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Mitsotakis sends message to Turkey from Kastellorizo: We threaten no one, but we will not accept threats — €5,000 incentives to settle on the remote island
Permanent annual salary incentive of €5,000 for civil servants, security forces personnel and military personnel serving on the island — a special annual settlement and residency incentive of €5,000 per household, tax-free and protected from seizure, increased by €1,000 for each minor child
Greek PM meets Macron in Paris after diplomatic messages to Turkey, with Kastellorizo and Saudi Arabia to follow
Mitsotakis heads from Paris to Kastellorizo and Brussels before an October visit to Saudi Arabia for the EU-Gulf summit, balancing French energy investment, trilateral ties with Egypt and Cyprus, and Gulf diplomacy amid Turkish tension
Turkey begins building 60,000-tonne aircraft carrier as Greece boosts navy
As Turkey pushes ahead with its hybrid drone-carrier programme, Athens has signed the Rome agreement for two Italian FREMM frigates, due in 2028 and 2029, alongside a contracted 20 F-35A jets and modernised MEKO ships
What Israeli-designed “Achilles Shield” entails for Greece, former intelligence officer reveals
Athens is not simply buying David’s Sling, Spyder and Barak MX. For the first time, it is creating a single, multi-layered network that will see, assess and respond to different threats as one integrated system. Israeli analyst and former intelligence officer Dan Feferman explains exclusively to Proto Thema why the agreement signals something far larger […]
Greece will not accept instructions on defence from anyone, prime minister says
During talks in Athens, Kyriakos Mitsotakis briefed European Council President António Costa on Turkey's recent escalation of provocations in the Aegean Sea, insisting Ankara's European path must be matched by genuine good-neighbourly relations with Greece
Erdogan pulls the rope tight again: The new “Casus Belli” over the islands following the Greece–Israel deal—and Athens’ response
The Turkish president is once again demanding the demilitarization of the Greek islands and making clear hints that could even imply military action. Athens is responding by strategically strengthening its defenses
Moves by Ankara over F-35s: Deal signed with lobbying firm linked to Trump
Ballard Partners will receive $200,000 per month to provide government relations, strategic consulting and representation services, as well as to brief Ankara on developments in Congress
Greece–Cyprus Cable: The “Formula” for Restarting the GSI and the Role of French Company Meridiam
The formula under consideration calls for more active involvement by Meridiam, which is expected to notify the countries in the region, including Greece and Turkey, by letter about the work required for the project’s implementation to move forward
