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Greece’s top decision-making body for foreign affairs and defense matters KYSEA, conducted a major overhaul of the military leadership on Friday. Chaired by PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis, KYSEA, ended the four-year term of General Konstantinos Floros as Chief of Hellenic National Defense...

General Michail Kostarakos Chief of the Hellenic National Defense General Staff (GEETHA) in 2011–2015 died on Friday. He was 67. Michail Kostarakos was born in Thessaloniki in February 1956. He was the son of Major General Dimitrios Kostarakos, who fought...

A new report on Greece's wiretapping scandal alleged that defense chief General Konstantinos Floros has been under surveillance by the Greek intelligence service (EYP). The paper Documento which has uncovered many aspects of the wiretapping scandal that has rocked the...

A four-day major aeronautical exercise between Greece, Cyprus, France, and Italy, called "Eunomia 3-22," kicked off on Monday and is set to last until Thursday, October 6th. The exercise is part of the collective military initiative "Eunomia." As announced by...

General Konstantinos Floros, the chief of the General Staff of Greece's National Defense (GEETHA) addressed the nation on the occasion of OXI Day on Wednesday. "The unanimous, solemn decision to fight to the end to repel the unjust and infamous...

Greek and U.S. Army Special Forces units conducted joint military exercises from July 10 to July 31 in Nea Peramos, Attica. The joint exercises took place at the headquarters of the Special Forces Training Center (KEDE) in Nea Peramos by...

The frequency of violations of Greece's airspace and territorial waters along with Ankara's doubting of the Treaty of Lausanne have alerted the Hellenic National Defense General Staff (GEETHA) and diplomatic circles. Greek diplomats have been briefing high-level NATO and European...

Violations of Greece's airspace continue just a few days following the take down of a Russian air force plane by Turkish authorities. The Turkish air force shot down the Russian air force's Sukhoi SU-24 aircraft, November 24, citing violation of Turkish airspace...

New Democracy’s coordinator for national defence Kostas Tasoulas claimed in an announcement he made on Thursday that the Greek government hastily made changes to the country's military leadership. "The Government Council for Foreign Affairs and Defence decided, without convening its members, but through...

Just days after the provocative violation of the Athens FIR by Turkish F-16 fighter jets, in the cockpit of one of which was the the Commander of the Turkish Air Force General Akin Ozturk, six more Turkish aircraft illegally...