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Major reforms in Greece’s Armed Forces: Increased pay, restructuring, and new conscription rules

45 camp mergers, underground fortifications, increases for conscripts

Military service in the Air Force and Navy will be abolished – Starting in 2026, all conscripts will serve only in the Army

Major changes in military service and new pay rules for soldiers are coming. Units will be merged, laws will be updated, and the armed forces will have a new structure announced by the Ministry of National Defense

Mitsotakis takes a hardline stance on national issues — Slams ‘Twitter diplomacy’

Greece will never accept any grey zone theory, the Prime Minister stressed, underlining that the Greek veto on the prospect of Turkey's membership in the SAFE programme remains on the table

Mitsotakis’ interview on SKAI

We are not seeking mediators for our issues with Turkey. As long as Turkey insists on maintaining the casus belli, it will not be allowed to join the European defense program. We are inviting Libya to engage in talks with Greece on the delimitation of the continental shelf and the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ). There is no issue regarding the sovereignty of our islands," emphasized the Prime Minister in his interview on SKAI

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