Greece’s defense minister will meet his UK counterpart John Healey to discuss NATO issues and bilateral cooperation, as Athens also reviews transparency reforms in military procurement and updates on key defense programs.

Defense Minister Nikos Dendias says there is no information about drone threats near Crete and insists Greece and Cyprus are fully protected, with Greek ships and defense systems deployed in the region

Nikos Dendias meets NATO’s top European commander and a U.S. Senate delegation in Athens amid heightened geopolitical tensions

Greek Defense Minister Nikos Dendias visits the U.S. for meetings on robotics, AI, cybersecurity, and defense innovation, engaging with military research centers, Stanford University, and the Greek-American community in California

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis downplayed Defence Minister Nikos Dendias’s absence from a key parliamentary debate, saying he supports the amendment on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and will vote for it

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In a parliamentary speech, Greece’s Defense Minister Nikos Dendias highlights rising Turkish revisionism in the Aegean and calls for national unity and enhanced deterrence amid increasing regional tensions.

Another major shift will begin on 1 January 2026: mandatory military service in the Air Force and Navy will be discontinued. From that point forward, all new conscripts will serve in the Ground Forces

Greek Minister of Defense will head to Limassol, Cyprus on Monday to discuss the rapidly deteriorating situation in the Middle East.

The Greek Defense Minister said Greek society takes pride in everyone who wears the uniform of our Armed Forces

Minister Nikos Dendias made the announcement after witnessing the launch of the FDI frigate ‘Nearchos’ at the Naval Group shipyard in Lorient, France

The Dendias- Borrell meeting was followed by a visit to the HQ of the ASPIDES mission for the Red Sea, located in the central Greece city of Larissa

The remains of the 8 soldiers returned to the Elefsina Air Base on Friday in a moving ceremony attended by the Greek Defense Minister, Nikos Dendias

Expressing concern over Middle East tensions, Dendias voiced his desire for de-escalation, emphasizing the united stance of Israel's allies against Iran's aggression.

Athens has previously signaled its intent to purchase roughly 20 of the US-made fifth generation warplanes

A Newsweek nod to an unsubstantiated claim by a Greek-language news website citing the transfer of surplus Greek F-16s to Ukraine generates prickly reaction by Moscow's diplomatic mission in Athens

Greek DM Nikos Dendias reiterated the government's intent to seek the construction of Constellation-class frigates in local shipyards

The Hellenic Air Force (HAF) will specifically retire the F-4 'Phantoms' in its arsenal, and attempt to sell its remaining Mirage 2000-5s, as well as Block 30 F-16s

Bilateral defense relations and the security situation in the broader region dominating a meeting between the Greek DM and his Lithuanian counterpart Anušauskas

The crucial geostrategic role of the northeast Greece region was at the center of discussions at the City Hub Event on Wednesday, entitled 'East Macedonia Thrace Forum II'