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“Turkey has become a travel agency for jihadists, transports them to several areas of tension in the broader area,” Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias said during a meeting with visiting Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov. Dendias was referring Turkey’s “export” to Syria and Nagorno-Karabakh. He stressed that Turkey has neo-ottoman expansion …

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President Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned Europeans that “Turkey could release all the ISIS  prisoners and send them to Europe, together with millions of refugees and migrants.” Erdogan’s threats are Turkey’s response to the EU sanctions over Cyprus. Speaking to reporters before his visit to the United States, Erdogan also said …

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Greek security officials have been placed on high alert due to concerns that Islamic State jihadists who have escaped from North Syrian prison may seek their repatriation in Europe, using Greece as a bridge. In cooperation with the Europol, the Greeks will try to tighten security in the country’s land …

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A Greek court on Friday handed 15-year prison sentences to two suspected jihadists with Swedish passports trying to enter Turkey carrying combat items, a local justice source said. The suspects’ lawyer said the men, who have refugee status in Sweden, would appeal against the sentence. They will remain incarcerated until …

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The EU joint police agency, Europol, will deploy a team of anti-terror experts to Greece in an attempt to single out potential jihadists among the 58,000 refugees and migrants stuck in the country, France24 reports. The team of 30 European experts will land in Athens by 20 August and travel …

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The USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier arrived in Crete in the early morning hours of Tuesday and docked at the Souda base,  giving its 5,500 crew members a Greek island break after seven months at sea and over 2,000 missions launched against Islamic State targets in Iraq and Syria. …

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A joint operation between Greek authorities and USA Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) led to a real catch: 26 million drug pills estimated worth 13 million euro were found in a cargo ship hidden among loads of towels and table clothes. The cargo ship had left a port in India and …

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European police agency Europol has deployed a team of undercover agents across Greece’s migrant registration centers, or hot spots, with the aim of stopping the infiltration of ISIS operatives and curbing the activity of other criminal networks. A total of 10 undercover officers have been deployed on the islands of …

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More than 15,000 tractors on the country’s highways, some 50 blockades of customs points and highway toll spots: Greece’s farmers are furious about the upcoming Pension Reform and their hikes in social security contributions as well as what they claim their planned overtaxation. They throw eggs and burn SYRIZA flags, …

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“Some Jihadists have entered Europe along with the waves of refugees,” Greek interim Minister for Migration Policy, Yannis Mouzalas said on Monday. To a relevant question by private Star TV, Mouzalas replied that “It would be foolish to say No” and added: “I think that the secret services of European …

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For a second time within a couple of weeks, Greek Defense Minister and leader of coalition government junior partner Independent Greeks, Panos Kammenos warned that if the European Union keeps undermining the coalition government and the country exit or is forced to exit the Euro “waves of migrants: will stream …

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UPDATE: Belgian authorities requested the extradition of a Algerian man who was among the detainees, Greek media reported Sunday evening. According to Euronews, Belgian authorities had said that there was no connection between the man and the mastermind of the foiled terror plot in Vervries, they later asked the Greeks …

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