Greek Defence Ministry

Greek Defence Minister Panos Kammenos said that archives regarding the invasion of Cyprus by Turkey in 1974, which had been locked away for 43 years would be made public for the first time. During his visit in Nicosia Mr.

UPD: Four people have died and one is seriously injured in the UH-1H Greek army helicopter crash in the area of Sarantaporos-Elessona. Sargeant major Vasiliki Plejida was found seriously injured by rescue teams and is being transported to the 424 Military hospital of Thessaloniki for treatement.

The European Commission (EC) will release an extra 3.9 million euros to Greece to deal with the refugee and migrant crisis. The extra-ordinary funding, which will be managed by the Greek Defence Ministry, will go for the improvement of refugee hosting facilities.

The Turkish air-force continued its violations of Greek air space and infringements of air traffic regulations, with two more incidents recorded by the Greek Defence Ministry, Thursday. In one instance involving the violation of Greek air space over the northeast, central and southeast Aeegan Sea by two armed fighters jet and a CN-235 reconnaissance aircraft.

The Greek Defence Ministry is highly concerned over Turkey’s recent escalation of violations against Greek territories.

Israel tested secretly, with Greece’s permission, ways of defeating an advanced S-300 air-defence system that Russia has deployed in the Middle East, as Reuters reports citing military and diplomatic sources said.

Greek authorities are on high alert due to high winds blowing Saturday across the country. In the prefecture of Laconia in the Peloponnese, firefighters have managed to contain most of the fire front but are still operating to extinguish smaller spots around the region. 130 firefighters and 51 vehicles started their operations at the break of dawn.