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August 18, 2026
A four-day operation led by Greece and Spain and supported by Frontex has targeted hidden, undeclared cash being flown out of the EU. Operation Aerial Cash Routes took place at Madrid’s Adolfo…
Sponge divers off the Greek island of Antikythera pulled a corroded bronze lump from a Roman-era shipwreck in 1901. It turned out to be a hand-cranked mechanical computer with at least 30 precisely…
Jet2 (LS) refused boarding to a Leeds family at Rhodes International Airport (RHO) after their 6 year old daughter vomited once while they waited at the gate. The post £1,000 Nightmare as Jet2 Stops…
A private helicopter crashed into the sea near the Greek island of Sifnos, killing three people on board, according to Greek authorities.
August 17, 2026
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Three people have been killed after a private Bell 206 helicopter crashed shortly after take-off on the Greek island of Sifnos in the Aegean Sea on Monday evening. The helicopter was carrying a…
An Irish teenager electrocuted in Greece has died after an apparent electrical shock while taking a shower at a family... Read More »
Wildfires are raging in Spain, France, Greece, Croatia and Germany. The EU is reinforcing its fleet with new Canadair DHC-515s, while a new aircraft signals the future of aerial firefighting.
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August 16, 2026
American Airlines launched six new nonstop transatlantic routes in 2026, connecting US hubs with Edinburgh, Budapest, Prague, Athens, Zurich and Milan
August 15, 2026
The Rafale has racked up export success: Egypt, India, Qatar, Greece, Croatia and the UAE turned a scorned programme into a global best-seller, securing production and funding…
August 14, 2026
Before the blade fracture in the engine of a Ryanair Boeing 737-800 over Greece, which caused a window to burst in flight and a passenger to be partially pulled out of the aircraft, that same…
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An engine failure with debris release on a Boeing 737-800 passenger aircraft led to a serious incident over Greece on 10 July 2026. According to the preliminary…
The engine of a Ryanair Boeing 737-800 that suffered a serious in-flight failure over Greece in July had been involved in five suspected bird-strike incidents before the fracture…
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The route to the Catalan capital will launch in October and compete directly with Aegean Airlines and Vueling.
The route to the Catalan capital will begin in October and will compete directly with Aegean Airlines and Vueling.
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August 13, 2026
Not recognizing Athens' flight information region [FIR] due to an unresolved territorial dispute in the Aegean Sea, Turkey is…
A Greek aerospace startup is developing an aircraft that could change the way wildfires are fought from the air. The project, called Quencher, envisions an aircraft…
With sales of twenty-six Rafale M jets to India, two Scorpène submarines to Indonesia, a fourth defence and intervention frigate to Greece, H225M Caracal helicopters to Morocco, of…
Special Operations units, which are usually assigned unconventional tasks and missions that exceed the capabilities of conventional military forces, tend to…
August 7, 2026
International Airport of Heraklion Crete SA (IAHC), the company behind the new Heraklion international airport in Crete, has awarded Indra, in consortium with Greek firm ATESE…
August 6, 2026
An ancient Greek bronze computer solved a celestial puzzle that wouldn't be mathematically described for another thousand years. The post The Moon does not cross the sky at a steady speed, and the…
For now, the Greek army has still not chosen the armored vehicle model on which the modernization of its mechanized infantry will be based, as this issue becomes increasingly…
August 4, 2026
Greece too, as part of an extensive procurement program for its armed forces, plans to acquire, among other things, three new Embraer C-390 Millennium transport aircraft to replace the now…
August 3, 2026
ATHENS, Greece – August 3, 2026 – To expand national space infrastructure and domestic industrial capabilities, Greece’s Ministry of Digital Governance and Artificial Intelligence unveiled the…
Two crew members were killed after two firefighting helicopters collided mid-air in Greece on August 3, 2026, while… The post Two firefighting crew killed after helicopters collide in Greece…
Did you know that 5% of meteorites that fall to Earth are pieces of pure iron? Our ancestors, who had discovered this, knew how to make use of it even before inventing…
The Bell aircraft, owned by McDermott Aviation, were battling a fire near Porto Germeno in Greece when the rotor of one appeared to strike the underside of the other, causing the lower helicopter to…
August 2, 2026
Two firefighting helicopters collided while battling wildfires west of Athens. One of the helicopters crashed, killing its crew.
Two Bell 214ST helicopters collided during a wildfire-fighting mission in Greece. Two people died
A mid-air collision between two firefighting helicopters battling a fierce forest fire in western Attica triggered a major search and rescue operation on Sunday. PSATHA, Greece — The incident…
Two Bell aircraft taking part in firefighting operations in the Attica region collided in mid-air during
