Problems in the troubled railway network of Greece are far from over despite the Greek government promises after the deadly train collision a month ago. Friday noon, and the rail track for the Suburban train Proastiakos in Patras were found to be broken. The train driver refused to continue and …
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FM Dendias interrupts Mt Athos visit after health incident
Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias suffered an incident of low blood-pressure, while he was attending the liturgy in a church of Mount Athos. Dendias was standing in the Holy Monastery of Xenophon short after 7 o’ clock Thursday morning when he felt dizzy and fainted thus falling to the floor and …
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Diplomatic incident between Greek MPs and Turkish Defense Minister at NATO meeting
Τones went high and tension between the Turkish Defense Minister and Greek MPs prevailed with the Minister to leave the NATO meeting fuming. The serious diplomatic incident took place during the NATO Parliamentary Assembly Committee in Istanbul on Tuesday. “Demilitarize the islands” the MoD said. “You have no right to …
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Warning shots during incident between Greek Coast Guard and Turkish fishing boat
An incident involving a Turkish fishing boat and a Greek Coast Guard patrol vessel took place northwest near the island of Oinousses in Greek waters early Tuesday evening, the Hellenic Coast Guard reported on Wednesday. According to the Greek Coast Guard, one of its patrol vessels approached the Turkish fishing …
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USAFE F-15E lands safely in Larissa after losing canopy during flight
An USAFE F-15E fighter jet was able to land safely at the Larissa Air Base in central Greece after a mishap during a NATO exercise dubbed Operation Castle Ford. According to local media, the F-15E lost its canopy over an unpopulated area of Kozani, western Macedonia and sought permission for …
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Turkey “denies” overflight permit to aircraft with Greek FM flying Baghdad-Athens
Turkey delayed to grant overflight permission to the Greek government airplane carrying Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias from Baghdad to Athens and kept the aircraft in the air circulating for an additional 20 minutes over the Iraqi-Turkish borders on Wednesday night. According to media reports, the airplane requested clearance from Turkish …
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At least 12 dead when migrants boat sinks off Paxos island in Ionian Sea
The bodies of 12 people have been recovered from the sea after a boat carrying migrants sank 13 nautical miles south-west of the island of Paxos in the Ionian Sea short after 9 o’ clock on Saturday morning. Twenty-one migrants have been rescued, so far. It is not known how …
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Moria: Shockingly vulgar verbal attack by policeman at elderly migrant (video)
Recorded footage with the disgraceful swearing and bulling against an elderly migrant woman in the camp of Moria on the island of Lesvos has been widely circulating on social and mainstream media and websites on Saturday. Many Greek declare that they feel utterly “ashamed.” The scene takes place after the …
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Turkish warships harass Cypriot fishing boat in international waters
Two Turkish warships harassed a Cypriot fishing boat on Thursday and forced it back to Cyprus after threatening to arrest the crew, media report. The Cyprios fishing boat belonging to the company ‘Ta Psarokaika’ on Thursday, while the vessel was in international waters, company head Aristos Aristeidou told Cyprus News …
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Turkey claims “commandos have removed the Greek flag from an Aegean islet”
The official Ankara claims the Turkish Coast Guard has illegally landed on a Greek islet in the eastern Aegean Sea and took down a Greek flag. Speaking to reporters in Istanbul, Turkish prime minister Binali Yildirim said “There was an attempt to plant a Greek flag on an uninhabited rocky …
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Greek forces fire warning shots at Turkish helicopter on low flight over Ro island
One more serious incident of increasing Turkish provocation: A Turkish Coast Guard helicopter flew low over the Greek small island of Ro in the south-east Aegean Sea on Monday night. Greek ground forces had to fire warning shots in the air before it left. According to state broadcaster ERT, the …
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Greek police arrests attacker at Iranian embassy incident
Greek police arrested an Iranian national who stabbed an embassy staff member in Psychiko suburb of North Athens last week. Police arrested the 47-year-old man in Keratsini suburb of Piraeus on April 1st, five days after the attack. The man claimed towards police that he was hearing “God’s voice telling …
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Incident at Greece -Turkey borders, Greeks arrest one Turkish citizen
Greek soldiers arrested a Turkish citizen who illegally entered the country through the border crossing of Kastanies. Turkish soldiers fired in the air the prevent 3 Turks from entering Greece. According to preliminary media information, the three Turkish citizens tried to enter Greece on foot in the early morning hours …
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Video footage shows the moment the Turkish boat rams the Greek patrol boat at Imia
Footage shot from two separate security cameras on patrol boat GAVDOS of the Greek Coast Guard show the moment it was rammed by vessel UMUT of the Turkish Coast Guard in the sea area around the Imia islets in East Aegean Sea last Monday. Video A Video B Patrol boat …
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Did Turkish Coast Guard prohibit Greek Defense Minister from approaching Imia?
Greek Defense Minister Panos Kammos sailed to the islet of Imia on Sunday to pay respect to the three Greek pilots lost their lives when an Augusta Bell Helicopter fell into the sea during the Imia conflict on 28 Janaurary 1996. Officials pictures and videos released by the defense Ministry …
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Turkish coast guard boat bumps on Greek Navy gunboat off Imia islet
A patrol boat of the Turkish Coast Guard bumped on gunboat “Nikiforos” of the Greek Navy off the islet of Imia in the eastern Aegean Sea on Wednesday. Nikiforos was on routine patrol near the islet, Ankara claims it belongs to Turkey. The incident occurred in the Greek territorial waters. …
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Distomo: Ex Parliament Speaker blocks German ambassador at Nazi massacre memorial
It was a moment of embarrassment for German ambassador, local dignitaries and anti-Nazi hero Manolis Glezos at the memorial ceremony in the village of Distomo where Nazi massacred 218 men, women and children on June 10 1944. Ambassador Peter Schoof was about the lay a wreath at the memorial, when …
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Golden Dawn MP verbally and physically attacks New Democracy MP in Parliament VIDEO
An unprecedented incident took place in the Greek Parliament earlier on Monday. At least one Golden Dawn MP verbally and physically attacked the leader of the parliamentary group of New Democracy. The incident occurred in front of the cameras as the debate carried out at the economic parliamentary committee on …
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Turkey demands conviction of Greek pilot, €1mn compensation 20 years later after incident
Ten years after? No! Twenty years later! Turkey demands life sentence for a Greek pilot over alleged jet downing during a dogfight in 1996 that cost the life of a Turkish pilot. Turkish prosecutors demand two aggravated life sentences for a Greek pilot who allegedly downed a Turkish F-16 jet …
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UPD Turkish Coast Guard threatened to arrest fisherman sailing in Greek territorial waters (video)
A patrol boat of the Turkish Coast Guard patrol boat threatened to arrest a Greek fisherman sailing in Greek terrirotail waters off the islands of Oinousses near Chios. Only the intervention of a gunboat of the Greek Navy managed to avert a real escalation between the two countries. Turkey has …
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