Africa
Greek command at sea in Operation IRINI: Captain Stavros Polydorou takes over for six months with the frigate Navarinon as flagship
Command at sea of the EU naval operation IRINI, which monitors the UN arms embargo on Libya, has passed into…
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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.
Politics & Diplomacy
Sybiha: “Russia must be cornered” before real talks can happen; yes to a Zelensky-Putin meeting with Trump or Erdogan
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said in an interview with RBC-Ukraine on October 12 that “appeasement never brings peace” and…
Politics & Diplomacy
FT: US threatens to freeze PURL and intelligence sharing unless Kyiv stops strikes on Russian energy infrastructure
The Trump administration has threatened to suspend the mechanism through which US weapons are bought for Ukraine unless Kyiv stops…
Air Force
Tarang Shakti 2026: US F-35s went to India, Greece did not: “They didn’t let us see the cockpit”
Tarang Shakti 2026 ends on October 12. US F-35s took part in an exercise on Indian soil for the first…
Politics & Diplomacy
Ukraine sanctions 70 officials in Iskander-M and Zircon missile production: Vlasiuk, “The responsibility is personal”
On Sunday, October 11, Ukraine imposed new sanctions targeting Russian ballistic missile production, sanctions evasion and collaborators in the occupied…
Politics & Diplomacy
Zelensky on ABC: “60 days of total ceasefire, and we will organize elections”; the choice of leader is for Ukrainians, he tells Trump
Responding to Donald Trump’s call for a new president, Volodymyr Zelensky told ABC’s This Week on October 11 that only…
Middle East & North Africa
IRGC: three tankers hit mines in the Strait of Hormuz; ships with transponders switched off to be treated as “hostile”
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Navy said on October 11 that three tankers that violated its transit rules hit sea mines and…
Greece
Houthis claim new strikes on Riyadh and Dammam; Greek foreign ministry advises against travel to Saudi Arabia
Greece’s foreign ministry advised citizens on October 11 to avoid travel to Saudi Arabia unless absolutely necessary, the same day…
Europe
Kremlin calls Zelensky “hysterical”; Medvedev says ballistic missiles and Gerans, not Trump’s words, bring victory
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Volodymyr Zelensky is in a state of “hysteria”, while Dmitry Medvedev answered Donald Trump’s criticism…
Greece
Greece and Florida: first visit by a Greek delegation to the Florida National Guard since joining the State Partnership Program
A Greek military delegation led by Brigadier General Paschalis Filousis toured Camp Blanding on October 8, days after Greece’s entry…
Asia-Pacific
Malaysia: first LCS delayed again, delivery now April 2027 and without its NSM anti-ship missiles
Defence Minister Mohamed Khaled Nordin told parliament on October 7 that the first Littoral Combat Ship will be handed over…
Cyprus
Cyprus: Study to greatly upgrade the Mari naval base so it can host large warships
Cyprus’s Ministry of Defence has awarded a year-long study to expand the Evangelos Florakis naval base at Mari so it…