A Turkish mayor announced that he will become a suicide bomber and will blow himself up among Greek soldiers. The man wannabe-kamikaze Tansu Ozcan is the mayor of Bolu, north-western Turkey, elected with the ticket of Kemalist opposition party CHP. “I am even becoming a suicide bomber against Greece. As …

Members of the Greek Armed Forces were deployed to act as “supportive crowd” in the production of the Hollywood War Film EXPENDABLES 4 last November in Thessaloniki, northern Greece. Now they claim that they have not be paid even one euro for “being used for the purposes of a film …

Greek military court for the two Greek soldiers who were arrested in Turkey and remained in custody for 5.5 months. Second Lieutenant Angelos Mitretodis and Sergeant Dimitris Kouklatzis will have to testify to a military court about about the circumstances that they led to their arrest by Turkish soldiers last …

It was 3:19 Wednesday morning when the state airplane landed at the airport of Thessaloniki. On board were Greek soldiers Aggelos Mitretodis and Dimitris Kouklatzis, who touched again Greek soil after 167 days in Turkish custody. Second Lieutnant Mitretodis and Sergeant Kouklatzis exited the airplane wearing military uniforms and not …

The two Greek soldiers, Mitretodis and Kouklatzis, in Turkish custody since March 1st are to be set free in the next hours. According to preliminary information, the unexpected move has surprised also the soldiers’ lawyers who were supposed to submit one more release request. Τhe news was first reported by …

The news about the two Greek soldiers in the hands of Turkish authorities are not promising.  Information leaked by court sources in Greece’s neighboring country indicates that lieutenant Aggelos Mitretodis and sergeant Dimitris Kouklatzis are facing a prison sentence of up to two years. Although officially no charges have been …

A Turkish court has ruled to keep in custody the two Greek soldiers who were detained in Turkey on March 1st. It is the sixth release request the soldiers’ lawyers have submitted. So far no charges have been pressed, the Greek soldiers remain in high security prison in Edirne, North-Western …

A group of mothers gathered outside the Turkish Consulate in Thessaloniki on Monday and demanded the immediate release of the two Greek soldiers in Turkish custody since March 1. Holding the pictures of Dimitris Kouklatzis and Aggelos Mitretodis, the group requested a meeting with the Turkish Consul. Their request was …

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras met with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg on Wednesday on the sidelines of a European Council meeting in Brussels, where they discussed the FYROM name deal and the issue of the two Greek soldiers in custody in Turkish prison fro more than 110 days and without …

For one more time, Turkish authorities rejected the request to release the two Greek soldiers in custody for the 111st consecutive day and without charges. Lieutenant Aggelos Mitretodis and non-commissioned officer Dimitros Kouklatzis were taken to the court of Edirne from the high security prison in the same area. they …

A court in Edirne, North-West Turkey, has rejected the third petition to release the two Greek soldiers in custody in high security prison and without pressed charges on the 84th consecutive day. The court rejected the petition filed by the soldiers’ lawyers with the argument they had no permanent residence …

Greek Foreign Minister, Nikos Kotzias, met with US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo at the Department of Sate in Washington on Monday. Regional issues, especially those in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Middle East, Cyprus, Turkey were high on the agenda, while also the issue of two Greek soldiers in …

Turkey’s Foreign Ministry on April 26 rejected a statement by EU Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker on the detention of two Greek soldiers in Turkey.  “With these remarks … EU authorities lose their credibility and reliability day by day,” Foreign Ministry spokesman Hami Aksoy said in a statement. Aksoy’s remarks came …

A Turkish court rejected the third release requested submitted by  the lawyers of the two Greek soldiers in custody in high security prison for 55th consecutive days. For the time being the prosecutor has not raised charges against the soldiers who accidentally entered into Turkish soil on March 1st. The …

With overwhelming majority the European Parliament approved in favor a resolution calling on Turkey to swiftly complete the judicial process and release the two Greek soldiers in high security prison of Edirne since March 1st and without raised charges. 607 out of a total 632 present MEPs voted in favor …

The President of the European Commission, Jean Claude Juncker labeled Turkish claims that the two Greek soldiers being held in a prison in Adrianople posed a threat “ridiculous”, French news agency AFP reported. The President of the European Parliament, Antonio Tajani was in total agreement with the EC President. Speaking …

The Plenary of the European Palriament has compiled a motion for a resolution “on the violation of human rights and the rule of law in the case of two Greek soldiers arrested and detained in Turkey.” It calls for the Turkish government to immediate release the two Greek soldiers and …

The ongoing case of the two Greek soldiers in Turkish detention since March 1st will be debated in the Plenary of the European Parliament in Strasbourg on Tuesday. The debate comes after  initiatives by the fractions of the Europe United Left and conservative European People’s Party. The debate will include …

This is apparently Greece’s new tactics towards Turkey: “calling names.” After Prime Minister  Alexis Tsipras called Recep Tayyip Erdogan “sultan,” his coalition government partner, Panos Kammenos said the Turkish President  “a madman.” ANEL leader and Defense Minister, Panos Kammenos, pulled the trigger of the escalation in the bilateral issues and …

The Good Week started in Greece with the continuation of the war of words with neighboring Turkey, in new high tones. Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras sent a strong-worded response to Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who for one more time linked the case of the two Greek soldiers with the eight Turkish …