A statement by the General Staff of the Air Force was issued after recent reports of problems and delays in the upgrade of the F-16 fighter jets. The General Staff of the…
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Greek General Konstantinos Floros held two teleconferences with NATO officials in which he made it clear that Turkey’s provocations in the Aegean and at Evros on the Greek-Turkish land border, will lead…
With coronavirus getting out of control in Turkey with at least 1,200 dead and at least 57,000 infected, according to the official Turkish government data, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has been…
Citizens’ Protection Minister Michalis Chrysochoidis visited the Greek-Turkish border area of Evros on Monday morning, along with Defence Minister Nikos Panagiotopoulos, where they stressed that despite the departure of thousands of illegal immigrants,…
Greece will sign a wide-ranging defence deal with France in coming months, the two countries’ defence ministers said on Monday, months after a similar agreement was made between Athens and Washington. “We…
Greece’s Defence Minister, Nikos Panagiotopoulos on Thursday called for a greater presence of NATO in the Aegean, during the two-day meeting of NATO Defence Ministers in Brussels that occurred on the 12-13th…
French President Emmanuel Macron has pledged France would support Greece and dispatch war frigates to the country if a standoff with Turkey over regional energy reserves intensifies. According to The Guardian, Greece’s Prime Minister, Kyriakos…
Greek air force pilots intercepted Turkish fighter planes that illegally entered Greece’s airspace 40 times on Tuesday, December 17, as tensions continue to soar between the two countries, with Ankara claiming they…
National Defence Minister, Nikos Panagiotopoulos said that Greece will soon start to manufacture its own Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV). Speaking at Parliament on Friday, he also revealed that the country will acquire…
Greece’s Prime Minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakis spoke with Cyprus Republic President, Nicos Anastasiades by telephone on Thursday and briefed him on his meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday, that occurred…
Greece’s newly appointed National Defence Minister, Nikos Panagiotopoulos said that the government is closely monitoring Turkey’s illegal drilling in Cyprus’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ). Panagiotopoulos made the comments in parliament on Monday…
The Environmental Protection Association of Kastoria, has claimed that over 200 wire snares for the poaching of wild animals, have been found on the Greek-Albanian borders in the last three months. “Speaking with…