Tag: Greece

Greece boosts Air Force with advanced French jets (Derek Gatopoulos, AP, Defense News)

French-built fighter jets roared Wednesday over the Acropolis as Greece races to modernize its military and flaunts new security alliances aimed at checking neighboring...

Cuban asylum seekers in Greece ‘forcibly expelled’ to Turkey (Melissa Pawson, Al Jazeera)

At least 30 Cubans, hoping to claim asylum in Europe, were forcibly expelled from Greece to Turkey towards the end of last year, according...

State Department approves potential frigate sale to Greece, despite agreement with France (Megan Eckstein, Defense News)

The U.S. State Department on Friday approved a pair of potential deals for frigate construction and modernization with Greece, as the Hellenic Navy navigates...

Climate change and human error shrivel Greek agriculture (John Psaropoulos, Al Jazeera)

The farmers of Ampelonas in central Greece are headed for financial ruin. Last July, as a series of heatwaves struck the country, their electricity...

Egypt-Greece-Cyprus summit prioritizes energy cooperation (Al Monitor)

Egypt, Greece and Cyprus held a tripartite meeting in Athens Tuesday as the alliance between the Eastern Mediterranean states continues to strengthen. Egyptian President Abdel...

Greece pledges to link Egypt to European Union’s energy market (Al Jazeera)

Greece pledged Tuesday to link Egypt to the European Union’s energy market with an undersea cable that would carry electricity across the Mediterranean. “ link...

Frontex testa in Grecia i palloni aerostatici per la sorveglianza marittima (Analisi Difesa)

L’Agenzia europea delle frontiere (FRONTEX) è attualmente nella fase finale del test dei sistemi aerostatici per la sorveglianza marittima in Grecia insieme alle autorità...

Greece to boost guards on Turkey border (Euractiv)

Greece’s police minister on Sunday (10 October) said 250 additional guards would be deployed on the country’s land border with Turkey, where thousands of...

Greece and France give European strategic autonomy a shot (Katerina Sokou, Atlantic Council)

Decades from now, historians may agree with Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’s description of the strategic defense agreement signed last week between France and Greece as...

Greece Activists Face Intimidation, Threats, Attacks (Eva Cossé, HRW)

A hearing held last week between the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders, Mary Lawlor, and human rights defenders in Greece revealed the scale of the...

Croatia, Greece, Romania illegally pushing refugees back: Report (David Child, Al Jazeera)

Croatia, Greece and Romania have carried out hundreds of illegal refugee pushback operations at the European Union’s external borders since early 2020 as part...

Territorial spats reheat ahead of Turkey-Greece talks (Diego Cupolo, Al-Monitor)

The eastern Mediterranean was once more the site of maritime spats this week as overlapping territorial claims between Turkey, Greece and the Republic of...

Greece signs pact to buy three frigates from France (Sebastian Sprenger, Defense News)

The Greek ministry of defense has committed to buying three frigates from France’s Naval Group with weaponry supplied by MBDA in a potential $3.5...

The Greek Defense Industry in the 21st Century: Hope at Last? (Spyridon Plakoudas, BESA Center)

Greek flag flying at Santorini, image by Matt Artz via Unsplash Greece is not generally considered a country with a burgeoning defense industry, but 2020-21...

China/Greece. A Decade of Transformation – The Rebirth of the Piraeus Port (Global Times)

The Piraeus Port Over a decade ago however, Greece was hit hard by the European debt crisis. Piraeus was struggling to stay afloat, with only...

Greece/Afghanistan. Greece Builds 25-mile Fence to Fend Off Afghan Refugees (VoA)

Anthee Carassava Greece has erected a 25-mile fence and installed a new surveillance system on its border with Turkey as fears mount of a surge...