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Athens bets on ‘made in Greece’ military drones
2+ hour, 1+ min ago (178+ words) Athens bets on "made in Greece" military drones'eKathimerini.com Greece has moved to advance domestically developed military drone systems, awarding initial research and development contracts for three unmanned combat aerial vehicles and two related defense technologies, the Ministry of National…...
The drone attacks and Cyprus’ strategic role
5+ hour, 7+ min ago (409+ words) The drone attacks and Cyprus" strategic role'eKathimerini.com Cyprus" effective management " both at the operational and diplomatic levels " of the drone attacks from Hezbollah, has upgraded it strategically. At least five important parameters have emerged in recent days: 1) the unity,…...
From Tehran to Ankara: A new balance of power in the postwar Middle East
2+ day, 4+ hour ago (561+ words) Turkey would also face a crisis if refugees from Iran were to flee, and there is the possibility that internal unrest in Iran could pave the way for Kurdish autonomy linked to the Kurdistan Workers" Party (PKK) within Iran. It…...
Cyprus, France, Greece and European defense
2+ day, 6+ hour ago (426+ words) Cyprus, France, Greece and European defense'eKathimerini.com The first days of the Middle East's latest war suggest that the clash will not be over quickly, that it will cause much turbulence in every country's political and economic life. The steep…...
Turkey tells Iran violation of its airspace unacceptable
2+ day, 3+ hour ago (95+ words) Turkey tells Iran violation of its airspace unacceptable'eKathimerini.com Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan told Iranian counterpart Abbas Araghchi in a call on Tuesday " that violation " of Turkey's airspace "by Iranian ballistic missiles " was unacceptable, a Turkish Foreign " Ministry "source…...
Solidarity with Cyprus
2+ day, 17+ hour ago (74+ words) Solidarity with Cyprus'eKathimerini.com French President Emmanuel Macron (left), Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides (center) and Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis take part in a joint press conference at the Paphos military airport in Cyprus on Monday. The visit by Mitsotakis…...
The whirlwind of geopolitical reordering
3+ day, 2+ hour ago (645+ words) Only days ago, at the beginning of the war, in these pages of Kathimerini, I wrote about the moment when geopolitics stopped being an abstraction and became lived reality. Today that sensation has returned with even greater force. Geopolitical reordering…...
Turkey deploys 6 F-16 jets, air defense systems to Cyprus’ occupied north
3+ day, 16+ hour ago (269+ words) Turkey on Monday deployed six F-16 fighter jets and air defense systems to occupied northern Cyprus to boost the security of the Turkish-speaking community there amid the war in Iran, the Defense Ministry said, adding that Ankara would take additional measures…...
Christodoulides says Turkey’s F-16 deployment a reaction to EU security message
3+ day, 14+ hour ago (182+ words) Christodoulides says Turkey's F-16 deployment a reaction to EU security message'eKathimerini.com Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides on Monday dismissed Turkey's deployment of six F-16 fighter jets to the occupied north of Cyprus as a reaction to statements from European Union member states…...
Dendias: Defense infrastructure protected from any Iran attacks
3+ day, 12+ hour ago (313+ words) Souda, as well as other critical defense infrastructure in our country, is protected from eventual strikes'Greece is on the outer limits of Iranian weapons" range. We have taken the step to place an anti-missile battey on (the island of) Karpathos…...