Greece says Souda base secure, reaffirms defensive measures
Foreign Minister George Gerapetritis on Thursday assured that the Souda Bay Naval Base is not under threat and remains fully protected, amid rising regional tensions.
Foreign Minister George Gerapetritis on Thursday assured that the Souda Bay Naval Base is not under threat and remains fully protected, amid rising regional tensions.
Six members of a telephone fraud ring were arrested on Tuesday in Zefyri, Athens, after investigators determined they had stolen more than €280,000 from victims, authorities said.
A total of 315 Greek citizens returned to Greece on Thursday from the Middle East amid the ongoing conflict in the region, in repatriation operations coordinated by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Filming for the movie “The Riders” is continuing in central Greece after production wrapped scenes on the Saronic island of Hydra.
Greece sent a clear message to Ankara on Thursday, saying it alone decides how to deploy and use its armed forces within its territory, after Turkey claimed that the transfer of a long-range Patriot air defense system to the island of Karpathos violated the “demilitarized status” of the Dodecanese.
NATO has increased its alliance-wide ballistic missile defense posture following the intercept of a missile from Iran targeted at Turkey, its military headquarters said on Thursday.
A 15-year-old French student died Thursday night after falling from the third floor of a hotel near Omonia Square in central Athens.
Cyprus would submit an application to join NATO “even tomorrow if it were possible,” President Nikos Christodoulides said in an interview broadcast Thursday, while acknowledging that current political conditions prevent such a move.
The Culture Ministry has unveiled a newly acquired collection of photographs documenting the Nazi execution of 200 Communist prisoners at the Kaisariani shooting range on May 1, 1944 – images so historically significant that the state has declared them protected monuments.
Air Canada is investing in the Greek market by starting its flights to Athens on Friday, a month earlier than last year, recognizing “this is an important market with growth prospects.”