Tag Archives: terror

Greece’ Police and the National Intelligence Service have been set on alert following the terror attack in Moscow last Friday and the mounting concerns among Western security and intelligence agencies. The Hellenic Police and the National Intelligence Service (EYP) have jointly decided to intensify checks at the country’s entry points, …

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Greece’s National Security Governmental Council (KYSEA), the country’s top decision-making body on foreign affairs and defense matters, discussed on Thursday the Hamas’ terrorist attacks in Israel and the situation in the Gaza Strip, along with their effects on Greece and the wider region, the government spokesman said. The emergency meeting, …

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Greece’s government spokesman, Pavlos Marinakis, left open the options for the tragedy in Libya where three members of the Armed Forces and two civilians were killed in what is attributed to a road accident on Sunday. “First of all let me express my sorrow for the loss of these five …

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No “suspicious” passenger was found on the Emirates plane that was forced to return to Athens International Airport accompanied by F-16 fighter jets following a security alert on a “suspicious terrorist passenger” by a US intelligence agency. Short after Thursday midnight and two hours after Flight EK209 landed in Athens, …

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Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and the Foreign Ministry expressed their profound shock and full solidarity with Austrian people following the terror attack in Vienna on Monday night. Mitsotakis said that he had spoken with Chancellor Sebastian Kurz. Shocked by the horrific attacks in #Vienna. I have conveyed to @sebastiankurz our …

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In a big counter-terror operation against the organization “Revolutionary Self-Defense” police raided several houses in Athens, arrested two men and one woman and discovered an arsenal of weapons, Greek Police announced on Saturday. In the operation that started on Friday, 13 homes have been reportedly raided and 15 people questioned …

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US Ambassador to Athens Geoffrey Pyatt and UK’s Ambassador Kate SMith joined their voices and conveyed their disapproval of the Prison Council decision to grant a 48-hour furlough to convicted 17 November terrorist Dimitris Koufodinas. Pyatt posted on Twitter also a The U.S. ambassador to Greece on Koufodinas’ furlough [17N …

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A Greek mother and her two children are among the injured in Barcelona terror attack. The father is in good health, Greek media report citing the Greek Consulate in Barcelona. According to state broadcaster ERT TV, the children are slightly injured. No further details have been leaked, so far. Later, …

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Shocking footage from the first moments terrorists went into a pub in Borough Market and started stabbing on people on Saturday night. Thirty seconds of horror. In the footage, a man is heard yelling at people to move upstairs. A man is heavily bleeding, a woman, probably a police officer, …

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Eight-year-old Saffie Rose Roussos is among the 22 victims of who lost their lives in the terror attack in Manchester Arena on Monday night. This is what Cypriot and Greek media report Tuesday afternoon. An uncle of the girl has reportedly confirmed the death of little Saffie and informed the …

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At least 22 people, including children, have been killed and 59 injured in a suicide bombing at a crowded pop concert in Manchester, the most deadly attack in Britain in a decade. Police say attacker died after detonating ‘improvised explosive device’ in foyer of concert hall. The horror unfolded at …

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More than 60 shots were fired from automatic weapons at the gate of the German ambassador’s residence in Chalandri suburb of north Athens. The gunfire took place at 3.30 a.m. on Monday, nobody was injured. Ambassador Wolfgand Dold was inside the residence. According to Greek anti-terrorism police, the guard at …

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