The 11th Thessaloniki Book Fair (TBF), will be held from 8 to 11 May 2014 at the Helexpo Exhibition Centre. Israel will be the Guest of Honour for 2014, while the cultural programme will also include a thematic exhibition entitled “Books about Europe”.
According to Israeli sources the IDF and the Ministry of Defense decided to close the military attaché office in Switzerland this summer. Concurrently, it was decided to open a new military attaché office in Greece, as a counterweight to the decline of defense relations with Turkey.
.So far, the military attaché in Italy was also responsible for transactions and security relations in Greece, but Athens will now get a permanent military attaché who will address security relations between the two countries
The decision was not accepted without controversy within the defense establishment, since Switzerland traditionally buys Israeli security means in larger amounts than Greece
The IDF and the Ministry of Defense said in response that "the deployment of foreign military attaché is determined depending on an overall assessment of the situation, consists of needs, resources, and other relevant elements
Greek, Israeli, and US military personnel are meeting in Crete, Tuesday to kick off Noble Dina 2014, a two-week, trilateral exercise in the Mediterranean Sea.