Launch of First Submarine Built in Greece

The Pipinos, the first submarine constructed in Greece, was launched on Monday in the Skaramangas shipyard of western Athens.

The christening of the Pipinos was attended by Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras, Deputy Prime Minister Evangelos Venizelos, Defense Minister Dimitris Avramopoulos, Shipping Minister Miltiadis Varvitsiotis, Chairman of the Greek Parliament Evangelos Meimarakis, Minister of Public Order Vasilis Kikilias, Deputy Minister of National Defense Fofi Gennimata and Archbishop Ieronymos.

Samaras used the occasion to exhibit how the government continues to have the will and power to safely lead the country into the post-crisis era.

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