Alexandroupolis

On Monday, Greece approved the asylum request of one of the group of eight Turkish soldiers who fled to Alexandroupolis after the failed coup attempt in Turkey in July. He was the co-pilot of the helicopter that landed in the Greek...

A 30-year-old man suspected for being a fighter of the Isis Jihadist Group; was arrested on Thursday in the northern Greek town of Alexandroupolis. According to local news sources, the man confessed that he actively took part in ISIS’s operations in...

On Friday, a small private plane crashed north of Komotini, near the Greek-Bulgarian border. Two crew members were aboard the CT2K-type aircraft when it disappeared from radar, after it took off from Alexandoupolis airport. Its final destination being an airport...

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras was the person of honor in the ceremony of Epiphany in the port of the northeastern city of Alexandroupolis on Friday. Archbishop of Alexandroupolis Anthimos cast the holy cross in the water and dozens of...

Greek President Prokopis Pavlopoulos, who inaugurated the Greek Institute of Thracian Research in Alexandroupolis, sent a message to Turkey that Greece seeks good relations, but in matters concerning our national laws and the application of international law, it is...

Egnatia Odos, one of Greece's longest and newest national highways, is to be sold for 100 million euros, when its construction cost was 6.5 billion euros, according to a newspaper report. Efimerida ton Syntakton newspaper says that the privatization of...

The hearings for the asylum claim of the eight Turkish military personnel who fled to Greece after the failed coup attempt in Turkey began on Friday with the first officer. Turkey has accused the eight men for participating in the...

Ankara is pressuring Greece for the extradition of the eight military officials who arrived in Alexandroupolis, northern Greece, after the attempted coup in the neighboring country. The attorney general's office in Istanbul sent the extradition request to the Turkish...

The eight Turkish military officers who fled to Greece after the coup attempt in the neighboring country received an extension to their application for asylum. The eight asylum seekers, accompanied by their lawyers, appeared before the Greek asylum service and...

The Alexandroupolis first instance court on Monday has granted a three-day postponement in the trial of eight Turkish military men who fled to Greece after the coup attempt in Turkey. The eight men are charged with illegally entering the country...