{"id":10544,"date":"2026-06-13T15:59:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-13T12:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/?p=10544"},"modified":"2026-06-13T15:59:00","modified_gmt":"2026-06-13T12:59:00","slug":"greece-joins-the-european-safe-program-for-defense-and-security-in-the-mediterranean","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/?p=10544","title":{"rendered":"Greece joins the European SAFE program for defense and security in the Mediterranean"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>     Greece has signed the agreement to participate in the European funding program <strong>SAFE (Security Action for Europe)<\/strong>, strengthening its cooperation with the European Union in the field of defense and security. <\/p>\n<p>     The SAFE program places particular emphasis on the development of technologies related to <strong>surveillance<\/strong>, <strong>cybersecurity<\/strong> and countering modern threats. <\/p>\n<p>     For Greece, participation in the program takes on special significance due to its geographical location and the EU\u2019s increased interest in stability in the Eastern Mediterranean. <\/p>\n<p>     At the same time, Athens is seeking to strengthen its position in European defense programs by advocating for greater participation in joint funding and technology development initiatives. <\/p>\n<p>     This development was announced in a post on Platform X by the EU Commissioner for Defense and Space, <strong>Andrius Kubilius<\/strong>, who published the agreement signed with the Greek side. <\/p>\n<p>     According to the announcement, Greece\u2019s participation in the SAFE program is expected to strengthen the country\u2019s defense capabilities in the <strong>Mediterranean<\/strong> region through investments in <strong>strategic surveillance<\/strong>, <strong>secure communications<\/strong> and <strong>drone<\/strong> countermeasure systems. <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"> Another strong milestone for #SAFE\ud83c\uddea\ud83c\uddfa and European security \u2014 we just signed the SAFE agreement with Greece.<\/p>\n<p>It will help \ud83c\uddec\ud83c\uddf7 enhance its defense capabilities in the Mediterranean region through investments in strategic surveillance, secure communications, and counter-drone technologies. pic.twitter.com\/sbx6c2PBYZ     <\/p>\n<p>     \u2014 Andrius Kubilius (@KubiliusA) June 13, 2026 <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h3>     Andrius Kubilius\u2019s message <\/h3>\n<p>     The European Commissioner stated:\u00a0<span style=\"font-size: 16px\">\u201cAnother major milestone for SAFE and European security\u2014we have just signed the SAFE agreement with Greece. It will help Greece strengthen its defense capabilities in the Mediterranean region through investments in strategic surveillance, secure communications, and drone countermeasures.\u201d<\/span> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\n    Greece has signed the agreement to participate in the European funding program SAFE (Security Action for Europe), strengthening its cooperation &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10545,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10544","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10544","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10544"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10544\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/10545"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10544"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10544"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10544"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}