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.
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.
Parliament is expected on Thursday to begin debating the lease agreements between the Greek state and a consortium of Chevron and HelleniQ Energy for the exploration and potential exploitation of hydrocarbons in four new offshore areas near Crete and the Peloponnese.
This creates a new cycle of delays in a tender that has gone through various problems.
A total of 162 Greek citizens have been successfully evacuated from the Middle East in the first round of repatriations, the Foreign Ministry announced Thursday.
Security footage captured the Golden Dawn convoy as it moved down Panagi Tsaldari Street in Keratsini in Piraeus: eight motorcycles leading two cars, with a silver Nissan Almera driven by Giorgos Roupakias at the helm.
The Greek National Opera is looking forward to its New York debut, as its orchestra is slated to perform a concert dedicated to works inspired by writer Nikos Kazantzakis at Carnegie Hall.
A 17-year-old student was stabbed outside a high school in Athens’ Agios Panteleimonas neighborhood Wednesday afternoon.
Cypriot authorities are intensifying efforts to contain the outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease affecting livestock in the Larnaca district.
Rejecting opposition claims that the government is drawing the country into war, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis reiterated on Wednesday that Greece’s mission to Cyprus is defensive.