Greek Soldiers

The parents of the two Greek soldiers being held in Turkey for illegally crossing into the country last week have appealed to the Greek authorities to do more in order to secure their release. Nikos Mitretodis, father of Lieutenant Aggelos...

NATO and Turkey are locked in an unhappy marriage, and Greece's security is paying the price. Since the start of the year, Greece's military has recorded dozens of airspace violations by Turkish aircraft. Added to this has been an escalating war of...

Pupils at a primary school in a town near Thessaloniki have created postcards with messages of support for two Greek soldiers being held in a Turkish prison. The messages from the pupils at Evosmos read: "Do not be afraid boys,...

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...

Two Greek soldiers arrested for illegally crossing into Turkey last week have had their request for bail rejected. Lawyers filed a demand for the two men's release from custody until a trial date is set for Lieutenant Aggelos Mitretodis and...

Images have surfaced purporting to show two handcuffed Greek soldiers being taken into custody by Turkish gendarmes after accidentally straying across the border. The images carried on Turkish-language news site Birlik show two officers, with their faces concealed, being escorted...

The two Greek soldiers that mistakenly strayed onto Turkish territory during a border patrol will stand trial for illegally entering the country, a Greek government spokesman has confirmed. Dimitris Tzanakopoulos told a press briefing on Friday that Athens expects the...

Two Greek soldiers have been arrested by the Turkish Army near the border between the two countries at Evros River. The Greek ministry of Defense says that the two Greeks lost their way due to bad weather at the wooded...

The process of officially exhuming the remains of thousands of Greek soldiers who fell in the mountains of southern Albania at the start of WWII is to begin Monday, with the activation of a bilateral agreement signed by Greece...

Greek Defense Minister Panos Kammenos Friday denounced Turkey as “the beasts on the other side who murdered without even respecting the rules of war and continue to do so today.” The remains of 17 Greek soldiers killed in the Turkish...