Greece

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said in Skopje on Tuesday that Greek military planes will begin to patrol the airspace above Northern Macedonia. At a joint press conference with Zoran Zaev, the Prime Minister of North Macdonia, Tsipras said that the new...

More reports came on Friday of Turkish warplanes entering Greek skies, following from more airspace violations earlier this week. Media reports say four Turkish planes flew without permission into the Athens FIR over the eastern Aegean. The jets -- two F4s and...

Footage has been released showing U.K. warplanes at a Royal Air Force base in Cyprus taking off for bombing raids in Syria. Released by the U.K.'s Daily Mail newspaper, it shows four Tornado jets taking off from RAF Akrotiri, one...

As tension over Syria builds up, two U.S. spy planes have landed at Heraklion airport in Crete. The MC-12S EMARSS and MC-12W Liberty planes have been used in recent missions over Afghanistan and Iraq. The Enhanced Medium Altitude Reconnaissance and Surveillance System...

Greek Air Force fighter jets on Thursday chased away six Turkish F-16 warplanes that had entered Greek airspace over the Aegean, with two mock dogfights taking place. The Turkish fighter jets violated Greek airspace 16 times in the northeast, central...

The skies of Greece are full of cutting-edge warplanes this week as the air forces of six nations come together for a huge military exercise. The air forces of Greece, the U.S., the U.K., Italy, the United Arab Emirates and...

Two Turksih reconnaissance planes violated Greek airspace in the Aegean on Monday, three days before president Erdogan’s visit to Greece. The Greek defence ministry says that two Turkish CN – 235 were identified and intercepted over the northeastern, central, and...

On Thursday,   Turkish fighter jets violated Greek airspace for the fourth consecutive day in a row, by flying over the northeastern, central and southeastern Aegean. Eight F-16s in formations of two and two more F-4s flew over Greek waters, carrying out...

According to a press release of the European Commission, Greece has contributed two airplanes to combat the wildfires that are blazing in the southern part of the country. The Greek assistance comes through the EU Civil Protection Mechanism, after Prime Minister...

Four Turkish fighter jets on Monday afternoon violated Greek airspace flying over three Greek islands. Specifically, two F-16s and two 2 F-4s entered at 13:50 in the Athens FIR south of Lesvos. The F-16 made overflights at a height of 19,000 feet...

Planes will remain grounded in Greek airports as of Sunday due to the rolling 24-hour strikes called by air traffic controllers. The workers are protesting against the new legislation approved by parliament that foresees the restructuring of the Civil...

A pair of Turkish fighter planes on Friday entered the Athens Flight Information Region (FIR), in the first infringement of the Athens FIR since a failed coup attempt in the neighbouring country. According the Hellenic National Defence General Staff...

Turkish military aircraft carried out 29 violations of Greece air space in the Aegean on Thursday, just days ahead of the Orthodox Easter. These included a flight over the islands Anthropofagi and Makronisi in the Fourni island complex by...

Flights to and from all Greek airports scheduled for April 7 have been cancelled due to the participation of air traffic controllers and civil aviation employees to a 24-hour strike called by public sector union ADEDY, their union said...

Six Turkish fighter jets and two CN-235 maritime patrol aircraft entered successively in Athens FIR on Monday without submitting a flight plan. The Turkish warplanes violated the Greek airspace 36 times at different points of the Aegean Sea. Athens FIR...