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Operation Irini

Greek-led Naval Force Seizes Weapon Cache on Way to Libya

Greek-led Operation IRINI proceeded with the seizure of the commercial vessel MV Meerdijk on October 11. According to an announcement made on Wednesday, the ship was carrying armored vehicles to Libya, a violation of the arms embargo on Libya...

Greek Officer Assumes Command of EU’s Operation ‘Irini’ Off Libya

Greek commodore Stylianos Dimopoulos has taken over the command of the EU's Operation "Irini" deployed off Libya in the Central Mediterranean. Operation Irini was launched by the European Union on March 31, 2020 as part of the EU contribution to...

Russia Chides Greece Over Ship Inspection Off Libya

Russia reproached Greece and the European Union over the inspection of a Russian cargo vessel by Greek special forces off the coast of Libya earlier in January. The inspection by soldiers from the Hellenic Navy vessel "Adrias," which is the...

Turkey Blasts EU, Greek Naval Commander for Stopping Vessel En Route to Libya

The Turkish Foreign Ministry on Monday summoned the ambassadors of Germany, Italy and the European Union to protest what it calls the "illegal" interception of a Libya-bound Turkish vessel during the European Union-led Operation Irini on Sunday. Operation Irini, a...

Turkey Prevents EU to Inspect Ship Suspected of Carrying Weapons to Libya

Turkey has prevented the European Union’s naval mission enforcing the Libya arms embargo from checking a suspect freighter off the war-torn country’s coast, Germany’s Der Spiegel reports. According to the report, German frigate Hamburg working under Operation Irini tried to...

Greek Officer Assumes Command of EU Navy Operation in Libya

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...

Greek Frigate Joins Operation to Enforce Libya Arms Embargo

Officials of a brand-new multinational naval task force, designated as "Operation Irini," welcomed Greece’s contribution to the force on Thursday in the form of the Hellenic Navy's Hydra-Class Frigate Spetsai. Through Operation Irini (the Greek term for “peace”) the European...