Ministry of National Defence

Greek Defence Minister Panos Kammenos greeted US President Barack Obama at the Athens International Airport, Tuesday morning and relayed his quick conversation with the US commander in chief in an interview to radio station “Real FM”. Kammenos said Obama told him it was his personal choice to visit Greece on his last trip as President.

Head of ANEL party, and Greek Defence Minister Panos Kammenos said the country’s economy would return to growth after Easter.

The head of the junior party in Greece’s ruling coalition, Independent Greeks (ANEL) leader and Defence Minister Panos Kammenos, warned in an interview with “RealNews” on Sunday that if the institutions “insisted on unreasonable demands”, then early elections could possibly be conducted.

Two Turkish fighters violated Greek airspace flying over Kalolimnos while Greek Minister of Defence Panos Kammenos was also flying over Imia in order to commemorate the three heroes of the Navy who lost their lives 20 years ago during the Imia crisis.

Defense minister: "Vucic most in danger, army will protect him"

According to estimates of security services Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic is the person most in danger, and the army is "absolutely ready to protect him."

Combative Defence Minister Panos Kammenos, the leader of the rightist junior party in the current moribund Greek government coalition, was met by angry local residents on the eastern Aegean island of Kos, with several hurling … eggs, bottles and verbal abusse his way!

Defence Minister Panos Kammenos met with Israeli Ambassador Irin Ben-Abba Vitale on Monday. The latter extended an official invitation by the Israeli Defence Minister for Kammenos to visit Israel from July 19-21.

National Defence Minister Mircea Dusa on Monday participated in the meeting of the Foreign Affairs Council and in the works of the Steering Board of the European Defence Agency, on which occasion he said that, in the current security context, "the cooperation with the North Atlantic Alliance is the development of military capabilities area is very important."

The multinational training exercise with live simulation and live fire exercises SARMIS-15 will be carried out over May 15-June 6, in the Brasov garrison and at the Land Force Combat Training Center in Cincu.

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The National Defence minister, Mircea Dusa is going to visit on Tuesday the Fetesti 86 Airbase in order to assess the stage of the rehabilitation and modernization works of the aircrafts' runways, a press release by the relevant ministry informs.

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