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Officially and on schedule, the big event for the Hellenic Armed Forces was the launching of the frigate HS Nearchos at the Naval Group shipyards in Lorient, France, last Thursday.

In his weekly review, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis refers to the 11 changes being introduced this year in education to provide free, equal and free access to all students across Greece.

The presence of Defense Minister Nikos Dendias in Lorient, France, for the launch of the second frigate “NEARCHOS,” revealed the acquisition of a fourth Belh@rra frigate, something previously hinted at by protothema.gr.

Nikos Dendias visited the Naval Group shipyards in Lorient, France on Thursday for the launching ceremony of the second FDI Belharra frigate, F-602 Nearchos. He also inspected the first frigate, F-601 Kimon, which is nearly complete and expected to begin trials soon.

The launching ceremony for the frigate “Nearchos,” the second of the three FDI frigates (known as Belh@rra), acquired by the Hellenic Navy, is currently underway. The event took place at the Naval Group facilities in Lorient, France, attended by Greece’s Minister of National Defense, Nikos Dendias.

The launch of the “Nearchos,” the second FDI HN frigate—also known as Belh@rra—of the “Kimon” class, is currently taking place in the presence of Minister of National Defense Nikos Dendias. The frigate is being constructed at the Naval Group shipyards in Lorient, France, for the Hellenic Navy.

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Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has visited the shipyards of the Navale Group in the French city of Lorient, where three Belharra-class frigates are being built for the Greek Navy.

At the shipyards, Mitsotakis received a tour of the Kimon, one of the frigates, which is expected to be delivered to the navy by June 2025.

Authorities on Wednesday probed the death of a man who may have been felled by a police rubber bullet during riots in Marseille, as France counts the cost of its most intense urban violence in nearly two decades.

A Turkish two-man team on Aug. 23 finished second in the first stage of Transquadra, considered one of the most challenging sailing races in the world.

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