The Minister of National Defence Mr Nikolaos Panagiotopoulos briefed today the members of the Standing Committee for National Defence and Foreign...
Yesterday afternoon, it was discovered, during the service’s change of command procedure, that military equipment is missing from the Service of Naval...
"At the election of 7 July 2019, the Greek people gave a clear and powerful mandate to New Democracy and to the Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis to...
On Friday, 19 July 2019, the Minister of National Defence Nikolaos Panagiotopoulos, accompanied by the Chief of Hellenic National Defence General...
On Wednesday, 17 July 2019, the Minister of National Defence Nikolaos Panagiotopoulos participated as a speaker in the Economist's 23rd Roundtable...
Q: Can you tell us about the situation in Halkidiki and the initiatives your Ministry has undertaken?
N. PANAGIOTOPOULOS: Look, right now, the two...
The Minister of National Defence, Evangelos Apostolakis, on Monday 1 July 2019, in the framework of the Annual International Summer Seminar 2019 -...
On Wednesday, 26 May 2019, the Minister of National Defence Evangelos Apostolakis met at the margins of the Meeting of NATO Ministers of Defence in...
"Good morning,
as you can see, we are here today, the political and military leadership, the Chief HAGS and all the Chiefs, on a day that makes us...
“We are here, in Tatoi, with the Chief of Hellenic National Defence General Staff and the Chief of Hellenic Air Force General Staff, at the induction...
“Today I went to the US Department of Defence, in the Pentagon, where I met the acting Secretary of Defence Mr Shanahan. We had a constructive...
On Monday 20 May 2019 the Minister of National Defence Evangelos Apostolakis went to Keritis River, near Alikianos village of the Chania Prefecture,...
“Ladies and gentlemen,
I participated here, today, along with the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Katrougalos, the Joint Meeting of Foreign Affairs...
The Minister of National Defence Evangelos Apostolakis participated in the annual EXPOSEC -DEFENSEWORLD CONFERENCE 2019, making the keynote address on...
On Tuesday, 7 May 2019, the Alternate Minister of National Defence Panos Rigas made an address at the 7th ANNUAL EXPOSEC-DEFENSEWORLD CONFERENCE,...
The Minister of National Defence Evangelos Apostolakis represented the Government at the event for the celebration of Saint Georgios, the Patron of...
"We are here these Holy days with the Chief of Hellenic National Defence General Staff and the Chief of Hellenic Army General Staff to see the mission...
"Mr. Speaker,
Ladies and Gentlemen, Members of Parliament,
The core of our bill is welfare for Armed Forces personnel of every category, rank, and...
The Alternate Minister of National Defence Panos Rigas, during the debate at the plenary session of the Hellenic Parliament about the Bill of the...
Q: Mr. Minister, I would like your opinion about the message of "MEDUSA", which has been taking place continuously since 2015.
E. APOSTOLAKIS: We are...
Mr. Speaker,
Ladies and Gentlemen, Members of Parliament,
After the first session of this Committee and today's hearing of stakeholders, I think the...
On Monday, 15 April 2019, the Alternate Minister of National Defence Panos Rigas, during the presentation of the bill "Regulations with Regard to...
“Mr Speaker,
Ladies and gentlemen, members of the Parliament,
I do not intend to bore you or respond to the challenge of Mr Georgiadis, because I...
“We have come here, in Ro island, today, together with the Chief HNDGS and the Military Commander of the region, on the occasion of the visit of Mr....
On Friday, 12 April 2019, the Minister of National Defence Evangelos Apostolakis, in the context of his visit in Crete, visited Sitia region, which...
Memorandums of Understanding and Cooperation on the real estate development of the Ministry of National Defence by the Local Administration have been...
On Wednesday, 10 April 2019, the Minister of National Defence Evangelos Apostolakis attended a press conference for the organisation of the defence...
On Tuesday, 9 April 2019, the Minister of National Defence Evangelos Apostolakis visited the Hellenic National Defence College, where he addressed the...
"It is a great honour and a great pleasure to attend the United Nations Peacekeeping Ministerial Conference.
We have had the opportunity to discuss...
The following article of the Alternate Minister of National Defence Panagiotis Rigas was published by the ETHNOS TIS KYRIAKIS newspaper (9-10/03/2019)...
“Honourable Ministers,
Honourable Members of the Alliance member-states,
It is a great honor for me to be here today, at the Hellenic Parliament,...
The Minister of National Defence, Evangelos Apostolakis, on Friday 1st and Saturday 2nd March 2019, participated in the works of the IV DELPHI...
On Saturday, 2 March 2019, the Alternate Minister of National Defence Panagiotis Rigas delivered an address to the Delphi Economic Forum.
The...
The Alternate Minister of National Defence Panagiotis Rigas attended the New Year’s Pie Cutting Event of the Hellenic Manufacturers of Defence...
“I came here today, as directed by the Prime Minister, so as to help the Region, in an effort to restore what we can of the caused damages. I am...
JOURNALIST’S QUESTION: Can you make an assessment of the outcome of the contacts you had during these two days at the NATO Defence Ministers meeting?
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“Mr President,
Ladies and Gentlemen MPs,
It is an honour to address the plenary session of the Hellenic Parliament for the first time as the...
On Wednesday, 06 February 2019, the Alternate Minister of National Defence Panagiotis Rigas stated the following from Xanthi:
"The Prime Minister's...
"I would like to thank in particular the military reporters for their presence here today. This is a presentation we prepared quite a few days ago. I...
«Officers, NCOs, Privates, Seamen, Airmen, Civilians and National Guardsmen,
For the year 2019, I would like to extend to you my most heartfelt...
The Alternate Minister of National Defence, Panagiotis Rigas, in a statement today, Friday 14 December 2018, on ERT 3 in Thessaloniki referred to the...
The Minister of National Defence, Panos Kammenos, accompanied by the Chief HAGS, Lieutenant General Alkiviadis Stefanis, visited the Sacred City of...
“On the feast day of the Presentation of Virgin Mary to the temple, I would like from the depth of my heart to wish you, officers, NCOs, conscripts,...
Today, we honour the Heavenly Defenders and Taxiarchs of Orthodoxy, we honour the Great General of the Heavenly Hosts, Archangel Michael, the Patron...
The Minister of National Defence Panos Kammenos met with the Minister of Defence of the Russian Federation, Sergei Shoigu, within the framework of his...
The Alternate Minister of National Defence, Panagiotis Rigas, in a statement he made to journalists on Thursday, October 25th 2018 referred to the...
On Sunday, 14 October 2018, the Deputy Minister of National Defence Maria Kollia-Tsaroucha went to the Thessaloniki War Museum, where she gave an...
The Alternate Minister of National Defence Panagiotis Rigas, and the Deputy Minister Maria Kollia – Tsaroucha, accompanied by the Chief of the...
The Deputy Minister of National Defence Maria Kollia-Tsaroucha delivered a speech and attended the final stage of “PARMENION-2018” exercise on Friday,...
The Minister of National Defence Panos Kammenos met at the Pentagon with the US Secretary of Defence James Mattis, within the framework of his...