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Greece aiming to strike strategic balance in Persian Gulf Greece’s role in the evolving conflict environment surrounding Iran and the broader Persian Gulf region reflects a careful and deliberate balance between active engagement and strategic restraint.
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PoliticsForeign Policy
Athens balancing diplomacy and defence amid Middle East turmoil The escalating conflict environment in the Middle East - with Iran and the Gulf at its centre, as well as its indirect spillover into other active fronts such as the Russia–Ukraine war - is creating a dense and increasingly difficult set of challenges for Greece.
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PoliticsForeign Policy
Greece positions itself as a pillar of European and NATO security The recent escalation in the Middle East and Greece’s rapid operational response have renewed attention on the European Union’s mutual defence framework, while simultaneously highlighting Athens’s strategic role within both NATO and the broader regional security architecture.
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PoliticsGreek Politics
PM unveils 300 mln support package, pairing economic relief with major defence upgrade The government moved on two fronts on Monday, announcing a 300-million-euro package of targeted support measures while simultaneously approving a 5-billion-euro defence programme designed to strengthen Greece’s deterrent posture amid escalating tensions in the Middle East.
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PoliticsGreek Politics Opposition politicians express concern as Greek air defence is deployed in Iran war The first confirmed use of Greek military hardware in the Iran war has pushed Athens into an unexpectedly prominent role in the unfolding crisis.
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PoliticsGreek Politics
Government unites in rejecting Hormuz deployment as PM advocates fiscal escape clause The government in Athens has categorically rejected through the most senior channels the possibility of a military deployment in the Strait of Hormuz, echoing the common response of European leaders to calls from US President Donald Trump.
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PoliticsForeign Policy
Strait of Hormuz tensions test EU unity and Greece's strategic limits The possible participation of Greece in a naval force with a European core to protect tankers in the Persian Gulf, as they pass through the Strait of Hormuz toward the Arabian Sea, has been widely discussed in the Greek public sphere.
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PoliticsGreek Politics
Boosted by polls, PM uses Iran war to reassert control, shut down election and reshuffle talk As the Iran conflict sends tremors through European security and global energy markets, Kyriakos Mitsotakis is using the moment to project a message of steadiness, readiness and long‑term purpose.
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PoliticsForeign Policy
Greece and Cyprus gain strategic weight amid Middle East turmoil The ongoing conflict in the Middle East is highlighting the growing strategic importance of Cyprus and Greece within European and NATO security frameworks.
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PoliticsGreek Politics
Security, prices and stability top political agenda as government deals with Iran fallout Greece is confronting a fast‑moving crisis on three fronts, as the war in Iran sends shockwaves through European security, global energy markets and domestic politics.