Red Sea attacks

The vessel was sailing from Argentina to Aden with a cargo of grain and 23 crew members onboard, including five Greek nationals

The Operation Commander will be Commodore Vasilios Griparis, and the Force Commander will be Rear Admiral Stefano Costantino, while the headquarters will be based in Larissa, Greece

Recent figures from Greece's largest port, Piraeus, reveal a notable uptick, with 1,042 reservations for cruise ship arrivals in 2024, marking a substantial 37.11% increase from the previous year.

The fall impacted two piers at the port of Piraeus managed by Cosco Shipping Ports (piers II and III)

CEO Petros Pappas said the decision cannot legally be imposed on previously agreed and currently active charters

The discussion about conflicts is becoming a recurrent feature in today’s world. Almost two years have passed since the beginning of the war in Ukraine. Hostilities continue and there is no prospect of an agreement to bring them to an end. The situation in the Middle East looks similarly grim. The October 2023 terrorist attack […]

The vessel was identified as the Marshall Islands-flagged Star Nasia, a bulk carrier

Greek forces reportedly manning AA missile system in Saudi Arabia; F-16s participating in multinational exercises

The European Union’s defense ministers last week agreed to field an operation, code-named “Aspides”, in the Red Sea against rebel Houthi attacks on shipping.

French multi-task aircraft Breguet Atlantique arrived in Crete as EU plans active military presence in Red Sea

The EU is planning to field a military presence, primarily naval vessels, in the Rea Sea to protect shipping lanes and commercial vessels from attacks by the north Yemen-based Houthi rebels

Defense ministry sources denied the numbers cited, while stressing that retirement requests are unrelated to the HN frigate's participation in operation “Prosperity Guardian”