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Admiral Evangelos Apostolakis will become the new Greek defense minister following the resignation of Panos Kammenos on Sunday over the conditions in the Prespa agreement. Apostolakis, currently the chief of the Hellenic National Defense General Staff (HNDGS), will resign his...

Greece's Defense Minister Evangelos Apostolakis said from Cyprus on Wednesday that Greece will defend its sovereign rights in a decisive manner. Apostolakis is on an official visit to Cyprus, where he met both with the President of the Republic Nicos...

Greek Defense Minister Evangelos Apostolakis expressed his concern about Turkey's increasing provocations in the Aegean Sea during a news conference in New York on Wednesday night. Apostolakis said that an accident is possible due to Turkey's behavior in the Aegean...

Greek Defense Minister Evangelos Apostolakis warned on Monday that there is a chance of a serious accident occurring with Turkey in the Aegean Sea. His remarks were made while speaking to an Athens meeting of the sub-committees of NATO's Parliamentary...

The defense ministers of Greece and Turkey, Evangelos Apostolakis and Hulusi Akar, met together on Wednesday in Brussels. The ministers were both in the capital city for a ministerial summit among NATO members. The meeting lasted for approximately 30 minutes...

Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar has invited his new Greek counterpart Evangelos Apostolakis to visit Turkey, according to Turkey's semi-official news agency Anadolu. Akar emphasized the importance of “developing cooperation in the military field” and “good neighborly relations” in a...

Turkey’s Defense Ministry uploaded a tweet on Tuesday noting that the country is continuing its hydrocarbon research in the eastern Mediterranean with the state-owned vessel ''Barbaros''. The move was received in Athens as a clear message to the new Greek...

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras met with his new Defense Minister, Admiral Evangelos Apostolakis, at Maximos Mansion on Monday at noontime. ''The decision to appoint Admiral Evangelos Apostolakis as defense minister was a message to all sides, both within Greece...

United States Ambassador to Greece, Geoffrey Pyatt, toasted "the 243rd anniversary of the United States of America, the foundational values we share, and the gift of Athenian democracy" during the Independence Day celebration at the embassy in Athens on...

Ankara continues its aggressive behavior in the eastern Mediterranean, demanding a piece of the hydrocarbon pie inside Cyprus' Exclusive Economic Zone, while at the same time the defense ministers of Greece and Turkey discussed confidence-building measures. The meeting between Evangelos...

Greek National Defense Minister Evangelos Apostolakis announced on Wednesday that Greece and Turkey have agreed on a series of confidence-building measures (CBMs) to be implemented during 2019-2020 by the next Greek government. After meeting his Turkish counterpart Hulusi Akar at...

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, who was in Cyprus to attend the funeral of former Cyprus president and AKEL leader, Demetris Christofias, said that the memory of the Cypriot leader will always burn bright. Tsipras, accompanied by Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades,...

George Katrougalos, Greece's Foreign Minister, gave an interview to THEMA radio station on Thursday, during which he sent a clear and direct message to Turkey. When asked what Greece will do if Ankara brings any of its drilling ships inside the...

Greek Defense Minister Evangelos Apostolakis expressed concern over Turkey's destabilizing role in the eastern Mediterranean at a speech in Washington on Thursday. Addressing the the eighth annual "EU Defence Policy Forum 2019" at the United States Institute of Peace, the...

Reinforcing strategic cooperation with Greece and the Republic of Cyprus is "in the interest of the United States," said Yuri Kim, the US State Department official for Greece, Cyprus and Turkey, in Washington DC on Tuesday. Speaking at the 35th Session...