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IDF Brig. Gen. (res.) Yair Kulas (right) and Theodoros Lagios, director-general of the Greek General Directorate for Defense, at the signing of the largest-ever defense procurement agreement between Israel and Greece, April 18, 2021. Credit: Hellenic Ministry of Defense.

Israel and Greece sign $1.6 billion defense agreement

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Israel and Greece announced on Sunday the signing of a defense cooperation agreement worth approximately 5.4 billion shekels ($1.6 billion). The agreement includes the establishment of a flight training center for the Hellenic Air Force,...
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis addresses viewers in an online ceremony of his country's assuming the one-year presidency of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance on April 1, 2021. Source: Screenshot.

Greece assumes presidency of International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance

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Greece has assumed the rotating presidency of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance for one year, taking over the position from Germany. The Greek Foreign Ministry said in a statement that the country “is deeply committed to promoting...
Boats on the Bosporus Straits near Istanbul, May 15, 2011. Credit: Adam Jones via Wikimedia Commons.

Turkey protests Israel, Greece and Cyprus for undersea cable plans

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Turkey formally protested an agreement reached by Israel, Greece and Cyprus to build an undersea electricity cable connecting their power grids, reported Turkey’s state-run Anadolu Agency on Monday. Ankara sent a diplomatic note to the Greek and...
Israeli Energy Minister Yuval Steinitz and Cypriot Energy Minister Natasa Pilides at the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in Nicosia, Cyprus, regarding the construction of an undersea power cable connecting the two countries' power grids, as well as that of Greece, March 8, 2021. Source: Twitter.

Israel, Cyprus, Greece to link power grids via undersea cable

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Israel, Cyprus and Greece signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Monday regarding a project to link their power grids via the construction of the world’s longest and deepest undersea power cable. The project, called...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meeting with Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis in Jerusalem on Feb. 8, 2021. Credit: Haim Zach/GPO.

In Jerusalem, Netanyahu and Greece’s Mitsotakis discuss tourism, EastMed pipeline

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met on Monday with Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, who was visiting Jerusalem to discuss bilateral relations and the resumption of tourism between the countries. “We’ve just discussed a green...
A Beechcraft T-6 Texan II training aircraft. Credit: Elbit Systems.

Greece, Israel to sign largest-ever defense procurement deal

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Greece has approved Israel’s bid for a 20-year, $1.68 billion defense contract for the establishment of a flight school for the Hellenic Air Force, Israel’s Defense Ministry announced on Monday. The defense procurement agreement,...
Flag of Greece. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Greek court convicts newspaper publisher for defaming Jewish leader

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A Greek court convicted a newspaper publisher of hate speech and defamation for running an op-ed that called a Jewish community leader a thief. The Athens Court of Justice of First Instance last month levied...
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Erdoğan: Turkey ‘will not compromise’ over its claims in Mediterranean

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Turkish President Tayyip Erdoğan said on Wednesday that Turkey would not back down regarding its claims to energy exploration rights in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. “We will not compromise over what belongs to us. …...
Turkey's Oruç Reis research vessel. Source: ekathimerini.com.

Germany tries to calm rising Greece-Turkey tensions in eastern Mediterranean

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German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas visited Greece and is also scheduled to visit Turkey on Tuesday in an effort to calm rising tensions between the two countries over energy resources in the eastern Mediterranean,...
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Israel says it backs Greece in standoff with Turkey in Mediterranean

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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Thursday that only “dialogue and negotiation” can solve its dispute with Greece over energy exploration in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. “The path to a solution in the eastern...