Cyprus
Counter-NAVTEX from Antalya for EUNOMIA: Turkey disputes Heraklion’s authority over the GSI corridor
Turkey has answered the Heraklion NAVTEX for multinational exercises between Crete, Kastellorizo and Cyprus by relaying it from its Antalya…
Newsroom
Ioannis M.
Ioannis is the founder and owner of NEMESIS HD, the independent Greek news outlet on defence and geopolitics that he started in 2014, and the publisher of Geopolitiki.com, its English-language edition. He writes about Greek and Cypriot defence, Greek-Turkish relations and the Eastern Mediterranean.
Opinion Balkans
Opinion: Greece and Serbia could co-produce ammunition and simple defence systems, with Cyprus as the guide
Cyprus already fields Serbian howitzers, armoured vehicles and rocket launchers. Our proposal is for Greece to go a step further:…
Middle East & North Africa
UNICEF says more than 340 children reported killed in Gaza since the ceasefire, with 800,000 still displaced
UNICEF told a Geneva briefing on 16 October that over 340 children have been reported killed since the ceasefire, and…
Defense Industry
Rheinmetall opens medium-calibre ammunition plant in Albacete, Spain, with capacity of about 3 million components a year
Rheinmetall has commissioned a medium-calibre production line in Albacete, Spain, after an investment of about €20 million, with jobs rising…
Middle East & North Africa
Australia, Canada, France and the UK regret postponement of Palestinian elections to September 2027
Four foreign ministers urge the Palestinian Authority to reconsider the delay of legislative and presidential elections, and call on Israel…
Asia-Pacific
China’s Premier Li Qiang to visit Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Russia from 17 to 22 October, with SCO and China-Russia government talks
Beijing says Li Qiang will attend the SCO heads of government meeting in Dushanbe and hold the 31st regular meeting…
Defense Industry
Lockheed Martin Skunk Works and the Royal Netherlands Aerospace Centre deepen their partnership
Skunk Works and NLR say their two-year-old collaboration now covers supply chains, operational analysis, technology roadmaps and unmanned aircraft.
Middle East & North Africa
Southern Lebanon: Israel accused of a media “blackout” in the occupied zone, as UNIFIL-escorted visits stop
No journalist has entered the security zone held by the Israeli army in southern Lebanon since late September. Press freedom…
Middle East & North Africa
CENTCOM calls Iran’s IMO complaint “false”, as the USS George H.W. Bush returns to the Arabian Sea
US Central Command rejected as “false” Iran’s complaint to the International Maritime Organization that US forces threaten Iranian seafarers over…
Military & Defense
Northrop Grumman to build IBCS prototypes in an expandable van for the U.S. Army, under a $21 million award
The U.S. Army has picked Northrop Grumman for a $21 million effort to put the Integrated Battle Command System in…
Europe
Britain has accepted 227 Ajax vehicles, while the Boxer will not fill the “cavalry” role and three variants are dropped
The UK Ministry of Defence has accepted 227 Ajax Capability Drop 3 armoured vehicles, while dropping three Boxer variants from…
Europe
France begins deploying forces to protect Saudi oil facilities at Yanbu, the foreign ministry says
France has begun implementing the operational elements of its agreement with Saudi Arabia to protect oil facilities at Yanbu, the…