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Italian Navy Frigate Conducts Military Exercises With Cyprus off Larnaca

The Italian Navy's Frigate ''Virginio Fasan,'' which had been docked at the port of Larnaca from February 8 until February 10, has carried out a joint military exercise with the Cypriot Navy, it was made public on Tuesday. According to...

Greece Announces New Leaders of the Armed Forces

The Government Council for Foreign Affairs and Defense (KYSEA), Greece's supreme decision-making body on issues of foreign policy and national defense, held a meeting on Friday morning and named who would become the new leaders of the country's armed...

Greek Navy Systematically Recording Country's Most Iconic Shipwrecks

The first phase of a project to investigate and record the current state of historic Naval shipwrecks in Greece has recently been completed, according to a Hellenic (Greek) Navy General Staff (HNGS) announcement released on Wednesday. The investigation, using a...

The Naval Base at Souda, Crete: Strategic Asset or Source of Danger for Greece?

At a time when tensions between the United States and Iran are escalating dangerously, the strategic importance of Souda Naval Base on Crete is coming under the spotlight once again. Formally known as ''Naval Support Activity, Souda Bay,'' this facility, located...

Official Data Shows Turkey Violated Greek Territorial Waters 2,032 Times in 2019

The number of Turkish violations of Greece's territorial waters rose dramatically this year compared to 2018, according to official data released recently by the Hellenic (Greek) Defense General Staff (GEETHA). According to GEETHA's figures, the Turkish Navy and Turkish Coast Guard...

France, Italy and Cyprus to Conduct Joint Naval Exercises in Eastern Mediterranean

The naval forces of the nations of France, Italy and the Republic of Cyprus will conduct a tripartite maritime cooperation exercise on Thursday called “CYP/FRA/IT 2019,” the Cypriot Ministry of Defense announced on Wednesday. The three European Union nations will conduct...

Libya's Navy Chief Warns: ''I Have Orders to Sink Any Turkish Research Vessel Myself''

Farag el Mahdawi, the Chief of Staff of the Libyan Navy, gave an interview to Greece's ALPHA TV on Monday evening, expressing his strong views against the recent agreement between Ankara and the Tripoli-based government forces of his country. Mahdawi...

Tensions Rise as Turkey Blocks Off Massive Sea Area Between Rhodes and Castellorizo

Turkey continued its seemingly never-ending provocations in the area between Greece's islands of Rhodes and Castellorizo on Monday by issuing a barrage of new Navigational Telexes (NAVTEX). This time, the Turkish Office Of Navigation, Hydrography and Oceanography  unilaterally blocked off...

Military Equipment Goes Missing From Greek Navy Premises on Leros Island

The General Staff of the Greek Navy announced in the early hours of Tuesday that military equipment which had been stockpiled at Leros Naval Technical Installation Service (YNTEL) is now missing. The statement notes that ''In the afternoon hours of Monday, 09...

Greek Foreign Minister Warns ''No One Should Even Think of Coming to Our Waters''

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...