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A man in Greek custody wanted by Turkey on terrorism charges will not be extradited, an Athens court ruled on Tuesday. Forty-eight-year-old Turkish national Naci Ozpolat was among a nine-strong group of suspected radicals detained by Greek counter-terrorism police late...

The holding of two Greek soldiers in Turkey for mistakenly crossing the countries' ill-marked land border has raised fears the pair could face a lengthy period of imprisonment without trial. Lawyers for Lieutenant Aggelos Mitretodis and Sergeant Dimitrios Kouklatzis who...

The Aegean is heating up. Out of ten results produced by googling the words “Greece” and “Turkey” together, eight are related to current or past conflicts between the Aegean neighbors. In the meantime, four Turkish warplanes were reported in Athens’...

A Greek graphic designer and activist has vowed to continue his criticism of the Turkish government’s human rights record despite a ruling by a Turkish court banning his work. The designer, operating under the moniker @JoDiGraphics, has been targeted by...

An outspoken aide to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has lambasted Greece, saying any conflict over the Aegean would be like "a fly picking a fight with a giant". Yigit Bulut made the comment on Turkish television as tensions between...

  Thirty-three Turkish aircraft violated Greek airspace and broke international aviation rules in the first 12 days of February, more than a third of the same number for January alone. According to data from the Hellenic National Defence Forces General Staff,...

  Turkey's president issued a thinly-veiled threat against Greece and Cyprus on Tuesday amid a series of incidents in the Aegean and Mediterranean seas. Recep Tayyip Erdogan was addressing lawmakers from his ruling party in Ankara when he said: "Opportunistic attempts...

Former NATO Commander James Stavridis has told Greek Reporter in an exclusive interview that the Aegean islets of Imia, whose sovereignty is disputed by Turkey, "are Greek and they will remain Greek forever". Speaking on the sidelines of the Leadership...

Turkish state media reported on Wednesday that Ankara submitted final files to the EU to obtain visa-free travel for Turkish citizens to the Schengen zone, including Greece. The official Anadolu news agency in Ankara reported that Turkish EU ambassador, Faruk...

  A Greek court on Tuesday postponed a ruling on extraditing a terror suspect -- one of a group of nine detained late last year -- to Turkey. Forty-eight-year-old Naci Ozpolat was one of nine Turkish citizens arrested in December shortly...