Greece

Hellenic Navy exercises 'Spear', 'Seashore' and 'Periscope' that started on Monday in the sea area of Myrtos as well as in the North and South Cretan seas were completed on Friday, according to the Navy General Staff. The Hellenic Navy...

A Hellenic Navy minesweeping vessel was badly damaged on Tuesday in the port of Piraeus after it was rammed by a huge container ship. All 27 crew members of the 57-meter minesweeper "Kallisto"were safely evacuated. At least two were being...

Greece's naval forces are on high alert after Turkey's decision on Saturday to instruct the exploration vessel Oruc Reis to continue surveying for energy reserves in a location south of the Greek island of Rhodes until November 4. This is...

The Hellenic National Defense General Staff (GEETHA) released a series of photographs on Tuesday from the sea area near the Greek island of Kastellorizo, showing Greek warships forming a protective wall to prevent the Turkish research ship Oruc Reis...

Captain Theodoros Mikropoulos has officially assumed the position of Commander at Sea for the second half of 2020 for the operation "Irini" at the Taranto naval base in Italy. The commander's ship is the frigate "Adrias," while the naval staff...

A flotilla of Greek fishing boats loaded with fresh home-made food, vegetables and other supplies set sail recently from the town of Myrtos, near Ierapetra, Crete to the Hellenic Navy frigate "Limnos" as a  token gesture of gratitude to...

Greek and Turkish Navy vessels reportedly collided on Wednesday in the area south of Crete where where the Turkish seismic research vessel Oruc Reis is conducting surveys accompanied by warships from the its own Navy. According to reports, there was a...

The Turkish Defense Ministry late on on Monday released a photograph showing its oil exploration vessel, the Oruc Reis, being escorted by five Turkish Navy vessels into its position in the sea, approximately midway between the island nation of...

The Dwight D. Eisenhower (IKE) Carrier Strike Group (CSG) participated in surface exercises with the Hellenic Navy in the Mediterranean Sea, from July 24-28, 2020. The exercises included formation steaming, tactical maneuvers, and communications drills, and allowed the participating forces...

A Hellenic Navy vessel made a surprise visit to a popular beach at Neos Panteleimonas, in Pieria Prefecture, northern Greece on Wednesday. Employees of the beach bar were astonished, and perhaps a little concerned, to see the landing ship...

The firms ΟΝΕΧ Νeorion Shipyards and Israel Shipyards Ltd have signed an agreement on the co-production of the "Themistocles" corvette ship, the Syros Island-based shipyard announced on Tuesday. According to the announcement, the Themistocles Corvette is a next-generation, multi-purpose vessel...

The US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Matthew Palmer called earlier in the week on Cyprus to halt regular navy port calls by Russia. Palmer was responding to a letter by the president of the...

Greece is transferring on Saturday around 450 migrants who were held in a navy ship from the island to Lesvos to the mainland. Migration Minister Notis Mitarakis said in a television interview that the migrants, who arrived in Lesvos after...

A video obtained by German magazine Der Spiegel shows the cramped conditions hundreds of migrants and refugees are having to endure living on board the "Rodos," the Greek Navy ship the anchored off the main port of the island...

The Greek Naval vessel ''Rodos'' arrived at the port of Mytilene on the island of Lesvos on Wednesday. An LST (or Landing Ships, Tank) ship, the large-hulled vessel will be able to accommodate all incoming refugees and migrants who are...