Athens/Ankara: Greece has increased its defence expenditure budget by a whopping 57% to stop the aggressive Turkish activities in the Mediterranean Sea. The Greek parliament approved this increase on Tuesday, and Greece will be spending USD 6.6 billion on the defence forces in 2021. This envisages the increase in the number of defence personnel, purchase […]
Athens: – Multinational war exercises named ‘Medusa Trilateral Exercises’ started from Monday. This year, even France and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have joined these exercises. In 2017, Greece started the medusa Trilateral Exercises with Egypt and Cyprus to increase cooperation in the Mediterranean Sea region. There is immense tension, reigning between Greece and Turkey, […]
Athens/Abu Dhabi: – Greece has initiated strong moves to stop the increasing dominant Turkish activities. Since the last few months, Greece has taken the initiative to increase cooperation with the United States, France, Israel, Egypt and India. Now there is an addition of United Arab Emirates to the list and Greece has signed a strategic […]
Athens/Washington: – As tension increases with Turkey, Greece has decided to buy advanced F-35 fighter jets from the United States. The Greek media informed that a proposal for this has already been sent to the United States. A few months ago, the United States, upset with the Turkish activities, had thrown Turkey out of the […]
New Delhi/Athens: – Indian Foreign Minister S Jaishankar will be visiting Greece at the end of this month. The Greek foreign ministry gave this information. This visit of the Indian Foreign Minister becomes significant against the background of strengthening relations between Pakistan and Turkey since the last few years. Only a few days ago, a […]
Athens/New Delhi: – Greece has given indications to strengthen cooperation with India to counter the Turkey-Pakistan front, which is becoming more assertive since the last few years. Only last month, the Greek Defence Minister met the Indian Ambassador to discuss the possibilities of cooperation in the defence sector. As per sources, a virtual meeting between […]
Washington/Athens: – It has been revealed that given the tension created between Greece and Turkey, over the claims on the territories in the Mediterranean Sea, the US State Secretary will be visiting Greece. The United States informed that State Secretary, Mike Pompeo will also be visiting the US military base on the Crete Island in […]
Ankara: Turkey is closing its border with Greece, from Thursday midnight. The Turkish government claimed that President Recep Erdogan decided to stop the spread of Coronavirus, which is rocking the whole world. But clearly, this decision will create a major crisis on the Greek border, as Turkey has pushed thousands of immigrants to the Greek […]
Athens: Turkey has initiated aggressive actions, to thrust the illegal immigrants, knocking at the Greek border, into Europe. Greece accused the Turkish soldiers of launching firebomb and teargas attacks on the Greek border. Greece informed that a special operation has been initiated at the border, to bust these attacks. But Greece also expressed a concern […]
Athens: Israel, Greece and Cyprus signed a deal to build the ambitious EastMed Gas Pipeline, for supplying fuel directly from Israel to Europe. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was present for the meeting held in the Greek capital of Athens, for this purpose. Prime Minister Netanyahu gave a reaction that this agreement is a historic […]