podlist.gr

The Greek Current
The Greek Current

Greece's Alexandroupoli hosts the largest transfer of US military equipment

On Friday the northern Greek port city of Alexandroupolis hosted the largest transfer of US military equipment through the port to date as part of the Atlantic Resolve 2021 exercise. US Ambassador Geoffrey Pyatt, who was in Alexandroupoli along with Greek Defense Minister Nikos Panagiotopoulos and other officials, said that the ever-growing volume of military activity at the port city underscores its expanding strategic role and importance for Greece, for the US and the wider region. In another sign of the growing importance that US-Greek relations have acquired, we saw the first delivery of M1117 armored security vehicles from the US to Greece  and Kathimerini reported that the US is planning to invest $33.5 million at Larissa Air Base. Vassilis Nedos, Kathimerini’s diplomatic and defense editor, joins The Greek Current to break down these key developments.

Read Vassilis Nedos’ latest report in Kathimerini: ​​US to spend $35 mln on Larissa base

You can read the articles we discuss on our podcast here:

Upgrade of Alexandroupoli port underscores strategic relationship between Greece and US

Ambassador Pyatt’s Remarks at Atlantic Resolve Distinguished Visitors Day

Greece’s Alexandroupolis Hosts “Largest Shipment of US Equipment in History”

Cyprus says will continue East Med gas exploration, rebuffs Turkey

Planned Amazon investment is ‘vote of confidence’ in economy, says PM

Mitsotakis and Amazon Εxecutives Discuss Planned AWS Local Zone Investment

Πηγή: http://www.hellenicleaders.com/

Περισσότερα επεισόδια

Greece on the cusp of creating two major marine parks

At the 9th Our Ocean Conference in Athens last year, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced that Greece would create two marine parks that would raise the extent of Greece’s marine protected areas to 30 percent. Last year’s announcement also led to objections from Turkey, adding a geopolitical angle to this discussion. Now, reports indicate Greece is about to pass legislation to make this...

Greece and Egypt turn to Libya amid new concerns over the Turkey-Libya maritime deal

Reports that Eastern Libya's parliament is considering endorsing the 2019 maritime agreement between Turkey and the Tripoli-based government in Libya that attempted to split the eastern Mediterranean between the two - and at the expense of neighboring countries - is sounding the alarm in Greece and Egypt. Sean Mathews, a journalist for the Middle East Eye covering the Middle East, North Africa...