" in New Delhi, organized for the first time by the Indian Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways and the Observer Research Foundation of India, Greek Shipping and Island Policy Minister Christos Stylianides referred to Greek shipping's leading role as a catalyst for the support of the global supply chain and prosperity, as well as the protectio

The Southeast Europe Connectivity Forum II is taking place at the Makedonia Palace hotel in Thessaloniki on Tuesday and Wednesday, featuring, among others, Minister for Infrastructure and Transport Christos Staikouras and Minister for Maritime Affairs and Island Policy Christos Stylianides.

To find out more about this event, visit seconnectivity.com.

Maritime Affairs Minister Christos Stylianides and Turkey's Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya discussed migration in a phone call on Tuesday. 

According to a statement from the Greek ministry, the conversation took place in a cordial atmosphere, with both sides reaffirming their commitment to strengthening collaboration. 

The Minister of Maritime Policy Christos Stylianides and Turkish Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya had a telephone conversation at noon on Tuesday (1/10).

Their communication is part of the cooperation between the two sides on the management of migration flows.

Turkish authorities said on Sept. 26 they have expressed their strong disapproval to Greece "at all levels and in the strongest terms" over recent territorial water violations in the Aegean Sea.

"Claims that the necessary steps were not taken following the violations do not reflect the truth," read a statement issued by Türkiye's Foreign Ministry.

Turkish Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya has expressed Ankara's growing discontent over recent violations of Turkish territorial waters by the Greek Coast Guard during its operations targeting migrant boats.