Topic: Aegean Sea

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras warns that Greece will block European Union agreements if member states do not share the burden of the migration crisis. NATO plans operations in the Aegean Sea to combat criminal smuggling networks while Balkan nations implement border restrictions. Tsipras explicitly refuses to allow Greece to be transformed into a "permanent warehouse of souls" as migrants become trapped by northern border closures.

French President Nicolas Sarkozy's re-election campaign faced ridicule for using stock photography of the Aegean Sea in Greece for a poster intended to show France. In tech news, Apple's iPad trademark dispute in China is framed as a political retaliation for Apple's public scrutiny of Foxconn working conditions.