Evangelos Apostolakis

Two Greek soldiers who accidentally crossed into Turkish territory while on a foot patrol in the northeastern Evros border area on Thursday will stand trial for illegal entry, government spokesman Dimitris Tzanakopoulos told a press briefing on Friday.

Greek armed forces tackle Turkish provocations prudently while offering this country a reliable prevention force, the chief of the Hellenic Armed Forces General Staff, Admiral Evangelos Apostolakis told the Delphi Economic Forum on Thursday.

The leader of the Israeli Defense Forces, Lieutenant General Gadi Eisenkot (left), is seen during an official visit to the Defense Ministry near Athens on Wednesday where he met with the chief of the Hellenic National Defense General Staff (GEETHA), Admiral Evangelos Apostolakis (right).

Israel's Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Gadi Eisenkot has visited Greece for an official meeting with the chief of the Hellenic National Defense General Staff (GEETHA), Admiral Evangelos Apostolakis.

An official ceremony was held at Andravida Air Base on October 31 for the disbandment of 339 ‘Aias’ Mira, one of the two locally based F-4E (AUP) Phantom II squadrons belonging to the Hellenic Air Force’s 117 Combat Wing.

The “Parmenion” annual national defence exercise wrapped up on Thursday in eastern Rhodes in the presence of Defence Minister Panos Kammenos, Chief of the Hellenic National Defence General Staff, Admiral Evangelos Apostolakis, the chiefs of all branches of the Greek defence forces, and regional administration staff.

Serbia on Wednesday became a part of European Union's HELBROC (Balkan) battlegroup, which consists of Romania, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece and Ukraine.

The chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, Joseph F. Dunford, expressed Washington's desire to strengthen bilateral cooperation with Greece and to further upgrade the American base at Souda Bay on Crete during his meeting Thursday in the US capital with the Chief of the Hellenic National Defense General Staff, Admiral Evangelos Apostolakis.

The chief of the Hellenic National Defense General Staff (GEETHA), Admiral Evangelos Apostolakis, and his Turkish counterpart Hulusi Akar on Wednesday agreed to keep "an open channel of communication" to curb tensions in the Aegean.