The executive director of the Hellenic American Leadership Council., Andy Zemenides recently wrote about the situation on Cyprus, with the northern part so many decades under the yoke of Turkish occupation and oppression.The opinion piece published in ekathimerini has been forwarded to us and we reprint it here with the utmost respect for the writer, fellow journalists, and our readers.
Everyone in the government's financial staff is touting their belief in a rebound after ten years of memoranda and the subsequent pummeling brought on by the pandemic. The recent oversubscribed exit to markets and the upgrade of the country's ratings by agencies has bolstered this optimism. But since the Greek people have undergone a host of trials and tribulations one has every right to feel apprehensive about any “good news” being peddled by politicians.
The rumored choice of the Belharra frigates as the new acquisition of the Navy brings with it certain parameters that can change the game in the eastern Mediterranean. The new data brought by the Belharra are based on the sensors and weapons they can carry, which at least in terms of the aviation environment in which the Navy will now be able to conduct area air defense satisfying a long-standing need.