Greece Says Turkey Must Lift War Threat to Get Access to EU Defence Funds ATHENS (Reuters) -Turkey must lift a 30-year old war threat against Greece if it wants Athens to consent to Ankara ...

Turkey will press European allies which plan to sharply ramp up their defence spending to ease restrictions that now require ...

Since both Turkey and Greece ... respective defense spending to 5 percent of GDP in order to meet a more tumultuous threat climate. Athens’ drive to allocate exorbitant funds to its Achilles ...

They claim that Crete, a huge island with very important NATO presence and an American base in Souda – again, should belong to Turkey." The defense minster said Greece’s tense relations with ...

On April 2, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced in parliament that the country will invest €25 billion as part of a 12-year defense ... both Greece and Turkey enforce territorial ...

27, 2024, in Istanbul, Turkey. (Chris McGrath/Getty Images) ISTANBUL — Turkey and Greece have concluded a ... military officers, and defense officials – reviewed ongoing CBMs agreed in ...

He added that, in order to save funds, the government would be abolishing 130 military barracks. Greece, a member of NATO, ...

The new plan aims to modernize Greece's armed forces as the country emerges from a decade-long financial crisis and tries to keep pace with the defense advances of its neighbor and historical rival, ...

ATHENS, May 22 (Reuters) - Turkey must lift a 30-year old war threat against Greece if it wants Athens to consent to Ankara accessing European Union defence funds, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos ...

ATHENS (Reuters) -Turkey must lift a 30-year old war threat against Greece if it wants Athens to consent to Ankara accessing European Union defence funds, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said ...