Greece

The year 2018 was a tumultuous one for Greece, marked by tragic events such as the East Attica fires which claimed the lives of 99 people and the destruction of the entire town of Mati. The political world was...

Prince Charles boarded the historic Greek warship Averof, now serving as a floating museum at Piraeus, south of Athens, on the second day of his historic visit to Greece. Accompanied by Greece's Defense Minister Panos Kammenos, Charles watched an aerobatic...

The flight recorder or "black box" from the fallen Mirage 2000-5 fighter jet, which crashed into the sea nine miles northeast of the Aegean island of Skyros, has been located and recovered, Hellenic Air Force sources reported on Tuesday. The...

Greece's defense minister Panos Kammenos said on Thursday that there has been an "undeclared war" in the Aegean since 1974. "We have dead heroes falling in the line of duty and these are cases that prevail only in war," he...

Greek premier Alexis Tsipras sent a message of peaceful coexistence and cooperation to Turkey from the Greek island of Kastellorizo, a stone's throw from the Turkish coast on Tuesday. "Greece threatens no one but nor is it afraid of anyone,"...

Despite the sunshine, a solemn atmosphere surrounded the funeral service for fallen Hellenic Air Force pilot Giorgos Baltadoros which took place in his home village of Morfovouni, central Greece on Saturday. An honor guard formed outside the local church where his flag-draped...

The funeral of Giorgos Baltadoros, the Greek fighter pilot who died on Thursday when his Mirage 2000-5 plane crashed in the Aegean, will take place today in central Greece. The 34-year-old father of two was originally from Morfovouni, a picturesque...

The Greek parliament announced on Friday that it is "adopting" the two children of Giorgos Baltadoros, the pilot of the Mirage 2000-5 jet that crashed into the Aegean on Thursday. In practice this means that Baltadoros' widow and the two...

With the tragic loss of pilot Giorgos Baltadoros off Skyros island on Thursday, the Greek armed forces have issued a tally of the deaths and losses of aircraft amid 28 years of Turkish provocations in the Aegean. More than 150...

The Greek Armed Forces are observing three days of mourning for Giorgos Baltadoros whose fighter jet crashed northeast of the island of Skyros on Thursday. By order of Defense Minister Panos Kammenos, who announced the tragic loss yesterday, flags will...

The remains of Giorgos Baltadoros, the Greek pilot of the Mirage 2000-5 jet that crashed into the Aegean on Thursday, were found by a local fisherman off the coast of Skyros island on Friday. The Mayor of Skyros, Miltos Hadjigiannakis,...

Turkish premier Binali Yildirim spoke with Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras by phone on Thursday, expressing condolences over the death of a Hellenic Air Force pilot earlier in the day. State-run Anadolu Agency confirmed the two prime ministers spoke in...

The Greek Ministry of Defense has released the details of the pilot killed when his Mirage 2000-5 fighter jet crashed northeast of the island of Skyros on Thursday. He was 34-year-old Giorgos Baltadoros, reportedly a father of three, who was...