Greece 2.0: Final Race for €6.7bn – 123 Milestones Must Be Cleared Within Days
Skertsos and Papathanasis take stock of the Recovery Plan at today’s Cabinet meeting – August 31 deadline puts Greece’s final RRF payment in focus
Skertsos and Papathanasis take stock of the Recovery Plan at today’s Cabinet meeting – August 31 deadline puts Greece’s final RRF payment in focus
Athens is moving a Patriot battery from Karpathos to Crete, while the return of another unit from Saudi Arabia is under review
Athens is considering either a short extension or the return of its Patriot system, as defense planners reassess air-defense needs amid a rapidly changing Middle East security landscape
The deputy minister outlined new measures for working mothers, workplace equality and protection from gender-based violence
From marine parks to renewable energy, Ankara is widening the dispute as Athens moves to strengthen its footprint at sea
Greece is moving on two tracks: restarting the Great Sea Interconnector while taking Turkey’s marine parks dispute international
Athens is on heightened alert following reports that Tehran has considered US military targets in Cyprus and Bulgaria – Greek fighter jets remain deployed in Cyprus, Souda Bay is moving to the centre of defence planning, and Greece is examining its options for strengthening the missile-defence shield across NATO’s southeastern flank
Athens is preparing for the resumption of marine surveys for the Great Sea Interconnector – France’s Meridiam has changed the equation, the Kasos precedent remains unresolved, and the crucial question is what happens if Ankara once again challenges a project of strategic importance to Greece, Cyprus and Europe
Athens is preparing for the post-RRF era – Greece’s 2026-2030 National Development Programme mobilises around €23 billion for infrastructure, regional development, digital transformation, artificial intelligence and green investment – The real challenge is maintaining investment momentum once the extraordinary flow of EU recovery funds comes to an end
Greece’s defence minister outlines a radical transformation of the Armed Forces: fewer top-heavy structures, smaller and more agile units, drone training for conscripts, Greek-made counter-UAV systems and a new model of deterrence for 21st-century warfare
Turkish military activity surges over the Aegean, with seven F-16s, two of them armed, a CN-235 and four UAVs – Greek fighter jets scrambled to intercept them, with one engagement recorded
Ankara is seeking to turn the improvement in Turkish-Egyptian relations into a new geopolitical architecture – The Mecca Agreement, the Turkey–Saudi Arabia–Pakistan axis and why Cairo is unlikely to abandon Athens and Nicosia
“Europe does not lack savings — it lacks the mechanisms to turn them into investment” — Eurogroup president calls for larger banks, cross-border consolidation and simpler rules to finance Europe’s next growth cycle
The crew is already training in Lorient as the second Greek FDI HN enters the final stretch. October 30 is the target date for delivery, with “FORMION” and “THEMISTOCLES” to follow.
The “attack on one is an attack on all” clause raises a critical question for Athens: could Saudi Arabia be obliged to support Türkiye in a Greek-Turkish confrontation, despite Greece’s strategic ties with Riyadh and its deployment of Patriot systems to defend the Kingdom?
France’s infrastructure giant Meridiam has officially joined the Great Sea Interconnector (GSI) as the majority shareholder, marking a major breakthrough for the Greece–Cyprus electricity interconnection project. Valued at €1.9 billion, the strategic project is considered one of the European Union’s eight priority “Energy Highways” and is expected to reshape the energy landscape of the Eastern Mediterranean.
At the extraordinary EU Justice and Home Affairs Council, Greek Migration Minister Thanos Plevris presented Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis' proposal for a European emergency framework allowing temporary asylum suspension and rapid returns during large-scale hybrid migration attacks such as those seen in Ceuta and at the Evros border in 2020.
At the extraordinary EU Justice and Home Affairs Council, Migration Minister Thanos Plevris proposed a European emergency framework allowing the temporary suspension of asylum applications and accelerated returns in cases of mass migration weaponization, citing Ceuta and the 2020 Evros border crisis.
Source: POLITICO Europe | The European Commission has launched its most ambitious artificial intelligence infrastructure initiative to date, aiming to establish seven AI Gigafactories across Europe, mobilize €30 billion in investment, and strengthen the bloc's technological sovereignty in the global AI race.
The government is preparing to adopt a new Special Spatial Planning Framework for Tourism that introduces stricter limits on large-scale developments in saturated destinations, stronger coastal protection, and a new sustainability-based classification system for tourism areas.
The UN Secretary-General’s visit to Nicosia aims to turn confidence-building measures into a genuine political process. His separate meetings with Nikos Christodoulides and Tufan Erhürman, the private dinner and Wednesday’s joint meeting will reveal whether there is sufficient ground for meaningful negotiations—or whether partition is becoming entrenched. The European Union may not formally sit at the table, but it is an indispensable part of any viable settlement.