https://geopolitiki.com/politics-diplomacy/uk-osce-russia-justifications-war-ukraine-helsinki/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-29T19:36:21+00:00 UK tells OSCE that Russia’s justifications for its war on Ukraine do not withstand scrutiny, citing UN figures of 328 civilians killed in September https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/fcdo-osce-helsinki.webp https://geopolitiki.com/politics-diplomacy/occupation-regime-reacts-abbas-visit-nicosia-pseudo-foreign-ministry-sorrow-two-states/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-29T19:10:00+00:00 The occupation regime bristles at Abbas’s visit to Nicosia: its “foreign ministry” speaks of “sorrow” https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/abbas-christodoulidis-presidential-palace-nicosia-29-october-2026.webp https://geopolitiki.com/politics-diplomacy/rubio-orban-hungary-energy-law-enforcement-memoranda/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-29T17:58:01+00:00 Rubio and Hungary’s Orbán sign energy and anti-left-wing-violence memoranda in Washington https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/rubio-orban-hungary-mou.webp https://geopolitiki.com/greece/mitsotakis-un-security-council-global-maritime-truce/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-29T17:45:22+00:00 Mitsotakis at the UN Security Council: Greece calls for a global maritime truce as attacks on shipping spread https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/mitsotakis-unsc-maritime-truce.webp https://geopolitiki.com/politics-diplomacy/naim-qassem-hezbollah-rules-out-disarmament-rejects-lebanon-israel-framework-agreement-israeli-election/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-29T17:30:00+00:00 Naim Qassem: “It does not concern us who governs Israel” – Hezbollah rules out disarmament and rejects the Lebanon–Israel framework agreement https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/hezbollah-anasygkrotisi-vyrytos-tyros-askisi-aaramta-1.webp https://geopolitiki.com/military/taiwan-tracks-more-than-50-chinese-ships-southern-japan-philippines-joseph-wu-liaoning/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-29T17:15:00+00:00 Taiwan tracks more than 50 Chinese ships from southern Japan to the Philippines https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/taiwan-nsc-map-chinese-ships-liaoning-28-october-2026.webp https://geopolitiki.com/military/hegseth-removes-lt-gen-brett-sylvia-joint-staff-j5-planner-trump-weighs-new-iran-strikes/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-29T17:00:00+00:00 Hegseth removes the Joint Staff’s chief planner as Trump weighs new strikes on Iran https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/hegseth-caine-pentagon-press-briefing-5-may-2026.webp https://geopolitiki.com/military/north-korea-salvo-ten-short-range-ballistic-missiles-wonsan-october-29/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-29T16:45:00+00:00 North Korea fires a salvo of about ten short-range ballistic missiles from Wonsan toward the sea, flying about 250 km https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/wonsan-port-north-korea-2014.webp https://geopolitiki.com/military/russian-drones-chernihiv-kremenchuk-five-killed-29-october/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-29T16:38:50+00:00 Russian drones hit Chernihiv and Kremenchuk: at least five killed, including two 15-year-old girls, Ukrainian officials say https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/chernihiv-kremenchuk-archive.webp https://geopolitiki.com/politics-diplomacy/gaza-strikes-maghazi-mawasi-rafah-crossing-health-ministry-29-october/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-29T16:38:36+00:00 Gaza: Israeli strikes kill civilians in Maghazi and al-Mawasi as the Health Ministry presses for the Rafah crossing to open https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/gaza-strikes-tents.webp https://geopolitiki.com/analysis/un-resolutions-cyprus-explained-353-541-550/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-29T16:31:24+00:00 UN resolutions on Cyprus explained: what 353, 541 and 550 demand https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/unres-cyprus-feat.webp https://geopolitiki.com/greece/navtex-south-east-crete-emc-cable-kobi-ruegg-heraklion-declares-turkish-notice-void-antalya-1067/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-29T16:30:00+00:00 New round of NAVTEX south-east of Crete over the EMC cable: Heraklion declares the Turkish notice void, Antalya calls the Greek messages “unfounded” https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/fugro-kobi-ruegg-survey-vessel-emc-cable.webp https://geopolitiki.com/greece/greece-vs-turkey-military-spending-nato-sipri/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-29T16:29:31+00:00 Greece vs Turkey military spending: what NATO and SIPRI data show https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/gr-tr-spend-feat.webp https://geopolitiki.com/greece/gerapetritis-guterres-maritime-zones-not-field-for-auctions-egypt-brotherly-relationship/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-29T16:15:00+00:00 Gerapetritis after meeting Guterres: “Maritime zones are not a field for auctions” https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/gerapetritis-guterres-un-headquarters-new-york-28-october-2026.webp https://geopolitiki.com/military/ukraine-general-staff-navlya-drone-base-bryansk-strike/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-29T15:38:56+00:00 Ukraine says it struck a Russian Geran drone base near Navlya, hitting a drone storage site and a fuel depot https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/navlya-drone-base.webp https://geopolitiki.com/politics-diplomacy/uk-osce-odihr-independence-human-dimension-russia-belarus-georgia/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-29T13:12:10+00:00 UK backs ODIHR’s independence at the OSCE and presses Russia, Belarus and Georgia on human rights https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/fcdo.webp https://geopolitiki.com/politics-diplomacy/european-parliament-inta-delegation-china-visit-lange-hybrid-cars-trade/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-29T13:11:53+00:00 European Parliament trade delegation ends China visit: Lange says the EU expects more sectors to follow the hybrid car deal https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/ep-plenary.webp https://geopolitiki.com/history/greco-italian-war-1940-41-greek-army-stopped-italian-invasion-pindus-kalpaki-korytsa-kleisoura/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-29T11:55:00+00:00 The Greco-Italian War of 1940-41: how the Greek Army stopped and threw back the Italian invasion, from Pindus to Kleisoura https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/greco-italian-war-greek-cavalry-advance-korytsa-lithograph.webp https://geopolitiki.com/military/uss-colorado-hmas-stirling-maintenance-australian-technicians/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-29T11:46:10+00:00 USS Colorado arrives at HMAS Stirling for a month of maintenance, with Australian technicians working on a Virginia-class submarine for the first time https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/uss-colorado-hmas-stirling-maintenance.webp https://geopolitiki.com/economy/lagarde-step-down-ecb-president-7-february-2027/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-29T11:45:38+00:00 Christine Lagarde to step down as ECB president on 7 February 2027, nine months before her term ends https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/lagarde-ecb-step-down.webp https://geopolitiki.com/technology/mitsubishi-electric-four-vulnerabilities-genesis64-iconics-suite-cisa-icsa-26-300-02/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-29T11:40:00+00:00 Mitsubishi Electric: four vulnerabilities in GENESIS64 and ICONICS Suite, and no fix for MC Works64, GENESIS32 and BizViz https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/scada-control-room-yokosuka-us-navy.webp https://geopolitiki.com/military/dnipro-railway-station-russian-jet-drone-strike-13-killed/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-29T11:34:30+00:00 Dnipro railway station: 13 killed in Russian jet-drone strike on a platform, Ukrainian officials say https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/dnipro-station-strike.webp https://geopolitiki.com/technology/nasa-lucy-enters-jupiter-trojan-asteroid-region-five-years-after-launch/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-29T11:25:00+00:00 NASA’s Lucy enters the region of Jupiter’s Trojan asteroids, five years after launch https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/nasa-lucy-spacecraft-astrotech-titusville-september-2021.webp https://geopolitiki.com/technology/nasa-uvex-ultraviolet-space-telescope-passes-kdp-c-launch-january-2031-590-million/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-29T11:10:00+00:00 NASA’s UVEX space telescope passes a key milestone: launch by January 2031 and a $590 million cost https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/nasa-uvex-ultraviolet-space-telescope-illustration.webp https://geopolitiki.com/military/saab-ocean-barrier-underwater-surveillance-system-ports-coasts-critical-infrastructure-repmus/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-29T10:55:00+00:00 Saab launches Ocean Barrier, an underwater surveillance system for ports, coasts and critical infrastructure https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/saab-ocean-barrier-underwater-surveillance.webp https://geopolitiki.com/military/bae-systems-bombardier-mou-next-generation-fighter-canada-gcap-observer/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-29T10:40:00+00:00 BAE Systems and Bombardier sign an MoU on next-generation fighters with a Canadian industrial base https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/gcap-fighter-mockup-tokyo-2024-bae-bombardier.webp https://geopolitiki.com/greece/aegean-islands-demilitarisation-explained-treaties/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-29T10:27:06+00:00 Aegean islands demilitarisation explained: what the treaties say https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/aegean-demil-feat.webp https://geopolitiki.com/history/annan-plan-explained-2004-cyprus-referendum/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-29T10:25:47+00:00 Annan Plan explained: the 2004 Cyprus referendum https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/annan-plan-feat.webp https://geopolitiki.com/military/seahake-mod-4-pluto-gigas-frogmen-vehicles-hellenic-navy-underwater-warfare-parade/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-29T10:25:00+00:00 SeaHake mod 4, PLUTO GIGAS and the frogmen’s vehicles: the Hellenic Navy’s underwater war https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/parelasi-28-oktovriou-2026-seahake-mod4-torpili-5221.webp https://geopolitiki.com/military/camcopter-s-100-pn-201-eyes-of-fdi-frigates-hellenic-navy-ten-hours-aegean-schiebel/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-29T10:10:00+00:00 Camcopter S-100 “PN 201”: the eyes of the FDI frigates that fly ten hours over the Aegean https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/parelasi-28-oktovriou-2026-camcopter-s-100-pn-201-5247.webp https://geopolitiki.com/military/a900-hellenic-navy-small-unmanned-helicopter-flies-from-any-ship-altus-lsa-alpha-unmanned-systems/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-29T09:55:00+00:00 A900: the Hellenic Navy’s small unmanned helicopter that flies from any ship https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/a900-pn-102-polemiko-naftiko-alpha-unmanned.webp https://geopolitiki.com/military/f-47-us-air-force-plans-1-057-billion-complex-nellis-air-force-base-operational-tests-nevada/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-29T09:40:00+00:00 F-47: the US Air Force plans a $1.057 billion complex at Nellis Air Force Base for operational tests https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/vasi-nelis-nevada-aeroforografia-f-47-campus.webp https://geopolitiki.com/military/gmlrs-rocket-changes-target-in-flight-destroys-moving-target-us-army-test-white-sands-himars-lockheed-martin/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-29T09:25:00+00:00 GMLRS rocket changes target in flight and destroys a moving target in a US Army test https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/gmlrs-himars-ektoxefsi-lockheed-martin-allagi-stochou.webp https://geopolitiki.com/politics-diplomacy/retired-turkish-colonel-caglar-ozer-tgrt-israel-attack-turkey-turkish-commanders-morning-coffee-tel-aviv/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-29T09:10:00+00:00 Retired Turkish colonel on TV: if Israel attacks Turkey, “Turkish commanders will drink their morning coffee in Tel Aviv” https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/israeli-flag-jerusalem-2013-1.webp https://geopolitiki.com/military/uk-mod-first-director-general-innovation-anthony-reeves/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-29T08:46:17+00:00 UK Ministry of Defence appoints Anthony Reeves as first Director General Innovation, overseeing 4,800 experts and a £3.7 billion budget https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/uk-dg-innovation-uncrewed.webp https://geopolitiki.com/politics-diplomacy/un-general-assembly-cuba-embargo-130-17-weakest-support/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-29T08:45:31+00:00 UN General Assembly backs end to US embargo on Cuba by 130 votes to 17, the weakest support in two decades https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/cuba-embargo-vote-2026.webp https://geopolitiki.com/military/aselsan-order-backlog-30-7-billion-dollars-first-time-above-30-billion-nine-months-2026-air-defence/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-29T08:40:00+00:00 ASELSAN’s order backlog reaches $30.7 billion, above $30 billion for the first time, with $14 billion of new contracts in nine months https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/aselsan-anektelesto-ypoloipo-30-7-dis-dolaria-enniamino-2026.webp https://geopolitiki.com/politics-diplomacy/yemen-un-281000-displaced-taiz-aid-routes-hospital-hit/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-29T08:32:27+00:00 Yemen: UN says more than 281,000 displaced since August, with Taiz aid routes cut and a hospital and ambulance hit https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/yemen-wfp-lahj-b.webp https://geopolitiki.com/politics-diplomacy/zelensky-netherlands-jetten-500-million-euro-military-package-air-defence-1-2-billion-energy-reconstruction/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-29T08:25:00+00:00 Zelensky in the Netherlands: a new €500 million military package against Russian air attacks and €1.2 billion for energy and reconstruction https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/zelenski-jetten-catshuis-chagi-500-ekat-oukrania.webp https://geopolitiki.com/economy/britain-10-billion-pound-package-ukraine-largest-yet-500-million-winter-air-defence-budget-healey/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-29T08:10:00+00:00 Britain announces a £10 billion package for Ukraine, its largest yet, with £500 million for winter air defence https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/healey-budget-2026-oukrania-10-dis-lires.webp https://geopolitiki.com/politics-diplomacy/uk-dapo-akande-icj-candidacy-un-general-assembly-norris/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-29T07:59:58+00:00 UK takes campaign for Dapo Akande to the UN General Assembly ahead of the 3 November ICJ election https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/un-general-assembly-hall-3.webp https://geopolitiki.com/politics-diplomacy/afghanistan-opium-production-fivefold-unodc-survey-taliban-ban/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-29T07:59:04+00:00 Afghanistan opium production jumps fivefold in a year, UN survey finds, the first rise since the Taliban ban https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/kabul-skyline-2.webp https://geopolitiki.com/politics-diplomacy/turkish-defence-ministry-ready-delimitation-agreement-egypt-15000-square-kilometres-greece-turkish-libyan-memorandum/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-29T07:30:00+00:00 Turkish defence ministry sources say Ankara is “ready” to sign a delimitation deal with Egypt, repeating the 15,000 sq km claim against Greece https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/greece-egypt-delegations-athens-libya-memorandum-egypt-rejects-1.webp https://geopolitiki.com/news/balkans/black-sea-contship-jet-sinks-three-sea-drones-off-bulgaria-kaliakra-18-crew-rescued-sofia-trilateral-guler/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-29T07:15:00+00:00 Black Sea: the Contship Jet sinks after a three-sea-drone strike off Bulgaria, all 18 crew rescued, as Turkey warns Russia and Ukraine https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/mavri-thalassa-sofia-stoyanov-guler-oprea-contship-jet.webp https://geopolitiki.com/politics-diplomacy/un-fact-finding-mission-sudan-rsf-network-el-obeid/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-29T05:43:11+00:00 UN investigators: network in Chad, Puntland, Libya and the UAE backs the RSF, and drone attacks on civilians hit a record in October https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/sudan-el-obeid-fact-finding-mission.webp https://geopolitiki.com/economy/uk-rolls-royce-2-5-billion-jet-engine-programme/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-29T05:42:56+00:00 UK and Rolls-Royce agree £2.5 billion programme to build next-generation jet engines in Britain https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/rolls-royce-uk-engine-deal.webp https://geopolitiki.com/military/patroller-es368-safran-hellenic-army-large-uav-over-15-hours-endurance-parade/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-28T22:45:00+00:00 Patroller: the Hellenic Army’s large new drone that flies for more than 15 hours https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/parelasi-28-oktovriou-2026-patroller-es368-5149.webp https://geopolitiki.com/military/stryker-dragoon-30mm-cannon-thessaloniki-parade-hellenic-army-what-it-could-mean/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-28T22:30:00+00:00 Stryker with a 30 mm cannon: the parade’s Dragoon and what it could mean for the Hellenic Army https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/parelasi-28-oktovriou-2026-stryker-30mm-5080.webp https://geopolitiki.com/military/f-16-zeus-demo-team-thessaloniki-october-28-parade-2026-eight-minute-display-pilot-message/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-28T22:15:00+00:00 F-16 “ZEUS” over Thessaloniki: eight minutes of display and the pilot’s message at the October 28 parade https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/f-16-zeus-thessaloniki-parelasi-2026.webp https://geopolitiki.com/technology/cisa-releases-scubagear-v2-scubagoggles-v1-1-microsoft-365-google-workspace-security-settings/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-28T22:00:00+00:00 CISA releases ScubaGear v2.0 and ScubaGoggles v1.1.0 to check security settings in Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/cisa-nees-ekdoseis-scubagear-v2-0-kai-scubagoggles.webp https://geopolitiki.com/technology/esa-hera-spacecraft-resolves-asteroids-didymos-dimorphos-separately-first-time/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-28T21:45:00+00:00 ESA’s Hera spacecraft sees the asteroids Didymos and Dimorphos as two separate bodies for the first time https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/hera-to-diastimoploio-tou-esa-diekrine-gia-proti-f.webp https://geopolitiki.com/technology/galileo-second-generation-esa-orders-four-more-satellites-new-fleet-16-thales-alenia-airbus/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-28T21:30:00+00:00 Galileo Second Generation: ESA orders four more satellites, taking the new fleet to 16 https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/galileo-satellite-esa.webp https://geopolitiki.com/military/xq-67a-us-air-force-afrl-demon-ape-mission-systems-beyond-line-of-sight-data-links-nevada/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-28T21:15:00+00:00 XQ-67A: US Air Force tests mission systems and beyond-line-of-sight data links on its autonomous aircraft https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/xq-67a-general-atomics-afrl-autonomo-aeroskafos.webp https://geopolitiki.com/military/spain-launches-roger-de-lauria-second-f110-frigate-navantia-ferrol-four-months-early/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-28T21:00:00+00:00 Spain launches Roger de Lauria, the second F110 frigate, four months ahead of schedule https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/roger-de-lauria-f-112-kathelkysi-ferol.webp https://geopolitiki.com/military/caine-super-intelligence-strategic-priority-joint-chiefs/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-28T20:49:02+00:00 Caine names “super intelligence” one of his three strategic priorities, behind only the budget https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/caine-super-intelligence.webp https://geopolitiki.com/military/black-sea-french-atlantique-2-maritime-patrol-aircraft-romania-eez-mihail-kogalniceanu-base-nato/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-28T20:45:00+00:00 Black Sea: a French Atlantique 2 maritime patrol aircraft watches Romania’s EEZ from the Mihail Kogălniceanu base https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/atlantique-2-mihail-kogalniceanu-roumania-mavri-thalassa-mapn.webp https://geopolitiki.com/military/lockheed-martin-troy-alabama-plant-expansion-arrw-hypersonic-missile-b-52-694-million-air-force-contract/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-28T20:30:00+00:00 Lockheed Martin expands its Troy, Alabama plant for the ARRW hypersonic missile of the B-52 after a $694 million Air Force contract https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/lockheed-martin-arrw-b-52-yper-yperichitikos-pyravlos.webp https://geopolitiki.com/military/israeli-weapons-28-october-parade-puls-barak-mx-spyder-drone-dome-spike-nlos-rampage-spice/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-28T20:15:00+00:00 The Israeli weapons of the parade: PULS, Barak MX, SPYDER, Drone Dome, Spike NLOS, Rampage and SPICE in photographs https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/parelasi-28-oktovriou-2026-puls-ektoxeutis-5030.webp https://geopolitiki.com/military/antaios-greek-6x6-ground-robot-600-kg-payload-ugv-parade-thessaloniki/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-28T20:00:00+00:00 “Antaios”: the Greek 6×6 ground robot that carries 600 kg – what the parade showed about the Army’s UGVs https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/parelasi-28-oktovriou-2026-ugv-exatrocho-5101.webp https://geopolitiki.com/military/victa-subsea-craft-special-forces-ten-boats-skaramangas-shipyards-underwater-delivery-aegean/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-28T19:45:00+00:00 VICTA: the craft that “dives” to deliver frogmen to the target – the ten boats and the role of Skaramangas https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/parelasi-28-oktovriou-2026-victa-skafos-eidikon-epicheiriseon-5161.webp https://geopolitiki.com/politics-diplomacy/abu-dhabi-ukraine-talks-zelensky-november-kremlin-europe-ushakov/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-28T19:35:54+00:00 Ukraine talks in Abu Dhabi: Zelensky expects 6 to 10 November, Kremlin aide says Europe will not take part https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/zelensky-abu-dhabi-talks.webp https://geopolitiki.com/military/ethiopia-abiy-12-su-35-jets-s-400-russia-africa-summit/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-28T19:35:25+00:00 Ethiopia says it has received 12 Russian Su-35 jets and will buy four S-400 batteries as fighting continues in the north https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/ethiopia-su35.webp https://geopolitiki.com/military/hellenic-army-drones-mobile-fpv-production-unit-hummer-drone-teams-m1117-parade-thessaloniki/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-28T19:30:00+00:00 Hellenic Army drones: the mobile FPV production unit, the Hummer teams and the M1117 with a drone at the parade https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/parelasi-28-oktovriou-2026-hummer-fpv-drones-5056.webp https://geopolitiki.com/military/v-bat-shield-ai-tail-sitting-drone-hellenic-army-aegean-maritime-domain-awareness-ten-more-systems/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-28T19:15:00+00:00 V-BAT: the tail-sitting drone that watches over the Aegean for the Hellenic Army https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/parelasi-28-oktovriou-2026-v-bat-drone-5143.webp https://geopolitiki.com/military/deukalion-amphictyon-metoikos-hndgs-natural-disaster-vehicles-parade-thessaloniki/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-28T19:00:00+00:00 “Deukalion” and “Amphictyon”: the HNDGS vehicles for natural disasters that passed in the parade https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/parelasi-28-oktovriou-2026-deykalion-kinito-kentro-5187.webp https://geopolitiki.com/military/m270-mlrs-hellenic-army-artillery-atacms-prsm-resupply-vehicle-m270a2-upgrade-puls/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-28T18:45:00+00:00 M270 MLRS: the Hellenic Army’s heavy “hammer”, the resupply vehicle and the question of PrSM https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/parelasi-28-oktovriou-2026-m270-mlrs-5434.webp https://geopolitiki.com/military/coastal-exocet-mm40-hellenic-navy-hidden-batteries-aegean-block-2-block-3/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-28T18:30:00+00:00 Coastal Exocet MM40: the Navy’s hidden batteries that “close” the passages of the Aegean https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/parelasi-28-oktovriou-2026-ochima-shelter-5508.webp https://geopolitiki.com/military/scalp-eg-cruise-missile-rafale-mirage-2000-5-hellenic-air-force-250-km-deep-strike/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-28T18:15:00+00:00 SCALP-EG: the cruise missile of the Rafale and Mirage 2000-5 that strikes more than 250 km deep https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/parelasi-28-oktovriou-2026-scalp-eg-5546.webp https://geopolitiki.com/military/corsair-saronic-autonomous-surface-vessel-hellenic-navy-evaluation-request-30-craft-fms/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-28T18:00:00+00:00 Corsair: the Saronic autonomous vessel the Hellenic Navy wants, the evaluation and the request for 30+ craft https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/parelasi-28-oktovriou-2026-corsair-saronic-usv-5208.webp https://geopolitiki.com/politics-diplomacy/vietnam-78th-country-sign-artemis-accords/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-28T17:58:09+00:00 Vietnam becomes the 78th country to sign the Artemis Accords, the State Department says https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/artemis-accords-signing.webp https://geopolitiki.com/politics-diplomacy/hegseth-asean-defence-framework-cebu-strong-quiet-clear/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-28T17:50:33+00:00 Hegseth proposes a US-ASEAN defence cooperation framework in Cebu, calling the US approach “strong, quiet and clear” https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/hegseth-asean.webp https://geopolitiki.com/politics-diplomacy/us-sanctions-rwanda-defence-ministry-zigama-m23-congo/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-28T17:50:06+00:00 US sanctions Rwanda’s Ministry of Defence and the Zigama financial institution over support for M23 in eastern Congo https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/rwanda-sanctions.webp https://geopolitiki.com/technology/euroc-2026-ntua-white-noise-wins-rookie-of-the-year-payload-award-european-rocketry-challenge/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-28T17:45:00+00:00 EuRoC 2026: the National Technical University of Athens team White Noise wins two awards at the European student rocket competition https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/euroc-2026-i-omada-white-noise-tou-eb-kerdise.webp https://geopolitiki.com/military/dia-china-tripled-isr-satellites-since-2018-over-510-in-orbit-challenges-to-security-in-space-2026/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-28T17:30:00+00:00 DIA: China has tripled its reconnaissance and surveillance satellites since 2018, with over 510 in orbit, aimed at US forces in the Indo-Pacific https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/dia-defense-intelligence-agency-edra-ouasigkton.webp https://geopolitiki.com/military/pac-3-missile-maintenance-centre-poland-department-of-war-lockheed-martin-patriot-europe/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-28T17:15:00+00:00 PAC-3 maintenance centre in Poland: the US Department of War and Lockheed Martin choose the country for Patriot missiles in Europe https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/polonia-kentro-syntirisis-pac-3-lockheed-martin.webp https://geopolitiki.com/military/hanwha-defense-usa-takes-control-philly-shipyard-philadelphia-us-navy-shipbuilding/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-28T17:00:00+00:00 Philly Shipyard: Hanwha Defense USA takes control of the Philadelphia shipyard to build ships for the US Navy https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/hanwha-philly-shipyard-nafpigeio-filadelfeia.webp https://geopolitiki.com/military/novomoskovsk-azot-chemical-plant-fire-ukrainian-drones-lipetsk-nlmk-russia-says-531-drones-downed/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-28T16:45:00+00:00 Novomoskovsk: fire at the Azot chemical plant after reported Ukrainian drone attack; Moscow says it downed 531 drones in one night https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/azot-novomoskovsk-chimiko-ergostasio-drones.webp https://geopolitiki.com/greece/halki-seminary-explained-closed-turkey-1971/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-28T16:41:56+00:00 Halki seminary explained: closed by Turkey since 1971 https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/halki-feat.webp https://geopolitiki.com/military/kharkiv-five-wounded-russian-jet-drone-iskander-88-drones-ukraine-overnight-28-october/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-28T16:30:00+00:00 Kharkiv: five wounded, including a four-year-old boy, by a Russian jet drone, as Russia fires an Iskander-M and 88 drones at Ukraine overnight https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/charkovo-drone-osnovianskyi-pyrkagia-dsns.webp https://geopolitiki.com/politics-diplomacy/israel-election-count-85-percent-likud-26-seats-netanyahu-bloc-53-eisenkot-48-arab-parties-19/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-28T16:15:00+00:00 Israel election: with 85.6% counted, Likud leads on 26 seats, Netanyahu’s bloc on 53 and Eisenkot’s on 48 https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/israil-ekloges-exit-polls-likud-yashar-aizenkot-netaniachou.webp https://geopolitiki.com/military/arpyia-greek-mini-cruise-missile-one-way-attack-deep-strike-parade-thessaloniki/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-28T16:00:00+00:00 “Arpyia”: the Greek mini cruise missile for deep strikes that appeared at the parade – what we know https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/parelasi-28-oktovriou-2026-vlimata-forteas-geranos-5113.webp https://geopolitiki.com/military/centaur-kentavros-hai-greek-counter-drone-electronic-warfare-houthi-drones-meko-frigates-parade/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-28T15:45:00+00:00 “Centaur”: the Greek HAI counter-drone system that jammed Houthi drones, from the Red Sea to the parade and the MEKO frigates https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/parelasi-28-oktovriou-2026-anti-drone-systima-pn-5226.webp https://geopolitiki.com/military/zelensky-12-patriot-missiles-a-month-2026/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-28T15:34:37+00:00 Zelensky: Ukraine is getting an average of 12 Patriot missiles a month in 2026, after using 35 this month https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/zelensky-patriot-12-per-month.webp https://geopolitiki.com/politics-diplomacy/uk-10-billion-ukraine-support-air-defence-winter/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-28T15:34:16+00:00 UK announces more than £10 billion in new support for Ukraine, with £500 million for air defence this winter https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/uk-ukraine-10bn-package.webp https://geopolitiki.com/military/anemogiannis-greek-kamikaze-usv-50-kg-warhead-delian-interceptigon-n-parade-aegean/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-28T15:30:00+00:00 “Anemogiannis”: the Greek kamikaze drone boat with a 50 kg warhead that appeared at the parade, and what it changes in the Aegean https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/parelasi-28-oktovriou-2026-usv-trailer-5040.webp https://geopolitiki.com/military/dendias-palmas-meet-thessaloniki-28-october-parade-greece-cyprus-defence-cooperation/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-28T15:15:00+00:00 Dendias and Palmas meet in Thessaloniki on the day of the 28 October parade https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/dendias-palmas-thessaloniki-28-oktovriou.webp https://geopolitiki.com/politics-diplomacy/ebola-dr-congo-passes-10000-cases-who-sustained-efforts/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-28T14:44:03+00:00 Ebola in DR Congo passes 10,000 cases as the WHO calls for sustained efforts https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/ebola-10000.webp https://geopolitiki.com/economy/uk-export-finance-ukraine-cover-limit-6-5-billion/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-28T14:43:17+00:00 UK Export Finance raises its Ukraine cover limit from £3.5 billion to £6.5 billion https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/ukef-ukraine.webp https://geopolitiki.com/politics-diplomacy/un-commission-inquiry-ukraine-energy-strikes-war-crimes/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-28T13:08:44+00:00 UN Commission of Inquiry: Russia committed war crimes and crimes against humanity in strikes on Ukraine’s energy system https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/un-coi-ukraine-energy-1.webp https://geopolitiki.com/news/balkans/greek-owned-container-ship-hit-sea-drones-off-bulgaria-shabla/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-28T12:49:16+00:00 Drones hit a Greek-owned container ship off Bulgaria: three sea drones struck it 21 miles from Shabla, defence minister says https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/bulgaria-ship-varna.webp https://geopolitiki.com/military/thessaloniki-28-october-parade-achilles-shield-mitsotakis/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-28T12:48:42+00:00 28 October parade in Thessaloniki: Greece shows its Achilles Shield air defence, and Mitsotakis says Greece “does not blackmail, but is not blackmailed” https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/greece-oct28-f16.webp https://geopolitiki.com/economy/wmo-greenhouse-gas-bulletin-record-co2-426-8-ppm/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-28T11:55:10+00:00 WMO: carbon dioxide hits a record 426.8 ppm in 2025, with COP31 in Antalya less than two weeks away https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/wmo-co2-bulletin-2026.webp https://geopolitiki.com/analysis/missing-persons-cyprus-explained-cmp-numbers-echr-rulings/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-28T10:19:57+00:00 Missing persons in Cyprus explained: CMP figures and ECHR rulings https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/cmp-feat.webp https://geopolitiki.com/politics-diplomacy/gaza-fourth-winter-tents-un-aid-flood-risk/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-28T08:45:14+00:00 Gaza heads into a fourth winter in tents: UN reports aid convoys hit by incidents and 950,000 people at flood risk https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/gaza-tents-fcdo-1-1.webp https://geopolitiki.com/politics-diplomacy/christodoulides-fenced-off-famagusta-confidence-building-measure/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-28T08:35:06+00:00 Christodoulides: fenced-off Famagusta is the most important confidence-building measure and a first step towards a solution https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/cna-famagusta-cbm.webp https://geopolitiki.com/politics-diplomacy/israel-election-count-netanyahu-56-eisenkot-48-arab-parties-16/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-28T08:05:18+00:00 Israel election count: Netanyahu bloc on 56 seats, Eisenkot bloc on 48 and Arab parties on 16, with neither near 61 https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/israel-election-count-2026.webp https://geopolitiki.com/politics-diplomacy/unhcr-no-safe-place-ukraine-strikes-energy-winter/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-28T07:32:11+00:00 UNHCR: “No safe place in Ukraine” as long-range strikes hit energy supply and aid operations ahead of winter https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/unhcr-ukraine-no-safe-place.webp https://geopolitiki.com/politics-diplomacy/un-general-assembly-cuba-embargo-34th-vote/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-28T05:44:44+00:00 UN General Assembly votes on US embargo against Cuba for the 34th time on 28 October, after a heated exchange between Waltz and Cuba’s foreign minister https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/havana-capitolio.webp https://geopolitiki.com/military/uk-aukus-undersea-sensor-payloads-uncrewed-vehicles/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-28T05:43:54+00:00 UK to lead three AUKUS undersea sensor payloads for uncrewed submarines, due across the three navies from 2027 https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/aukus-uuv-sensors.webp https://geopolitiki.com/technology/cristal-esa-polar-ice-satellite-assembly-complete-first-tests-airbus-copernicus-sentinel-expansion/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-28T00:10:00+00:00 CRISTAL: Europe’s polar ice satellite completes assembly and passes its first tests https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/cryosat-model-esa.webp https://geopolitiki.com/military/saab-sea-giraffe-amb-d-naval-radar-250-km-air-targets/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-27T23:55:00+00:00 Sea Giraffe AMB D: Saab’s new naval radar reaches up to 250 km against air targets https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/saab-sea-giraffe-amb-d-naftiko-rantar.webp https://geopolitiki.com/military/saab-gripen-e-canada-assembly-line-imp-magellan-cae-partners/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-27T23:40:00+00:00 Saab names Canadian partners IMP, Magellan and CAE for a Gripen E assembly line in Canada, if Ottawa picks the fighter https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/saab-gripen-e-kanadas-imp-magellan-cae.webp https://geopolitiki.com/technology/stoke-space-150-million-conditional-loan-department-of-war-office-of-strategic-capital-second-launch-pad-florida/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-27T23:25:00+00:00 Stoke Space gets a conditional $150 million loan from the Department of War for a second Florida launch pad https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/stoke-slc14-aerial-nasa-archive.webp https://geopolitiki.com/military/babcock-arrowhead-140-type-31-us-navy-frigate-pitch-hii-ff-x/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-27T23:10:00+00:00 Arrowhead 140: Babcock prepares a pitch to the US Navy for its new frigate, possibly with HII https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/arrowhead-140-babcock-fregata-ff-x-amerikaniko-naftiko.webp https://geopolitiki.com/military/intracom-defense-ausa-2026-heps-hybrid-power-systems-project-convergence-capstone-6-us-army/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-27T22:55:00+00:00 Intracom Defense: Greek hybrid power systems tested in US Army exercises, a wrap-up of AUSA 2026 https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/intracom-defense-ausa-2026-elliniko-periptero-heps-genaircon.webp https://geopolitiki.com/technology/nasa-perseverance-measures-martian-dust-fine-enough-to-reach-lungs-astronaut-spacesuits/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-27T22:40:00+00:00 NASA’s Perseverance measures Martian dust fine enough to reach the lungs, with consequences for astronaut suits and habitats https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/nasa-to-perseverance-metrise-ston-ari-skoni-arketa.webp https://geopolitiki.com/technology/nasa-neo-surveyor-sunshade-solar-array-complete-asteroid-hunting-telescope-2-kilowatts/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-27T22:25:00+00:00 NASA completes the solar array on NEO Surveyor’s sunshade, the asteroid-hunting telescope, with up to 2 kW of power https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/neo-surveyor-i-nasa-oloklirose-tin-ensomatosi-ilia.webp https://geopolitiki.com/military/navantia-launches-seventh-avante-2200-corvette-saudi-arabia-neom-san-fernando/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-27T22:10:00+00:00 Navantia launches the seventh corvette for Saudi Arabia’s navy, to be named NEOM https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/navantia-korveta-avante-2200-neom-saoudiki-aravia-kathelkysi.webp https://geopolitiki.com/military/naval-group-fdi-frigate-offer-denmark-three-danish-companies-copenhagen-global-saab-danmark-sh-defence/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-27T21:55:00+00:00 Naval Group backs its FDI frigate offer to Denmark with three Danish companies https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/naval-group-fdi-dania-kopegchagi-montelo-fregatas.webp https://geopolitiki.com/military/uss-colorado-first-us-submarine-submarine-rotational-force-west-australia-aukus-hmas-stirling/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-27T21:40:00+00:00 USS Colorado to be the first US submarine rotating through Australia under AUKUS https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/uss-colorado-ssn-788-srf-west-aukus.webp https://geopolitiki.com/military/japan-2026-defense-white-paper-china-greatest-strategic-challenge-north-korea-russia-koizumi/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-27T21:25:00+00:00 Japan’s 2026 Defense White Paper: China the “greatest strategic challenge”, North Korea a threat “more serious and imminent than ever”, strong concern over Russia https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/iaponia-lefki-vivlos-amynas-2026-koizumi.webp https://geopolitiki.com/military/pentagon-asks-congress-enshrine-department-of-war-name-in-law-parnell-executive-order/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-27T21:10:00+00:00 Pentagon asks Congress to enshrine the name “Department of War” in law: “It belongs in statute, not just in an executive order” https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/ypourgeio-polemou-pentagono-eisodos-department-of-war.webp https://geopolitiki.com/military/jiatf-401-counter-drone-task-force-one-year/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-27T20:40:36+00:00 JIATF-401 at one year: how the Pentagon’s counter-drone task force buys and fields systems https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/jiatf-401-counter-drone.webp https://geopolitiki.com/technology/cisa-2030-defend-harden-prevail-strategy-proactive-cyber-defense-critical-infrastructure/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-27T20:40:00+00:00 CISA 2030: America’s cyber agency moves from passive defence to proactive cyber defence and hardening of critical infrastructure https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/cisa-i-nea-stratigiki-cisa-2030-perna-apo-tin.webp https://geopolitiki.com/politics-diplomacy/security-council-iran-sanctions-split-uk-iaea-inspectors/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-27T20:32:16+00:00 Security Council splits over whether UN sanctions on Iran are in force as the UK demands IAEA inspectors’ return https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/unsc-chamber-2.webp https://geopolitiki.com/military/royal-navy-five-anti-submarine-frigates-instead-of-eight-defence-committee-glaring-gaps-russia-high-north/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-27T20:25:00+00:00 Royal Navy has five anti-submarine frigates instead of eight: Commons Defence Committee sees “glaring gaps” against Russia in the High North https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/hms-st-albans-type-23-fregata-vasiliko-naftiko-apo-vorras.webp https://geopolitiki.com/politics-diplomacy/stubb-store-phone-putin-helsinki-brief-zelensky-abu-dhabi-trilateral-talks/ Geopolitiki en 2026-10-27T20:10:00+00:00 Finland’s Stubb and Norway’s Støre phone Putin from Helsinki, then brief Zelensky on the call https://geopolitiki.com/wp-content/uploads/stoure-zelenski-synantisi-stoubb-poutin-tilefoniki-epikoinonia.webp