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Port of Alexandroupoli  Delivered (podium)  Kalimera sas.  I want to start by thanking my friend, Defense Minister Panagiotopoulos, for coming up to Alexandroupoli today for this event.  But also to reflect, as we were discussing on the aircraft flying up this morning, on the spectacular progress that we have achieved in our defense relationship since the Minister and I first came to Alexandroupoli together in September of 2019, around the removal of the sunken dredger Olga.  I think we sh...

Aeroservices, Megara Civil Airport  Delivered (podium)  Let me start by saying what a great pleasure to join General Floros, Admiral Petrakis, and the rest of the team here today to mark the delivery of the first maintained S-70B helicopter from Lockheed Martin Rotary and Mission Systems and Aeroservices. It’s incredibly exciting to get this Hellenic Navy helicopter back in the air, and I want to congratulate the whole team of professionals at Aeroservices for their achievement. For 200 yea...

Ευρωκίνηση 3/14/2021 TNH Staff      US and Greece military forces, with Greece and Turkey about to sit down to resume talks aimed at reducing tension, combined for an exercise in the Mediterranean, where Turkey plans to hunt for energy off Greek islands. The USS Dwight D. Eisenhower aircraft carrier in the sea was the center of the maneuvers and gave the Greek side the chance to work with the United States’ military and naval might. The Hellenic National Defense General Staff ...

This story US Aircraft Carrier Dwight D. Eisenhower in Exercise with Greek Armed Forces appeared first on GreekReporter.com. The Dwight D. Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group (IKE CSG) has been conducting exercises with the Hellenic Armed Forces in the Mediterranean. This story US Aircraft Carrier Dwight D. Eisenhower in Exercise with Greek Armed Forces appeared first…

Tuesday, March 2, 2021, 1500-1700  I want to thank the George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies (GCMC) for organizing this virtual event on such an important and timely topic.  I want to welcome my friends Latvian Ambassador Peteris Elferts, a proud GCMC alumni, and German Ambassador Ernst Reichel – both here in Athens – as well as my friend Dr. Andrew Michta, Dean of the George C. Marshall Center in Germany. Let me also say thank you to the speakers this afternoon from t...

The Greek Armed Forces conducted naval exercises with the USS Porter destroyer off southern Crete, last Friday.

Invitations were sent to Prince Charles, heir apparent to the British throne, French President Emmanuel Macron and Russian President Vladimir Putin, to attend

Athens' roughly $3 billion purchase of 18 Rafale fighter jets comes as Greek officials meet Turkish counterparts for exploratory talks to resolve disputes.

Greek health authorities are rolling out a four-phase plan for the vaccination of people against the coronavirus (Covid-19) on the Greek islands, Alternate Minister for Health Services Vassilis Kontozamanis said on Monday. During a speech in parliament, Kontozamanis said the population’s vaccination would be carried out throughout the country, fairly – without discriminations – in accordance with the priorities set by the National Vaccination Committee. “The inoculation of the popul...

US Army National Guard/Sgt. Renee Seruntine This month, soldiers from the US Armys 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) worked with Hellenic Armed Forces, to execute Eddies Odyssey, a first-of-its-kind training mission in the Aegean Sea. During the exercise, US helicopters supported Greek special operations forces while they operated on objectives only accessible by traversing long distances over water. STEFANOVIKEIO, Greece – The US Armys 1st Battalion, 101st C...