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US: two Chinese MSS agents sentenced to 30 months in prison; one photographed Naval Base Kitsap

A US federal court sentenced two Chinese nationals to 30 months in prison on October 30 for acting as agents of China’s Ministry of State Security, collecting information…

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Dnipro: 200,000 families without power after Russian strikes, and a new hit on the railway station where the previous attack left 15 dead

About 200,000 families in Dnipro and the wider region lost power after new Russian strikes on energy infrastructure, while the…

31 Oct2 min read

Politics & Diplomacy

Moscow: US embassy warns of a “credible threat” of a mass-casualty incident at Tsaritsyno, and the FSB confirms it received information

The US embassy in Moscow issued a security alert on October 31 about a “credible threat” of a mass-casualty incident…

31 Oct2 min read

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Cyprus tells the UN: Turkey’s “Akdeniz Arastirma 1” carried out research without permission in territorial waters and the EEZ

Cyprus brought before the UN Secretary-General the water sampling of the Turkish-flagged research vessel Akdeniz Arastirma 1, which operated in…

31 Oct3 min read

Greece

Israel’s ambassador backs Greece: the Turkish-Libyan memorandum has “no legal standing”, and Israel strongly condemns it

Israel’s ambassador in Athens, Pninat Yanay, said her country “strongly condemns” the Turkey-Libya maritime agreement and considers it to have…

31 Oct2 min read

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31 Oct

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AMRAAM in Japan: the US and Tokyo agree on a final assembly and check-out facility for the missile, a “landmark agreement” says Koizumi

31 Oct

Politics & Diplomacy

Ukraine to Musk: it is “technically impossible” that its army violated the Starlink terms of use in drone strikes

31 Oct

Greece

Greek Army cancels the tender for 280,000 M25 uniforms because of the new Force Structure

31 Oct

Defense Industry

Hellenic Navy: TECROSS named provisional contractor for 337 dual-role RF/IR countermeasure decoys

31 Oct

Middle East & North Africa

Araghchi: no talks with the US at this stage, “we see no need to meet the Americans”

31 Oct

Greece

Greek armaments: €6.95 billion locked in through 2039, of which €2.02 billion for new Navy and Air Force contracts

31 Oct

Defense Industry

Naval Group on Nearchos: more than 75 Greek companies in the FDI and submarine programmes, and initial in-service support awarded to the French firm

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Greece

Greek Army cancels the tender for 280,000 M25 uniforms because of the new Force Structure

The Hellenic Army cancelled tender 55/25 for a two-year framework agreement for 280,000 M25 field uniform sets, worth €7.784 million…

31 Oct2 min read

Defense Industry

Hellenic Navy: TECROSS named provisional contractor for 337 dual-role RF/IR countermeasure decoys

31 Oct

Greece

Greek armaments: €6.95 billion locked in through 2039, of which €2.02 billion for new Navy and Air Force contracts

31 Oct

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Asia-Pacific

AMRAAM in Japan: the US and Tokyo agree on a final assembly and check-out facility for the missile, a “landmark agreement” says Koizumi

Japan and the United States agreed that Japan will build its own final assembly and check-out (FACO) facility for the…

31 Oct3 min read

Defense Industry

Naval Group on Nearchos: more than 75 Greek companies in the FDI and submarine programmes, and initial in-service support awarded to the French firm

31 Oct

Asia-Pacific

Kim Jong Un demands “absolute superiority” in drones, with a stealth flying-wing mock-up and a live-fire show of the 600 mm “Sniper”

31 Oct

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Economy & Energy

Strait of Hormuz: Oman’s navy rescues 25 sailors from a burning merchant ship; a projectile hits a vessel south of Lavan, and the Revolutionary Guards say they halted two more tankers

31 Oct

Economy & Energy

Bessent: Iran “cannot pay its soldiers” as “Operation Economic Outcast” cuts funding to the Houthis, Hamas and Hezbollah

30 Oct

Africa

DR Congo: 28 million people not getting enough to eat, with conflict in the east a main driver, IPC alert says

30 Oct

Southeast Europe

Balkans

Balkans

UN Security Council renews EUFOR Althea in Bosnia and Herzegovina for 12 months, the UK says unanimously

30 Oct

Balkans

Black Sea: the Contship Jet sinks after a three-sea-drone strike off Bulgaria, all 18 crew rescued, as Turkey warns Russia and Ukraine

29 Oct

Balkans

Drones hit a Greek-owned container ship off Bulgaria: three sea drones struck it 21 miles from Shabla, defence minister says

28 Oct

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Cyprus tells the UN: Turkey’s “Akdeniz Arastirma 1” carried out research without permission in territorial waters and the EEZ

31 Oct · 23:25

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Cyprus: Live Updates

Cyprus tells the UN: Turkey’s “Akdeniz Arastirma 1” carried out research without permission in territorial waters and the EEZ

31 Oct · 23:25

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Middle East War Live: Israel, Iran, Gaza and Lebanon

Araghchi: no talks with the US at this stage, “we see no need to meet the Americans”

31 Oct · 19:25

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Houthis and Red Sea Live: Yemen, Shipping Attacks and Strikes

Saudi Arabia: drones over Riyadh, Medina and the Eastern Province, while the Houthis deny targeting the holy cities

31 Oct · 12:25

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Russia-Ukraine War: Live Updates

Ukraine strikes the Kamensky Combine in the Rostov region with Neptune missiles and drones; it produces fuel for Uragan, Smerch and Tornado-S rockets

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Turkey Watch: Live Updates on Ankara

Erdoğan to Erhürman: no solution in Cyprus without the rights of the Turkish Cypriots, as the Organization of Turkic States backs a settlement “based on the realities”

31 Oct · 12:10

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Opinion Greece

Proposal: the Dutch AEV 3 Kodiak engineer vehicles on a Leopard 2 hull could fill a long-standing gap in the Hellenic Army

The Netherlands will replace its ten AEV 3 Kodiak armoured engineer vehicles. Opinion: acquiring them at surplus prices could give…

23 Oct8 min read

Opinion Greece

Opinion: Phase C of the new force structure – Electronic warfare needs a plan, funding and a test range, not just a slide

Greece’s new force structure recognises the electromagnetic spectrum as a domain of operations, but announced no funding, equipment or timetable…

20 Oct6 min read

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Analysis Air Force

Armaments Whisky: the Delta Wings die at twenty, the inglorious end of the Mirage 2000-5 that nobody wants to sign off on

Greece’s newest Mirage 2000-5 fighters are not reaching the end of their service life because they are old, but because…

31 Oct8 min read

Analysis

Enclaved Greek Cypriots in Karpas explained: the ECHR findings

The Karpas Greek Cypriots stayed in their villages after 1974. The European Court of Human Rights found that Turkey subjected…

30 Oct6 min read

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