Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias raised the issue of WWII reparations for the Nazi occupations of Greece and asked his German counterpart Annalena Baerbock to halt exports of submarines to Turkey. At a meeting of the two top diplomats in Athens on Friday morning and during joint statements, Dendias said …

Greece’s Defense Ministry on Friday submitted an amendment to the Parliament requesting additional financing of some 23.475 million euros for the completion of overhauls in four submarines and two gunboats at Skaramangas and Eleusis Shipyards, respectively. €20.1 million will cover the servicing costs of both the submarines and their escort …

Thirty-two people will be sent on trial on felony charges referring to bribes and money laundering in the context of the purchase of four submarines by German company Ferrostaal. According to the decision of the Board of Appeals, among the 32 defenders are one shipowner, former high-ranking officials, entrepreneurs, brokers …

 Greek Parliament decided with a large majority to proceed to  prosecution charges against former Defense Minister, Akis Tsochatzopoulos on two offenses and to refer him to Judicial Council.  242 lawmakers accepted in a secret vote the findings of the Special Parliamentary Committee investigating the purchase of German submarines and allegedly …

Multinational exercise “Niriis-22” took place from November 5 to 13 in the wider area of ​​Crete and south of the Peloponnese, with the participation of personnel and media of the armed forces of Greece, the USA and Israel. Also participating in the exercise was the Standing NATO Maritime Group Two, …

Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar threatened with preemptive action if Athens does not comply with the demilitarization of the islands in the eastern Aegean Sea. “Doesn’t that create the right for self-defense? Isn’t installing weapons in front of our noses a threat to our country?” he said. At the same …

“The upgrade of Turkish arsenal by the USA is a problem,” Greece’s Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias told the Parliament on Thursday, during the debate on the Mutual Defense Agreement between Greece and the USA scheduled to be ratified today. In the shadow of the “rumored” decision of the Biden administration …

Greece has closed the airspace in the region of Evros for all military aircraft due to the war that Russia is waging in Ukraine, media report on Tuesday. The Civil Aviation Authority has reportedly issued a relevant air directive (NOTAM) on February 25, following request by the United States and …

Turkey will implement provisions of the Montreux Convention regarding the Regime of Straits and the passage of warships through the Bosporus and the Dardanelles. The implementation will be in a transparent manner as the situation in Ukraine constitutes a “war,” Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Sunday. The convention dating …

Greek divers have discovered the wreckage of an Italian submarine 80 years after it was sunk by the Allied Forces in the Aegean Sea during World War Two. The Jantina, which had sailed from the Greek island of Leros with 48 sailors on board, sank on July 5, 1941, after …

The leaders of Greece and France are expected to announce a major, multibillion-euro deal in Paris on Tuesday involving the acquisition by Greece of at least six French-built warships, Greek state ERT TV reported. ERT said Monday that Greece was planning to acquire three French FDI frigates — with the …

Akis Tsochatzopoulos, co-founder of socialist party PASOK and former defense minister, passed away at the age of 82. He was suffering from serious health problem and was hospitalized in a private clinic in the last ten days In 1 July 2011, amid accusations of corruption scandals, the Greek Parliament voted …

The presence of the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower aircraft carrier in the Mediterranean has provided the Hellenic Armed Forces with the opportunity to conduct several exercises with their American counterparts. The Hellenic National Defense General Staff (GEETHA) said in a press release that it has planned joint aeronautical exercises with …

Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias accused Germany of failing to live up to its leadership role in the EU by rejecting pleas from Athens to impose an arms embargo on Turkey. “I really fail to understand Germany’s reluctance to use the enormous power of its economy to set a clear …

Greece has called on Germany, Italy and Spain to impose an arms embargo on Turkey, citing Ankara’s recent provocative actions. Citing diplomatic sources, state-run news agency amna reports that Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias has sent letters to his counterparts in Germany, Heiko Maas, in Spain, Arancha Gonzalez-Laya, and in Italy, …

France is deploying the flagship of its Navy, the nuclear-powered surface vessel, aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle to the eastern Mediterranean Sea. The deployment comes in the wake of Turkey’s war threats. Citing sources of the French General Staff, French media report that the aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle is …

“The situation remains unchanged,” sources of the Greek General Staff told media on Wednesday afternoon after German media claimed that Chancellor Angela Merkel prevented a military conflict between Greece and Turkey. “The Greek Armed Forces are on full alert and are monitoring the movements of the Turkish Navy,” the sources …

An international oceanographic seabed survey of the submerged Columbus volcano, a submarine volcano about seven kilometers northeast of Santorini, was launched on Wednesday night at the port of Lavrion and will last until November 27. The survey is funded by NASA. The international mission consists of 30 scientists from the …

Greece’s Supreme Court, Arios Pagos, ordered former PASOK Defense Minister Akis Tsochatzopoulos back to prison in order to serve the rest of a 19-year long sentence kickbacks and money laundering. On Monday, the Supreme Court ordered 79-year-old Tsochatzopoulos back to Korydallos prison upholding a previous ruling by a court earlier …

A three-member Appeal Court in Athens announced the penalties for 21 defendants who have been found guilty to be involved in the famous Greek-German scandal of Submarines kickbacks.  The court imposed prison sentences to 20 of the defendants as the 21st, a French-Swiss banker, is on the run. The former …