terrorism
Greek church
Saint Nicholas Shrine in NYC to be Clad in Same Marble as the Parthenon
St. Nicholas Shrine, at Ground Zero in Manhattan, will soon be clad in Pentelic marble like the Parthenon, atop the Acropolis in Athens.
Greek News
Convicted Terrorist Koufontinas Ends Hunger Strike
Convicted terrorist Dimitris Koufontinas has ended his 65-day hunger strike, started in a bid to be moved to a prison in Athens, on Sunday.
Crime
Greece Opens Office for Support of Terror Victims
Greece opened an office for the support of victims of terrorism on Monday in hopes that, as Minister of Civil Protection Michalis Chrysochoidis says, the nation can "pay its dues" to them. The Minister opened the office in a ceremony...
Crime
Suspected Jihadist Arrested in Greece Remanded in Custody
A 27-year-old Syrian man charged with two crimes linked to ISIS terror attacks was led to prison after his testimony to the public prosecutor on Tuesday, during which he denied being an ISIS fighter.
The Syrian was remanded into custody...
Military
Greek American Hero Recalls Tackling Train Terrorist
One of the three Americans who tackled the Islamic State gunman aboard a Paris-bound train testified at the man’s trial on Friday, saying that he tried to kill the gunman, AP reports. Greek American Alek Skarlatos told the Paris court...
Crime
Greek Police Arrest Suspected Jihadist at Athens Refugee Camp
A Greek Anti-terrorism squad arrested a man suspected of having participated in the ISIS terrorist group on Thursday at Athens' Eleonas refugee and migrant camp.
The authorities stated that they seized electronic devices from the shipping container in which he...
Diplomacy
Egyptian President Meets With Greek PM and President, Lauds New Ties
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis met with his Egyptian counterpart, President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Wednesday in Athens in a further show of the increasingly cordial relations between the two Mediterranean countries.
After the meeting, the Greek leader stated "Trilateral...
Crime
Suspected ISIS Member in Peloponnese was Refugee on Lesvos in 2017
A man who had come on a boat to Greece from Turkey in 2017, claiming political asylum from the nation of Tajikistan, was brought before the appellate prosecutor of Nafplio by officers from Greece's Special Suppression Counter-Terrorism Unit (EKAM)...
Crime
Vienna Terrorist was ISIS Sympathizer With North Macedonian Ties
One thousand police officers fanned out across the Austrian capital of Vienna on Monday night, searching for the gunman who had killed five people and wounded at least seventeen more in what authorities had quickly deemed a terrorist attack. The...
Europe
Greek PM, President Join World Leaders in Condemning Terrorist Attack in Vienna
World leaders condemned the terrorist attack in Vienna on Monday which resulted in the death of at least three people. One suspected terrorist was shot and killed by the police. About a dozen other people have been wounded – some...