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Special Forces from Greece, Cyprus and the United States are currently engaged in joint military exercises on the North West coast of Crete. The exercises are underway and coordinated from Greece’s Naval Base (Ναύσταθμος Κρήτης, Nafstathmos Kritis). The military asset is referred to by NATO as Souda Bay and serves as the second-largest naval base of the Hellenic Navy (in terms of warships harboured). The base is the largest and most significant for the United States and NATO i...

Greek Olympic sailor Pelekanakis dies after two-month battle with coronavirus Pelekanakis, an officer in the Hellenic Navy, died yesterday from complications related to COVID-19. According to Greek City Times, he had no underlying health conditions and had been competing in open sea sailing events up until October.  Pelekanakis represented Greece in the two-person keelboat at three Olympic Games, placing 11th in front of a home crowd at Athens 2004 alongside George Kontogouris.  He had also ...

Ευρωκίνηση Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis Visits the mooring facilities of the Hellenic Coast Guard on the island of Lesvos, Dec. 31, 2020. (Photo by Eurokiissi/PMs Press Office Dimitris Papamitsos) 12/31/2020 Εθνικός Κήρυξ      MYTILENE - Visiting the mooring facilities of the Hellenic Coast Guard on the island of Lesbos on New Years Eve, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis expressed his gratitude to the men and women of the coast guard, the Hellenic Navy and th...

Greek president pays holiday visit to sole resident of small SE Aegean isle of Kinaros Wednesday, 23 December 2020 19:03 UPD:20:03 Greeces president on Wednesday travelled to the remote isle of Kinaros, in the south-east Aegean, to meet with the sole resident of the island. President of the Republic Katerina Sakelloropoulou, accompanied by Deputy Defense Minister Alkiviadis Stefanis, paid a visit to Irini Katsotouri, a senior citizen that remains the only year-round resident after other memb...

Credit: Hellenic Navy Hellenic Navy exercises ‘Spear’, ‘Seashore’ and ‘Periscope’ that started on Monday in the sea area of Myrtos as well as in the North and South Cretan seas were completed on Friday, according to the Navy General Staff. The Hellenic Navy exercise, which involved frigates, submarines, speedboats, surveillance ships, Navy helicopters as well as Air Force aircraft, was part of the annual operational training program of all Navy units, in order to maintain and furthe...

NATO Operation Sea Guardian wraps last security patrol of 2020 By (0) The Hellenic Navy’s HS Spetsai is the flagship of NATOs Operation Sea Guardian, which wrapped its last focused security patrol this week. Photo courtesy of NATO Dec. 10 (UPI) -- NATO announced Thursday that Operation Sea Guardian has wrapped its last focused security patrol of this calendar year. During the patrol, Sea Guardian ships paid port visits to Alexandria, Egypt, and Haifa, Israel, and trained with the Israeli na...