Ministry of Defense

Katerina Sakellaropoulou, the new President of the Hellenic Republic, made her first official visit as President to the Greek Ministry of Defense in Athens on Tuesday morning. While there, Sakellaropoulou underlined the important role the Armed Forces play for the...

"We operate based on three things: composure, calm, determination," said Greece's Deputy Defense Minister Dimitris Vitsas on Wednesday in light of recent provocations by Turkey in Greek territorial waters in the Aegean. The Greek official was on Ant1 television where...

A Greek prosecutor has charged eight Greek Ministry of Defense officials for breach of faith committed in 2003. The charges concern a contract to install upgrades in Greek Navy "S" class frigates, which prosecutors found was worth less than it should...

SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras visited the Minsitry of Defense on Tuesday, praising the dedication and work of the armed forces. He also claimed that, should his party be elected into government, Greece's defense policy would not be altered. Tsipras had a three...

Antonis Kantas, the former Deputy Manager of Armaments, during his long-lasting testimony on Monday, gave investigators information about alleged bribes paid to secure procurement contracts as well as the names of several more suspects, some of whom could be...

The roll-over of an M113 armored personnel carrier was the cause of a soldier's death. The accident occured in the early morning hours of June 4, on an access road by the Athens-Lamia National Road, close to the region...

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...

The Ministry of Defense in Cyprus announced that in the context of the cooperation between the Republic of Cyprus and the State of Israel in matters of search and rescue within the Exclusive Economic Zone and the areas of...