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Alexander Itimoudis argued that Greece had entered a period of reorganization of its military machine due to the increased threat from Turkey. He linked the effort to rationalize tax collection with the need to fund the development of the Greek defense industry. According to him, Turkey had a larger military industry and continued to invest in it, even at the expense of its citizens' living standards. He mentioned that the external debt of the two countries was 590 billion and 564 billion respectively, but that Turkey's debt corresponded to a smaller percentage of GDP due to its larger economy. He added that a country must be able to mobilize resources, borrow, and produce military material to respond to a potential conflict. Itimoudis stated that since Greece was still not competing with Turkey in numbers, it was investing in qualitative force multipliers. These included the Air Force and Navy, satellite data, and system interoperability through the "Achilles Shield," digitization in Belhara frigates and F-35s, exercises with Israel and Egypt, as well as cooperation in the field of intelligence with Israel and the acquisition of systems such as Spike NLOS and Spice. He also emphasized that, in his opinion, a country should be able to transfer expertise between the political sector and the military industry. He argued that Greece remained trapped in small businesses that were not innovative and in economic activities such as catering and tourism, which he deemed inadequate for resource mobilization in the event of a conflict. According to Itimoudis, Greece's actions since 2019 aimed to address the growing power disparity with Turkey. He said that rapid structural changes were required but faced intransigence both within and outside the state, and he urged readers to calmly confront what they heard and read, arguing that it did not reflect the actual situation. #Ελλάδα #Τουρκία #ΠολεμικήΒιομηχανία (translated)

The strengthening of the interconnection between defense, research, academia, and industry is essential for building resilience, technological excellence, and strategic autonomy. The Ministry of Defense firmly believes that innovation is a strategic pillar of national security, said Defense Minister Vasilis Palmas, speaking at the EUDIS Defence Hackathon 2026. #καινοτομία #εθνικήασφάλεια #Άμυνα (translated)

Defense Minister Vasilis Palmas emphasized at the EUDIS Defence Hackathon 2026 event that innovation is a strategic pillar of national security, while highlighting the importance of collaboration between defense, research, and industry for the development of potential technological solutions. #καινοτομία #εθνικήασφάλεια #Άμυνα (translated)

The Ministry of Defense believes that innovation is a strategic pillar of national security. The importance of organizing efforts to enhance defense technology and collaboration among research, academia, and industry was highlighted in the speech by the Minister of Defense, Vassilis Palmas. #EUDISDefenceHackathon #ΑμυντικήΚαινοτομία #ΤεχνητήΝοημοσύνη (translated)

In the joint press conference at the headquarters of the Commission, Mr. Bolat requested that Turkey be treated as a partner or an equal partner "from the outset" in the Industrial Accelerator Act and in "Made in EU", citing the industrial integration achieved over three decades of Customs Union, particularly in the automotive industry. #Τουρκία #ΕΕ #Εμπόριο (translated)

The Government Observatory reported that Greece, while representing less than 5% of European pharmaceutical production in 2018 and being an importer, had developed a domestic pharmaceutical industry over the past seven years. According to the post, there were now 51 production units and 31 research and development centers operating in the country. The author noted that Greece exported pharmaceuticals to 147 countries and that these were the country's first exported industrial product, with a value of 2.75 billion euros. He added that investments exceeding 1.8 billion euros were underway, with Arcadia evolving into a pharmaceutical center. He cited examples such as Demo's investment in Tripoli amounting to 356 million euros, ELPEN's investment in Arcadia and Attica totaling 350 million euros, as well as investments by FARAN in Tripoli and Rontis in Larissa, totaling 180 million euros. According to the post, Greece was approaching 15% of European pharmaceutical production and would soon cover nearly 40% of European demand for penicillin-based medications and 35% for oncology drugs in Greece. The Government Observatory also claimed that the growth of the sector created jobs for thousands of Greek scientists and attributed this trajectory to the incentives of the investment clawback, which, it stated, was established by a government law. #ΦαρμακευτικήΒιομηχανία #Εξαγωγές #Ελλάδα (translated)

The Proper Greek Analyst criticized publications from Kontra, Eleftheros Typos, Political, and Dimokratia, arguing that they presented as a Greek success an exception that would pave the way for a reduction of fuel taxes or investments amounting to 1 billion euros. He described the coverage as misleading and said it confused two different requests. According to him, the government's request for temporary reductions in the Special Consumption Tax or VAT on fuels not to be counted toward the deficit was rejected. He argued that such measures would directly support citizens and businesses and that they had been implemented without requests to the Commission from 11 EU countries. He also cited a Reuters publication regarding the rejection of requests from Greece and Italy for greater fiscal flexibility. On the contrary, he mentioned that a request for exemption from fiscal rules on spending for energy projects had been accepted. In his post, this possibility did not concern only Greece: a Commission announcement dated 18/8/26, with code C/2026/4514, stipulated an exemption of up to 0.6% of GDP cumulatively over two years for countries that would apply. He estimated that this corresponded for Greece to 1.56 billion euros, with an GDP of 260 billion euros at current prices in 2026, and not the 1 billion euros that, as he wrote, the government planned to allocate. The Proper Greek Analyst added that Italy's request, which, according to ANSA, concerned 0.6% of GDP or 14 billion euros, was expected to be approved by Monday. He contrasted this amount with the 0.38% of GDP or 1 billion euros attributed to the Greek plan. For Greek projects, he mentioned grants of 200 million euros for energy storage batteries from renewable sources, 320 million euros for railroad safety and expansion projects, 200 million euros for heat pumps and solar water heaters for 100,000 beneficiaries, 117 million euros for energy upgrades of 109 public buildings and universities, 50 million euros for photovoltaics, batteries, and heating systems for 10,000 beneficiaries, 50 million euros for carbon capture and storage in industry, and 45 million euros for 246 school units. He stated that, beyond the subsidies for households, the remaining projects would not directly benefit citizens. #Ελλάδα #ενέργεια #δημοσιονομικά (translated)

Speaking to the newspaper "Politis", the Minister of Energy, Commerce and Industry, Michalis Damiouris, stated that the issuance of the maritime directive is expected to lead to the release of the Cypriot contribution, amounting to 25 million euros, to the GSI. #Ενέργεια #NAVTEX #Διασύνδεση (translated)

How can you claim to have a nuclear industry if you do not have the starting point of the process? The nuclear industry is the driving force of science and technology. The threats from the U.S. against Iran's nuclear facilities are "nothing new," Eslaami stated, emphasizing that enrichment is "an integral part" of the nuclear program and "we are not going to abandon it." #Ιράν #ΠυρηνικήΕνέργεια #ΔιεθνείςΣχέσεις (translated)

In the specification of the new intervention amounting to up to 95 million euros for the support of the Greek industry against the increased energy costs, which was announced yesterday by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis from the podium of the General Assembly of SEV, the ministries of Environment and Energy and National Economy and Finance proceeded. #ΕνεργειακόΚόστος #Βιομηχανία #Επιδότηση (translated)

The Greek government announced a new subsidy of up to 95 million euros to support the industry against rising energy costs, with conditions for investments in sustainable technologies and compliance with the European state aid framework. #ΕνεργειακόΚόστος #Βιομηχανία #Επιδότηση (translated)

Papdim referred to what Rubio said, who argued that "nationalism" had become a negatively loaded term. According to Rubio, this had led to the demolition of monuments, the condemnation of history, and teaching children to be ashamed of their countries. He also said that countries had opened their borders, moved their industry abroad, and let their armed forces decline. #Εθνικισμός #Ιστορία #Ταυτότητα (translated)

KatiApoZebra wrote that the Prime Minister announced an electricity subsidy of 95 million euros for industrialists. She commented that the support aimed to prevent the industrialists from starving and from being blackmailed by their workers. #επιδότηση #ρεύμα #βιομηχανία (translated)

Thus, today we can take the next step, utilizing the margins of state aid, the new European framework that gives us this flexibility, is a temporary European safety net against the impacts of the crisis with a direct subsidy for electricity - this will concern sectors such as cement, food, paper, plastics - but also the additional support for energy-intensive businesses beyond the compensation for emissions. It is an intervention that is estimated to remove a total burden of 95 million euros from productive - production overall. The utilization of the European framework for flexibility in state aid in order to reduce energy costs in industry was announced by Kyriakos Mitsotakis. #Οικονομία #Βιομηχανία #Επιδότηση (translated)