terrorism
Greece
Greek Opposition Decries Lack of Security After Bombing
Greek politicians condemned Thursday's bombing outside the Greek Orthodox Church of St. Dionysios in Kolonaki, central Athens, which slightly wounded a policeman and the caretaker of the church.
No one has claimed responsibility for the attack, which occurred early in the...
Crime
President Pavlopoulos Says Attack on SKAI TV "Criminal, Undemocratic"
The President of the Hellenic Republic, Prokopios Pavlopoulos, has unequivocally condemned Monday's terrorist attack on Greece’s SKAI TV station.
In a statement today he also expressed his support for the owners and employees of the television and radio station, as...
Greece
Bombed Skai TV Says Greek Government Ignored Warnings (video)
While Greece's PM Alexis Tsipras condemned the bombing outside the offices of the Skai TV headquarters in the early hours of Monday, station officials said the government has made it a target by ignoring repeated complaints about threats it has...
Greece
Tsipras Says Attack Against Skai TV Targets Democracy
Greece's Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras condemned the bombing of Skai TV headquarters in the early hours of Monday, saying that it was an a attack against democracy.
"It was an attack by cowardly and dark forces against democracy itself," the...
Europe
Greek and Cypriot MEPs Describe Chaos After Strasbourg Attack
Greek and Cypriot Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) used their social media accounts to describe the chaos that followed the horrific terrorist attack in the city of Strasbourg yesterday.
Strasbourg is the city near the German border where the European Parliament's...
Crime
Greek Universities in Turmoil; Opposition Pledges to End Asylum
The Athens University of Economics and Business (AUEB) was shuttered on Wednesday, while the School of Philosophy at the National Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA) has been occupied by anarchists. Professors and students are warning that the campuses have...
Greece
Convicted 17N Terrorist Savvas Xiros Applies for Prison Release
Savvas Xiros, a leading member of the infamous 17 November terrorist group, has applied for parole, claiming poor health.
55 year-old Xiros has been serving a life sentence following his conviction for his actions as a member of the notorious...
Greece
Greek Convicted Terrorist Granted New Prison Leave
Dimitris Koufontinas, a senior member of the November 17 terrorist group, will be granted a new 48-hour furlough from a prison farm near Volos in central Greece.
The November 17 hitman - currently serving a number of life sentences for crimes...
Crime
Second N17 Killer Transferred from High-Security Athens Jail
A controversial decision by the Greek prison authorities to transfer November 17 hitman Dimitris Koufodinas to a prison farm has been followed by the transfer of another convicted N17 member, Christodoulos Xiros.
Xiros, 59, -- convicted of six murders connected to the...
Greece
Outcry as November 17 Killer Gets Transfer to Prison Farm
The decision by the Greek prison authorities to transfer November 17 hitman Dimitris Koufodinas to a prison farm near Volos in central Greece has led to widespread condemnation by opposition politicians.
Koufodinas -— currently serving a number of life sentences...