Hellenic Navy
Crime
Greek Former Army Officials Implicated in Arms Bribery
Greek businessman Panayiotis Efstathiou, a key suspect in the German arms bribery scandal testified today in front of the investigator. Leaks from his testimony have caused an uproar in the Armed Forces, with two former chiefs implicated in the...
Greece
First Woman Heads Greek Naval Academy
A woman will take over the administration of the Hellenic Naval Academy (HNA) in Piraeus, Greece for the first time in the Academy’s history.
She is a Cypriot cadet with a battle group specialty, who will overcome the impassable of...
Australia
Greeks May Organize Aussies’ Withdrawal from Afghanistan
Australian soldiers’ withdrawal from Afghanistan may be organized by Greeks, as the Deputy Chief of the Hellenic National Defense General Staff (HNDGS), Vice Admiral, Alexandros Theodosiou, stated on the SBS Radio Greek Program.
Theodosiou visited Australia on the occasion of...
events
Velos Mutiny Honored in Special Ceremony
A special event was held on May 23 at the Grove of Nautical Tradition, at Flisvos Marina, to honor the Naval Movement and the Mutiny of the destroyer Velos. The President of the Parliament, Evangelos Meimarakis, and the political...
Greece
Sikinos’s Priests are Multitalented
Sikinos, a small island in the Cyclades, has every reason to be proud of its two priests. Father Spyridon Vourlakos, served at the age of 16 at the Hellenic Navy and worked as a cook on ships to help...
Greece
Tsochatzopoulos Faces Civil Charges Too
Former Greek defense minister Akis Tsochatzopoulos, on trial with 18 others for corruption charges including money laundering in an alleged scheme to steal hundreds of millions of euros from defense contracts, will have a civil suit filed against him...
Greece
Trireme "Olympias" to be Displayed at 2012 London Olympic Games
The trireme "Olympias", a replica of the ancient warship that helped the ancient Greeks defeat the Persians in Salamis 2,500 years ago, is to go on display in London during the 2012 Olympic Games taking place in the city...