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EU Officials Watch in Awe, Greece's Airforce and Turkey's Fighter Jets Fight Live in the Skies

European Union officials had the opportunity to watch a Greek Air Force aircraft chasing away Turkish F-16 fighter jets that had violated Greek airspace live. The presentation took place during the European Security and Defence College (ESDC) conference of the...

Greece Signs Deal with Lockheed Martin to Upgrade F-16 Fleet

Greece has signed a deal with Lockheed Martin Corporation to upgrade the country’s fleet of F-16 fighter jets, according to the Athens-Macedonian News Agency. The Security of Supply and Information (SSI) Agreement was signed Tuesday between the General Directorate for Defense...

Dendias to Replace Avramopoulos in Ministry of National Defense

Nikos Dendias is going to be the new National Defense Minister, replacing Dimitris Avramopoulos who will assume his duties at the European Commission this coming Monday, November 3. Mr. Dendias was previously appointed to the Ministry of Growth, and...

Arms Bribery Suspect Returns €2.5m to Greek State

Greek businessman Panayiotis Efstathiou, a key suspect in the German arms bribery scandal, has returned about 2.5 million euros to the Greek state. According to his attorney Michalis Dimitrakopoulos, Efstathiou deposited 2,552,435 euros in accounts of the Greek state to...

Avramopoulos Convenes Meeting on Syria

Alarm bells were set off at the Greek Ministry of National Defense after the recent incidents that took place in Syria. Despite the fact that there has been a change of attitude on the part of the USA and...

Kallipatira Awards Greek Olympic Champions’ Mothers

The Pan-Hellenic Association of Women Athletes Kallipatira, under the auspices of the Ministry of National Defense, awarded the mothers of the Greek Olympic Champions of Beijing and London, at the Thessaloniki War Museum, on the occasion of Mother’s Day. The...

New Look For Greek Armed Forces

Radical changes are about to take place in Greece’s Armed Forces according to a new structure which was presented on April 25 to the Standing Committee for Foreign Affairs and Defense of the Greek Parliament. This new structure is designed...