Sunday, April 17, 2011


Albanian media, "concerned" about the militarization of Greece in Balkan

Greece, billions to be armed


Top Channel TV

Greece is one of the five largest customers in the world in terms of the purchase of military weapons in the period 2005 -2009.
The International Research Institute for Peace in Stockholm, in a report published military budget of all countries in the World Day against Expenditure for the purchase of weapons.

According to the report, the amounts spent on armaments from Athens in the last 30 years make up 1 / 3 of Greek colossal debt, in other words about 100 billion euros, ranking it in fifth place, behind China, India, South Korea and the United Arab Emirates.


Specifically mentioning the fact that Greece continues to spend on armaments a higher percentage of GDP from each EU member country, despite last year has reduced military spending due to economic crisis.

The report notes that the amounts on armaments have been a growing tendency in the past 15 years, when Greece has increased purchases mainly from Germany and France.


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