Alexandroupolis

Greece is trying to avoid tension with Turkey over the extradition of the eight military men who allegedly participated in the coup attempt and sought asylum on Greek soil. Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu has said that Ankara has demanded...

The Hellenic Police has dismantled a 32-person drug ring that includes three low-rank army officers, a fire department contract employee and a policeman. All people arrested on charges of drug trafficking are Greek nationals aged 22-57 years. The large-scale operation...

The Olympic Flame for the "RIO 2016" Summer Olympic Games arrived on Sunday evening at the city port of Alexandroupolis. A local children's choir sang anti-war songs such as John Lennon's "Imagine" as the Sacred Light was carried by...

Over 700 migrants and refugees have arrived in Kastelorizo over the past few days, as traffickers have found a passage on the island. The small local community of Kastelorizo, which consists of about 200 people, has raised concerns regarding...

Greek farmers have left Athens after massive protest rallies outside the Greek Parliament during the weekend and returned to the roadblocks on national highways across Greece. Farmers protest against proposed security fund and tax reforms that affect their sector. They...

Three men of Iraqi origin holding British passports have been arrested in Alexandroupolis, northern Greece, near the border crossing with Turkey for illegal possession of firearms and ammunition. The men were hiding the guns in a mobile home and another vehicle....

Greek police are investigating the two jihadist terrorist suspects who were arrested in Alexandroupolis on Thursday while trying to cross to Turkey. One of them is believed to be "Maximus," a man known to European authorities as a possible...

A woman of Swiss-Egyptian nationality was arrested and detained at the police headquarters in Alexandroupolis on Thursday, on suspicion she has links with ISIS. The woman was arrested while trying to cross the Greek border to Turkey with her four-year-old...

Students from a public experimental elementary school in Alexandroupolis, northern Greece, won the first prize in the European e-Twinning competition in the category for children aged 4 to 11 years, with their project Powerfulnaturekingdom.et, implemented in cooperation with the...

SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras on Sunday sternly attacked Prime Minister Antonis Samaras and Bank of Greece (BoG) governor Yannis Stournaras at his address to his party's meeting in Alexandroupolis, northern Greece. Tsipras called Samaras "Prime Minister of the cafe,"...