Italy, Spain, France and Netherlands sending naval assets to Cyprus
Italy, along with Spain, France and the Netherlands, will send naval assets to protect Cyprus in the coming days, Rome’s Defense Minister Guido Crosetto said on Thursday.
Mitsotakis, Macron discuss Mideast crisis, Cyprus security, safe navigation
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis held a telephone call with French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday to discuss developments in the Middle East and ongoing support for Cyprus.
Police operation targets cryptocurrency racket
Greece’s organized crime squad has carried out simultaneous raids in the capital and on the island of Crete as part of a crackdown on a cryptocurrency racket.
NATO’s Rutte does not see need to invoke Article 5 after missile incident
The shooting down of a ballistic missile headed for Turkey by NATO air defenses does not provide immediate reason to trigger the alliance’s Article 5 mutual defense clause, Secretary-General Mark Rutte told Reuters on Thursday.
Ankara reacts to Athens’ defense moves in Aegean, East Med
Turkey on Thursday raised the issue of the demilitarization of the islands in the eastern Aegean, in a statement seen as a reaction to Athens’ announcement that it is deploying Patriot missiles to Karpathos amid the ongoing Middle East conflict.
Athens responds to Ankara over demilitarization claims
Athens was quick to respond on Thursday to a statement from the Turkish Foreign Ministry, which was seen as a reaction to Greece’s decision to deploy anti-aircraft missiles to Karpathos in the southeastern Aegean, while also raising the issue of the islands’ demilitarization.
Cyprus says drone that hit British air base took off from Beirut
Cyprus says the Shahed drone that struck a British air base on the island nation’s southern coastline was launched from Beirut.
Historic Greek school in Alexandria granted to patriarchate on 20-year lease
Greece’s Hellenic Public Properties (HPPC) agency has granted use of the historic Averofeion Girls’ School building in Alexandria, Egypt, to the Patriarchate of Alexandria and All Africa, which plans to convert it into a higher school of philosophy and humanities.
Defense minister says Greece sufficiently protected from potential strikes
Defense Minister Nikos Dendias said measures taken by Athens are “absolutely sufficient” to shield Greece from potential strikes, while noting that Crete, the location of the Souda Bay base, lies “at the limits of the maximum range” of Iranian weapons.
Cypriots packing emergency backpacks
It took a little more than 24 hours for the flames of war that Israel and the US ignited in the Middle East to reach Cyprus.