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Greek News
Greece Foils Terrorist Attacks on Jewish Targets in Athens
Authorities in Greece said on Tuesday they dismantled a terrorist organization that was preparing terrorist attacks against Jewish targets in Athens.
Two men of Pakistani origin, who were not named, were arrested. The suspects were charged with terrorism offenses, while...
Greek news
Plane Lands Safely at Athens Airport After Apparently Fake Bomb Threat
Greek F-16 fighter jets were mobilized to intercept a plane purported to be carrying a bomb. The plane in question was a Boeing 737 belonging to Ryan Air which headed from Poland to Athens International Airport, Eleftherios Venizelos, located...
Crime
Istanbul Bomb Explosion Kills Six; Dozens Wounded
A bomb explosion on one of Istanbul's most popular streets has left the city's residents devastated. At least six people were killed and eighty one others wounded . President of Turkiye, Erdogan, called it a “treacherous attack” that had...
Greek news
The Day Terrorists Assassinated Greek Politician Pavlos Bakoyannis
It was September 26, 1989 when former publisher and New Democracy MP Pavlos Bakoyannis was assassinated by three members of the November 17 terrorist group outside his office in downtown Athens.
It was a dastardly crime which shook Greece's political world...
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...
Education
Greek Schools Hold Minute of Silence for French Teacher Killed by Jihadist
The Greek Ministry of Education asked all schools in the country to observe a minute of silence on Monday in memory of French teacher Samuel Paty, who was beheaded by a radical Islamist in Paris in October.
The request was...