The Greek PM heads to the 36th NATO Summit to highlight Greece's role in the Eastern Mediterranean and push for stronger European defense spending

Reactions grow after Turkish police were seen forcibly pushing journalists away from an anti-NATO demonstration in Ankara

Greece's delegation reached Ankara for the NATO summit as Rutte unveiled a 40 billion dollar defense package involving several allied nations

Fidan called for European defense initiatives to stay fully open to all NATO allies and branded restrictions on defense-industrial cooperation "strategic liabilities," in a message widely read as aimed at Athens and Nicosia

Alliance members will focus on defense spending, support for Ukraine and boosting military production, while navigating tensions over Iran, U.S.-Europe relations and NATO's future security strategy

He warns the sale would upset the balance of power in the Middle East

Erdogan wants defense industry deals from Washington and a public signal that Turkey is indispensable to NATO, as Athens watches closely from the sidelines

Greek diplomacy is navigating a warming EU-Turkey climate and a gradual US pullback from European defense, wary of being cast as an obstacle to rearmament while Ankara presses for a central role in the continent's security order

A senior American official could pass through Athens for a few hours before the NATO summit in Ankara, though it remains unclear whether it would be Secretary of State Marco Rubio or Secretary of War Pete Hegseth

Greece and Turkey's fragile diplomacy faces a serious test as Ankara prepares legislation codifying its revisionist claims over the Aegean and Eastern Mediterranean

U.S. Ambassador Kimberly Guilfoyle confirmed that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth will travel to Athens in early July, with President Trump also expected to visit Greece before year's end, potentially together en route to the NATO Summit in Turkey.

ETUC, striving to balance political neutrality with social advocacy, acknowledges the legitimacy of common security needs but insists that defense should not come at the cost of citizens’ livelihoods.

Now, the EU's own summit picks up the baton, focusing heavily on geopolitical developments, especially in the Middle East, Ukraine, and broader defense cooperation within the Union

With the 5% target now formalized, NATO enters a new era of strategic investment, aiming to reinforce deterrence, defend critical infrastructure, and respond to evolving threats

Mitsotakis stressed he had the opportunity to raise the recent suicide attack in a Greek Orthodox Church in Damascus that killed 25 people

Under the new agreement, member states must submit annual 'credible' plans demonstrating progress toward the 5% target.

Unlike many NATO members that have ramped up defense budgets in response to Russian aggression, Greece’s military focus is largely shaped by its longstanding tensions with neighboring Turkey — also a NATO member

Senator Rubio expressed a strong interest in visiting Greece, reflecting the continued momentum in diplomatic engagement between Athens and Washington