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Nationalists Clash with Police During Greek Muslims Party March

About 200 nationalist militants clashed with police on Sunday in the northeastern city of Komotini when they tried to break a demonstration of Greek Muslims. Greece's Muslim minority party Friendship, Equality and Peace (FEP) held a rally in commemoration of...

Muslim Minority Party in Northeast Greece Provokes With Pamphlet

The Western Thrace Muslim minority party issued a pamphlet in Turkish calling on Muslims to act against the alleged suppression by the Greek state. The Friendship, Equality and Peace party (FEP) distributed the pamphlet calling on Muslims to rally in...

Greek Police Dismantle Weapons Ring, Policemen Involved

Dozens of weapons and thousands of rounds were seized in a massive police operation that dismantled a criminal organization, with Police Special Guards among them. The ring operated in Crete and Attica since 2007, selling weapons and ammunition. Its members...

Farmers Throughout Greece Mobilize Over Pension Reforms; Clashes in Komotini

Farmers protesting against planned pension system reforms on Wednesday carried out a brief half-hour blockade of the customs office in Promahonas, at the border crossing from northern Greece into Bulgaria Tractor convoys had earlier blocked roads at Koboti in Arta...

Turkey Urges Greece to Investigate Mosque Attacks

The Turkish Foreign Ministry asked Greek authorities to investigate two mosque attacks in Komotini, northeastern Greece. "Turkey requests Greek authorities to clarify, as soon as possible, the reason of these atrocious incidents that occurred in sacred places for the Turkish minority...

Fighter Jet Crashes in Northern Greece; Pilot Safe

An A7 Corsair fighter jet crashed near the city of Komotini in Northern Greece on Tuesday morning August 26. The Greek pilot who was flying the old A7 Corsair managed to use the ejection seat mechanism and survive the crash....

The Last Chairmaker of Komotini

“Bring out your old chairs, folks... here comes the chairbler!” Such is the cry of Hussein Ismet, the last chair-maker of Komotini in northern Greece, as he trawls the town street by street seeking nothing more than to ply his trade...

Shocking Decision from Greek Supreme Court

The Greek Supreme Court, with a recent decision, puts the sacred law of Shariah above the laws of the Greek State, thus Greek Muslims cannot draw up a will, as this is something that is not included in the...

Man Kills Wife, Then Self

After shooting his wife in the back with a shotgun, a man in Kosmio, Komotini, turned the gun on himself and put an end to his life. According to information, before the man committed suicide, he called the police and...

Illegal Work Reigns in Northern Greece

The presidents of labor unions described the gloomy picture of unemployment in Northern Greece at a meeting which took place in  Thessaloniki in the framework of the TIF. As they said, illegal and uninsured work reigns, while unemployment rates have...