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Greece
Defense Minister: Some Countries Will Shut their Borders to Greece
Greek Defense Minister Panos Kammenos said that "it is a given that some neighboring countries will close their borders with Greece," referring to the migrant flow in Europe.
The closing of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) border to...
Greece
Turkish Warplanes Violate Greek Airspace Ahead of NATO Sea Operations
Turkish jet fighters entered Greek airspace several times on Monday, as NATO was preparing to deploy ships to the Aegean Sea to tackle migrant smugglers.
Specifically, six Turkish fighter jets and a CN-235 maritime patrol aircraft entered successively in the Athens...
Greece
Austria Asks FYROM to Close Its Borders to Refugees, Saying It Will Also Do So Very Soon
Austria has asked the government of FYROM to be ready to stop entirely the inflow of refugees from its southern borders with Greece, warning that it will do so with its own borders within the next two months.
The call...
Greece
Europe Turns Greece Into A Scapegoat Over Migration Crisis
The European Commission has told Greece that it has three months to remedy “deficiencies” in controlling the influx of migrants or face border controls with the rest of the Schengen passport-free zone.
This latest threat, in the form of a...
Greece
NATO Warships Ordered to Aegean to Deter Human Smuggling
Jens Stoltenberg, the NATO secretary-general, said on Thursday the warships, now under German command, are ordered into the Aegean Sea to conduct naval patrols to help end the smuggling of migrants between Turkey and Greece. The decision is based...
Greece
NATO to Aid Greece-Turkey to Stem Migrant Flow in Aegean
NATO is to participate in Greece-Turkey maritime surveillance missions in the Aegean Sea to combat illegal people smugglers and stem the migrant inflow.
The proposed mission to be discussed at a NATO defense ministers meeting in Brussels on Thursday comes after German Chancellor...
Greece
Greek PM Says Involvement of NATO in Aegean For Monitoring of Refugees Should Be Confined to Turkish Territorial Waters
Germany and Turkey agreed the other day to cooperate in order to prevent the flow of Syrian refugees from reaching Europe.
Meeting in Ankara, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu also discussed ways to help Syrians...
Cyprus
War Zone Madness
The prosperous and proud countries of Syria and Iraq have been fighting the ravages of war madness for years. The Gulf War (1990-1) was the start and the ultimate demise of those nations. Fortified by a US-led coalition, foreign...
Greece
Turkish Fighter Aircraft Invade Greek Airspace
Greek Defense Ministry officials announced that, once again, Turkish fighter jets invaded Greek airspace of the northeastern and southeastern Aegan region, on Tuesday, August 18.
Specifically, six Turkish fighter jets crossed to the Greek national airspace, followed by three electronic-warfare...
Greece
Greece to Remain in NATO, Even in Case of Grexit
NATO head Jens Stoltenberg stated that even if Greece is forced to leave the Eurozone it will remain in the military alliance, despite the fact that the debt crisis poses a security threat to Europe.
According European and U.S. officials, Greece’s possible...