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The New Military Leadership of Greece

Greece’s top decision-making body for foreign affairs and defense matters KYSEA, conducted a major overhaul of the military leadership on Friday. Chaired by PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis, KYSEA, ended the four-year term of General Konstantinos Floros as Chief of Hellenic National Defense...

Athens Says Greece Under ''Extraordinary and Asymmetrical Threat''

Greece is experiencing extraordinary and organized pressure by mass population movements, according to the spokesperson for the Greek government on Sunday evening. Stelios Petsas made these remarks following the conclusion of a meeting of the Government Council for Foreign Affairs...

Greece Calls Extraordinary Council for Foreign Affairs and Defense Amid Border Tensions

The Greek government announced on Sunday that it will call an extraordinary Government Council for Foreign Affairs and Defense in Athens, amid rising tensions on the country's border with Turkey. The meeting, which will be held at 18:00 local time...

Greece Announces New Leaders of the Armed Forces

The Government Council for Foreign Affairs and Defense (KYSEA), Greece's supreme decision-making body on issues of foreign policy and national defense, held a meeting on Friday morning and named who would become the new leaders of the country's armed...

Greek PM Convenes Security Council Over Migrant Spike

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis convened on Saturday a meeting of his top security officials as fears grow that the number of migrants crossing from Turkey is getting out of control. The session of the government council on foreign affairs...

Greek PM Tsipras Warns Turkey of EU Sanctions Over Cyprus Drilling

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said on Sunday that Greece and Cyprus will push their EU partners to penalize Turkey, including the possible option of sanctions, if Ankara is verified to have started drilling for gas west of Cyprus. Addressing the...

Council for Foreign Affairs and Defense Appoints New National Defense, Army, Navy Chiefs

On Friday, during a meeting of the Council for Foreign Affairs and Defense (KYSEA) chaired by Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, Lieutenant General Christos Christodoulou was appointed as the new chief of the Hellenic National Defense General Staff (GEETHA). The appointment comes following...

Government Council for Foreign Affairs and Defense Appoints New Army, Navy and Air Force Chiefs

The Government Council for Foreign Affairs and Defense (KYSEA) on Monday appointed new chiefs of the Greek army, navy and air force, during a meeting at the Maximos Mansion chaired by Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras. The new chief of...

Tsipras Warns Erdogan That Questioning Lausanne Treaty Is 'Dangerous' for Bilateral Ties

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras replied to comments made by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan regarding the 1923 Lausanne Treaty as a defeat for Turkey because it failed to secure islands near the Turkish coast. Tsipras said that the...

Former PM Simitis and PASOK Officials Called to Testify in Corruption Trial

Former Greek Prime Minister Costas Simitis, PASOK leader Evangelos Venizelos, and former Government Council for Foreign Affairs and Defence (KYSEA) members who were active during the period that Akis Tsochatzopoulos served as the Greek National Defense Minister were called...