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Saudi Arabia has offered to fully pay for Greece and Egypt’s sports infrastructure costs, for joining its 2030 FIFA World Cup hosting bid. According to the scoop by politico.eu, Mohammed bin Salman personally made the offer of stadiums to Greece’s Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis in a conversation being reported for …

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For his first visit to a European country after the brutal murder of prominent Saudi Arabian journalist and dissident, Jamal Khashoggi in Istanbul in October 2018, the Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman choose Greece. Or the investment hungry Greece choose him. For four years, no European leader would accept to …

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Greece and Saudi Arabia have signed a deal to lend a Patriot air defence system to the Arab country to protect critical energy facilities, GreekForeign MinisterNikos Dendias said on Tuesday. Dendias and Greek Defence Minister Nikos Panagiotopoulos met earlier on Tuesday with Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhain in Riyadh. …

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A Greek crude oil tanker was hit by a sea mine in the Red Sea by Saudi Arabia, maritime security company Ambrey said on Wednesday afternoon. The mine has damaged the Maltese-flagged, Greek-managed MT AGRARI oil tanker off  the Saudi Arabians coast near the border with Yemen. The blast on …

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The Greek government has confirmed that it will send Patriot anti-aircraft missiles to Saudi Arabia under a program involving the US, Britain and France. Dozens members of the Hellenic Air Force will be posted in Saudi Arabia for as long as the missiles are operational. , the government spokesman said …

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A team consisting of 65-140 military personnel of the Greek Air Force and Land Forces will be deployed together the Patriot PAC-3 long-range anti-aircraft missile array to be dispatched to  Saudi Arabia, sources of the Greek Prime Minister’s office told media over the weekend. The number of personnel will depend …

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Authorities submitted to the Parliament for further investigation the case file regarding the attempted sale of projectiles to Saudi Arabia. The case refers directly to Tsipras’ junior coalition partner and Defense Minister, Panos Kammenos, leader of the Independent Greeks. The case file was submitted on Friday noon. Kammenos reiterated that …

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Defense Minister Panos Kammenos has dismissed media reports that the “case file regards sales of projectiles to Saudi Arabia” is about to be  or was already submitted to the Greek Palriament for investigation. The information was allegedly attributed to the Corruption Prosecution. In a letter to Corruption Prosecutor,  Kammenos asked …

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Greece’s coalition government and especially Panos Kammenos, the leader of junior partner Independent Greeks and Defense Minister, faced a tough questioning in the Parliament on  Monday over a failed deal to sell Greek army missiles to Saudi Arabia. Defense Minister Kammenos had secured a €66-million deal with Saudi Arabia to …

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A 69-year-old Greek is being hospitalized in intensive care unit of an Athens hospital after he got infected with the fatal corona-virus MERS while in Saudi Arabia. Together with his wife the man arrived last week in Athens with a flight from Jeddah. The couple used a taxi to go …

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Update: It looks as if the ‘fire alarm’ in the luggage space of the Saudi Arabian Airline was just a false indication at the cockpit, Greek media reported. Earlier today the Boeing 707 with 240 passengers and crew made an emergency landing at the Athens airport. The flight from Washington to Ryad …

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