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Greece and Greek-Turkish Relations: Live Updates
Live updates on Greece's national issues, defence and diplomacy, and on Turkish claims and provocations in the Aegean and the Eastern Mediterranean. Every entry links to our full report.
Monday 9 November 2026
Greece
Space Operations Command inaugurated at Dekelia – what Dendias said about the armed forces’ satellites
The Hellenic Air Force now has a Space Operations Command. At the Dekelia inauguration Defence Minister Dendias said Greece must stop buying satellite services from foreigners and outlined six optical, three SIGINT and three radar satellites.
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Athens Polytechnic uprising explained: 14-17 November 1973
What was the Athens Polytechnic uprising? A student revolt against the Greek junta from 14 to 17 November 1973, crushed by tanks, and how it led to the Cyprus coup of 1974.
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Egypt reopens its embassy in Tripoli after 12 years – what Abdelatty told Dbeibah about the Turkish-Libyan memorandum – sources
Egypt’s foreign minister reopened the historic embassy building in Tripoli, closed for 12 years, and in all his meetings restated Cairo’s “standing legal position” on the Turkish-Libyan memorandum.
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METLEN: new contract with Naval Group for additional torpedo tubes – production stays in Greece
METLEN’s subsidiary M Technologies signed a new contract with Naval Group to manufacture and supply additional torpedo tubes, built at its Volos defence hub in Greece.
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The French note verbale to Ankara over the cable: a notification or something more? – Without the document, NAVTEX remains Greece’s official position
The French note verbale delivered in Ankara over the Abeille Marengo surveys became the main political issue around the Greece-Cyprus cable. Athens says it was a notification, not a request for permission.
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Sunday 8 November 2026
Greek-Turkish Relations
Sinirlioğlu’s double flop at the UN: only three favourable votes, and pressed by Greece and Cyprus
Turkey’s candidate for UN Secretary-General reportedly won only three favourable signals in the Security Council’s informal poll, then avoided the substance of Greek and Cypriot questions.
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Marinos Mitralexis: the daring Greek airman who rammed an Italian bomber – November 2, 1940, minute by minute
On November 2, 1940, Marinos Mitralexis, out of ammunition, cut the rudder of an Italian Cant Z.1007bis with his propeller. A reading of the Hellenic Air Force record and the Rome communiqués.
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The Hellenic Navy’s FDI HN “Kimon” class frigates: full analysis – the systems, the weapons and the programme
A complete guide to the Hellenic Navy’s four FDI HN “Kimon” class frigates: contracts and deliveries, the platform, the SETIS combat system, Sea Fire radar, 32 Aster 30, Exocet, sonars, helicopters, upgrades to 2030 and Greek industry.
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Dendias: a Hellenic Air Force with 200 fighters, hundreds of drones and a Space Command
Defence Minister Nikos Dendias presented plans under “Agenda 2030” for an upgraded Hellenic Air Force: 200 modern fighters, hundreds of drones, aerial refuelling and satellite capabilities.
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Greece and NATO: why Athens left in 1974 and came back in 1980
Greece joined NATO in 1952, left the integrated command after Turkey’s 1974 invasion of Cyprus and returned in October 1980. A history built from NATO, U.S. State Department and ECHR documents.
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Greece–Turkey confidence-building measures: Hellenic Tactical Air Command chief makes a three-day visit to Eskişehir
Lt. Gen. Panagiotis Georgakopoulos, chief of the Hellenic Tactical Air Command, visited Turkey’s Combat Air Force Command in Eskişehir from November 3 to 5 under the 2026 confidence-building measures.
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Saturday 7 November 2026
Greek-Turkish Relations
Cyprus and Greece put hard questions to Sinirlioğlu at the UN on Cypriot sovereignty and the Turkish-Libyan memorandum
At the UN General Assembly dialogue with the candidates for Secretary-General, the delegations of Cyprus and Greece questioned Turkey’s candidate Feridun Sinirlioğlu on Cyprus’s sovereignty and the illegal Turkish-Libyan memorandum. He did not answer directly.
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Opinion: the moment of decision that could decide the Aegean, from the cockpit of an F-16
A reader’s opinion on what real air combat means, what a simulator can and cannot offer, and why over the Aegean the most important component of an F-16 is still between the seat and the stick.
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Great Sea Interconnector explained: the Greece–Cyprus cable and the law of the sea
What the Great Sea Interconnector is, what the law of the sea says about laying a cable on the continental shelf, and why Ankara is contesting the surveys south of Kasos.
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ONEX at the launch of the Seo Hui: a Greek delegation in South Korea and the €1.35 billion Project Trident
A Greek delegation with armed forces representatives, the ambassador in Seoul and ONEX chief Panos Xenokostas attended the launch of the submarine Seo Hui at Hanwha Ocean’s Okpo yard.
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Ankara “cancels” the Greek and Cypriot NAVTEX for the Abeille Marengo as Athens proceeds without its approval
Turkey’s foreign ministry says it has “cancelled” the Greek and Cypriot NAVTEX for the Abeille Marengo cable surveys south of Kasos. Athens, which licensed the work itself as the coastal state, is proceeding.
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Friday 6 November 2026
Greece
OCCAR meets Greece’s defence procurement directorate at EURONAVAL on possible Greek participation in the European corvette
OCCAR leaders and a Greek delegation headed by the Director General for Defence Investments and Armaments discussed at EURONAVAL possible Greek participation in later phases of the MMPC patrol corvette programme.
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EMC cable: two NAVTEX warnings from Cyprus and Greece for the KOBI RUEGG – Ankara again disputes Cyprus’s EEZ
Cyprus and Greece have each issued a NAVTEX for the seabed survey for the East to Med Corridor (EMC) fibre-optic cable by the vessel KOBI RUEGG, and Turkey again disputed Cyprus’s exclusive economic zone.
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BREAKING: Turkish counter-NAVTEX for the Abeille Marengo – Ankara disputes the cable surveys south of Kasos
Hours after Greece issued NAVTEX 1411/26, Turkey’s Antalya station issued message 1105/26 disputing part of the area south of Kasos for the Greece–Cyprus cable surveys.
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Dendias at the memorial to fallen airmen: Greece’s sovereign rights “do not belong to any one of us to negotiate”
Defence Minister Nikos Dendias said at the memorial for fallen airmen in Glyfada that the country’s sovereignty and sovereign rights are not for anyone to negotiate freely or diminish.
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BREAKING: NAVTEX issued for the Abeille Marengo – surveys for the Greece–Cyprus cable resume
The Heraklion station of the Hellenic Navy Hydrographic Service has issued NAVTEX 1411/26, clearing the way for the Abeille Marengo to resume seabed surveys for the Greece–Cyprus cable.
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BALKAN SHIELD 26: Special Forces from eight countries train in Litochoro with live fire, air assault and FPV drones
Special Forces from eight Balkan countries are training in Litochoro, Pieria, in the multinational exercise BALKAN SHIELD 26, which runs until November 8, the Hellenic National Defence General Staff says.
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UNFICYP explained: the UN force in Cyprus since 1964
What UNFICYP is, why the Security Council created it in 1964, what it does along the 180 km buffer zone and what the UN itself says about 1974 and the enclaved Greek Cypriots.
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Larissa: Greek Chief of Defence at the EU IR26 exercise – medals for ASPIDES personnel and a “window” for more operations
Greek Chief of Defence General Dimitrios Houpis and EU Military Committee chair General Seán Clancy attended the EU IR26 observation event and an ASPIDES medal ceremony at the Larissa headquarters.
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Greece–Cyprus cable: NAVTEX that will send the Abeille Marengo back south of Kasos expected within hours
Greek public broadcaster ERT expects the NAVTEX allowing seabed surveys for the Greece–Cyprus cable to resume to be issued within hours, with the interministerial committee’s positive opinion due by Friday.
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Houthi missile towards Medina and an alert in Yanbu, where Greece’s Patriot battery is stationed – Houthis reportedly ask Riyadh for $51 billion to stop
The Saudi-led coalition says it intercepted a Houthi ballistic missile launched towards Medina, with an alert in Yanbu, where the Greek Patriot battery is based, while the WSJ reports the Houthis asked Riyadh for $51 billion.
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Meteor on the F-35: first jettison test from the internal weapons bay, with particular interest from Greece
MBDA says a Meteor missile was jettisoned for the first time from the internal weapons bay of an F-35B and cleared the aircraft safely, a milestone for integrating the missile on the F-35.
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Thursday 5 November 2026
Greece
Frigate Kanaris (F464) bids farewell to the Fleet at Salamis Naval Base: the end of an era for another Kortenaer
The Hellenic Navy frigate Kanaris (F464), one of the former Dutch Kortenaer-class ships, took leave of the Fleet in a ceremony at Salamis Naval Base on November 4.
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Skaramangas Shipyards: the first LNG carrier repair in Greece, with certification from France’s GTT
Skaramangas Shipyards completed the first repair of an LNG carrier in a Greek yard, the Maran Gas Amphipolis, and was certified by France’s GTT as an approved repair yard for its tank technology.
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Naval Group: ten contracts with Greek companies at EURONAVAL, with new FDI frigate sections at Salamis
Naval Group signed ten new contracts with Greek companies and two research memoranda at EURONAVAL 2026, including new FDI frigate blocks at Salamis Shipyards and torpedo tubes from METLEN in Volos.
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