Cyprus
Istanbul pogrom of 1955 explained: what US records show
US State Department records describe the anti-Greek violence of 6-7 September 1955 in Istanbul and Izmir, the police that did…
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NATO
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Drones
Swedish Navy to field four Saildrone uncrewed surface vessels for Baltic surveillance via NORDEFCO
The Swedish Armed Forces and the FMV defence materiel agency have agreed a deal with US company Saildrone for four…
Europe
Bundeswehr: threat of Russian sabotage now rated “significant” – explosives-laden drone found near the Wunstorf air base
An internal Bundeswehr document rates the risk of Russian sabotage as “significant” for the first time, the second-highest category. It…
Greece
U.S. Navy awards Meritorious Unit Commendation to NSA Souda Bay for 14-month surge in Eastern Mediterranean support
The U.S. Navy says its base at Souda Bay in Greece absorbed more than 1,000 extra personnel and 29 aircraft…
Analysis
NATO Article 5 explained: what it covers and why Greece joined
Article 5 is NATO's collective defence clause. This explainer sets out what the treaty text says, where it applies and…
Europe
NATO to send more surveillance and forensic assets to the Black Sea after drone attacks on merchant ships
After a North Atlantic Council meeting, NATO says it will add maritime patrol aircraft, radars, drones and explosive-forensics teams in…
Europe
Russian GRU hackers targeted a warship shipyard and an aircraft engine maker in two NATO countries
Symantec says the Russian cyber-espionage group APT28, tracked as Swallowtail, targeted a warship shipyard, a military aircraft engine maker and…
Europe
EU unveils new Arctic strategy: cable hub, icebreaker pooling and satellite upgrades
The EU has presented a Joint Communication on the Arctic that proposes an Arctic Cable Hub, joint icebreaker procurement and…
Defense Industry
Elbit Systems wins a $235 million contract for PULS launchers and EXTRA-MR rockets for a European country – the system Greece’s Army has also chosen
Israel’s Elbit Systems has won a contract worth about $235 million to supply EXTRA-MR rockets and PULS launchers to an…
Europe
Turkey’s Fidan heads to Brussels for foreign, justice and interior talks with Belgium and meetings with NATO and EU officials
Turkey’s foreign ministry says Hakan Fidan, with the justice and interior ministers, will be in Brussels from 19 to 21…
Greece
Greek forces in Afghanistan: ten years in Kabul, from ELDAF to TESAF
From February 2002 to November 2012, more than 3,000 Greek officers and NCOs served in Kabul, first as the Hellenic…
Europe
Germany’s Bundestag opens debate on a bill to speed up Bundeswehr construction, amending ten laws
The government's Bundeswehr Infrastructure Acceleration Act had its first reading on 15 October. It would shorten procedures and ease some…