Over 5,500 police officers are being deployed across Greek capital Athens for the events of November 17, when Greeks will honor the 49th anniversary Students’ Uprising against the military junta. The 3-day events start on Tuesday at the Athens Polytechnic School in downtown Athens next to the National Museum and …
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EXPENDABLES 4: Greek soldiers & officers demand compensation
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 …
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Greece confuses “Christmas” with mass-protests, deploys 5000 police officers
4,000 to 5,000 police officers will be deployed over Christmas Eve and Day to ensure that Greeks comply with the strict coronavirus measures and do not violate the lockdown restrictions. Drones and helicopters will assist the dystopian concept of the Greek government that is not able to deal neither with …
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Greece deploys hundreds of policemen to Evros as tension with Turkey rises
Greece is deploying 300 to 400 officers from across the country to Evros river at the land border with Turkey to bolster local forces. These officers are members of riot police, crime combating units and border guards who will patrol mainly in Ferres, the Ardas river and in Tychero. At …
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Greek Defense Ministry dismisses “troops deployment on Aegean islands”
Greece’s Defense Ministry has dismissed reports on Greek websites that additional troops have been deployed on the islands of the Eastern Aegean Sea amid high tension with Turkey. “Recent posting on Greek websites that troops have been deployed to the islands of the Eastern Aegean Sea do not correspond to …
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PM Tsipras calls on extra Gov’t Council meeting to explore tension in East Mediterranean
Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras interrupted his pre-elections campaign on Sunday and called for an extraordinary meeting of the Government Council for Foreign Affairs and Defense (KYSEA). According to reports, the meeting will focus on developments in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea and Turkey’s drilling activities in the Exclusive Economic Zone of …
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Germany to deploy soldiers from Incirlik after Ankara’s insistence to deny access
Berlin has no choice but to withdraw the deployment of German soldiers from the strategic air base in Incirlik, in Southeast Turkey, German foreign minister Sigmar Gabriel said on Monday. The statement comes during an official visit of the German foreign minister to Turkey and short after Prime Minister Binali …
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USA moves nuclear weapons from Incirlik Air Base in Turkey to Romania
The story sounds kind of hard to believe: Super-power USA is abandoning the Middle East and plans to transfer some 50 tactical nuclear weapons (TNW) stationed in the air base of Incirlik in Turkey to European Romania? In an exclusive report, EU affairs website EurActiv.com quotes “sources” who claim the …
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UPD EU’s Army: New Border & Coast Guard has right to intervene even if a Member is “unwilling to take necessary measures”
The European Union, the European Council and the European Parliament agreed on a new border and coast guard to better manage migrant arrivals after more than a million people came to the EU since last year. The official aim of the Border and Coast Guard is to strengthen its external …
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