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INTRACOM Defense Electronics: Additional $ 18 mil Contract for PATRIOT. More than € 320 mil Export Contracts since 2006

INTRACOM Defense Electronics (IDE), the largest defense electronic and communication systems manufacturer in Greece, further extends its cooperation with Raytheon.…

Issuing Credible Natural Gas Linked Bonds

By Constantinos Hadjistassou*, PhD In attempt to stave off bank runs the President offered as a reward to depositors not…

Analysis: Turkish perception versus reality

Despite Erdogan’s statements that PM’s apology “satisfied Turkish expectations,” Israel only apologized for operational mistakes. There was something Hassan Nasrallah-like,…

To bail-in, or not to bail-in: that is the question (now for Cyprus)

There is an intense debate on the possibility of bailing-in bank shareholders and lenders of troubled financial institutions (ie forcing…

‘Greek’ Expectations: broaching the case for a European Exclusive Economic Zone

The idea of a European Exclusive Economic Zone (EEEZ) is still at an embryonic stage. Europe is yet far from…

Framing the Environmental Debate of Hydrocarbons

By Constantinos Hadjistassou, PhD In light of the current dire economic situation that Cyprus has drifted into, the Aphrodite natural…

Greece and France to sign defence agreement: Le Drian

French defence minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said on Thursday that Greece and France will sign a defence collaboration agreement, following…

IDEX 2013 Greece maintains good defence ties with the UAE and believes both countries have a strategic interest in further bolstering that relationship, Greece’s Minister of National Defence has said.

Panos Panagiotopoulos, whose country is a key participant in IDEX 2013, said Greece and the UAE have common interests to…

U.S.-Turkey Relations: A New Partnership

The Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) a notable U.S. think tank, published a report about the U.S. – Turkey Relations.…

The Al Qaeda Presence in Africa

by Papadopoulos Ilias, Master in International Relations & Strategic Studies Al Qaeda presence has increased in the aftermath of the…

Defense council gives green light for purchase of F-16 parts

The Greek Government Council of Foreign Affairs and National Defense (KYSEA) on Wednesday approved the purchase of 69 spare parts collections for engines for the military’s F-16 Block 52 aircraft, at a cost of 183.7 million euros. The order will be placed in the context…

Greek soldiers leave Afghanistan

The Ministry of Defence of Greece completed the withdrawal of its units in Afghanistan. A special battalion left Kabul with all its equipment, said the ministry statement. The mission of the Greek contingent in Afghanistan began February 17, 2002 has ended. The Ministry of Defence…

Greece and France to sign defence agreement: Le Drian

French defence minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said on Thursday that Greece and France will sign a defence collaboration agreement, following reports that Athens would borrow navy frigates from Paris. “This (broader) agreement will further include a more specific one, to cover the operational needs of…

Analysis: Turkish perception versus reality

Despite Erdogan’s statements that PM’s apology “satisfied Turkish expectations,” Israel only apologized for operational mistakes. There was something Hassan Nasrallah-like, Ismail Haniyeh-ish, in the way Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu stepped up to numerous microphones over the past two days…