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Covid Cases Over 1,000 Thursday, Continuing Disturbing Virus Spike in Greece

A total of 1,211 cases of Covid-19 were diagnosed in the country over the last day, and 12 deaths were recorded in those who had suffered with the virus. This comes after 1,547 cases were recorded on Wednesday -- by...

Greece on Alert after Increase of Coronavirus in Thrace Region

Greek health authorities are on high alert once again after 11 new cases of Covid-19 appeared in the Echinos community in the Xanthi Prefecture, an area in which the General Secretariat for Citizen Protection imposed a curfew and restrictions on...

Who is Responsible for Letting Turkey Influence Greek Muslim Minority in Thrace?

This editorial was published in Hellas Journal in Greek by Nikos Meletis The Greek State is perpetuating the mistake of allowing Turkey to use the Greek Muslim minority in Thrace for irredentist and expansionist purposes. The Greek Muslims were used once...

Heavy Rainfall Causes Floods in Rodopi

Heavy rainfalls in the Rodopi prefecture on Sunday have caused serious problems as some areas have been flooded. So far fire departments across the region have pumped water from 32 homes and rescued 17 people whose homes had been flooded. According...

Greek Police Rescue 54 Migrants Squashed into Unventilated Van

Police in northern Greece have rescued 54 migrants found squashed into a van, and arrested two Bulgarian alleged members of a smuggling ring, that were paid to carry them through the country. A police statement says the van was stopped...

Silent Grief for 18-year-old Muslim Boy Shot in Munich

Silent grief and mourning filled the Rodopi village of Aratos on Wednesday, where the body of 18-year-old Hussein Daiyicik returned for the last time to be buried, after his death in a killing spree unloosed by a single gunman...

Athens Reacts to Western Thrace "Identity" Conference in Turkey

Greece's Foreign Ministry has reacted to a conference held in Turkey titled “The Turkish identity of Muslims in Western Thrace” as it creates tension among Greek Muslims. The Muslim population in the Rodopi region in Western Thrace is recognized in...

Rodopi Region in Northern Greece Elects 3 Muslim MPs

The constituency of Rodopi Region in northern Greece is left without Christian representatives as the three parliamentary seats went to Muslim MPs. Former New Democracy lawmaker Euripides Stylianidis who represented the Christian population of the region, lost to the two...