The Israeli Navy has been placed on high alert to deter what Israeli defence sources describe as growing Turkish maritime activity across the Eastern Mediterranean, according to reports published by The Jerusalem Post and picked up by Greek and Israeli outlets on Tuesday. Israeli officials say the move is intended to send a clear signal …
A man was arrested early Tuesday accused of trying to kill his partner following an argument by allegedly driving his car drunk in a northwestern town while she clung to the hood. Source link
Greece and Lebanon are looking to deepen their long standing relationship and upgrade bilateral ties to a strategic partnership, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said during talks with Lebanese President Joseph Aoun in Athens. Mitsotakis said Aoun’s visit highlighted the “deep ties” between the two countries and reaffirmed Greece’s support for Lebanon’s sovereignty, independence and territorial …
Rising like a mountain from the sea, the island forever associated with “The Big Blue” offers a rare chance to step back in time. Source link
Israeli Ambassador to Greece Pninat Yanai has hailed the new Greece Israel defence agreement for the “Achilles Shield” air defence system as a landmark deal that will deepen strategic, technological and industrial cooperation between the two countries. The agreement was signed on Monday at Israel’s Ministry of Defence in Tel Aviv, paving the way for …
August this year was the second-hottest August since 2010 in northern and western Greece, including the Ionian Islands, according to data from the National Observatory of Athens’ meteo.gr. Source link
The Greece–Israel “Achilles Shield” agreement is aimed at Turkey, Turkish media claim, describing the deal as “insidious.” Turkish media have targeted the Greece–Israel agreement on the “Achilles Shield,” with Ankara trying to portray the new air-defense system as having an offensive purpose against Turkey. On a television program, the presenter of the Turkish network Haber …
A specialist team from Turkey equipped to search deep waters started work on Tuesday to pinpoint the wreckage of a ferry thatcapsized off northern Cyprus on Sunday, with 20 people still missing. Source link
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has declared that Turkey has reached a new level of military deterrence and defense-industry capability, insisting the country “is no longer the old Turkey” and that actors once viewed as threats two or three decades ago no longer match its current stature. In closely related remarks he described Israel’s government …
A defense agreement described by both sides as strategically significant was formally signed in Tel Aviv on Monday, linking Greece and Israel through what officials said is the largest contract ever concluded between the two countries. Source link