terrorism

Greek judges have quashed the controversial conviction of two people jailed in 2016 for serious terrorism offences. Five appeals judges ruled that the pair -- identified only by their first names Irianna and Pericles -- should be cleared. They were to be...

A new report from Europol has revealed details of Greece's problem with far-left violence, with it claiming that anarchists here have access to "military-grade" weapons. The European Union Terrorism Situation And Trend Report 2018 (TESAT) claimed Greece is among the...

As November 17 hitman Dimitris Koufodinas returned to the Korydallos jail, west of Athens, after a 48-hour leave on Thursday, a Greek minister hit back at the U.S. for condemning his release. Koufodinas — currently serving a number of life sentences for crimes...

The U.S. embassy in Athens has issued a statement condemning the release of November 17 hitman Dimitris Koufodinas who walked out of Korydallos prison on Tuesday on a 48-hour leave. "We thoroughly condemn this third furlough granted to a convicted terrorist and...

A Greek police counter-terrorism unit on Tuesday arrested 14 people -- including one Albanian national -- on charges of funding a terrorist group and money laundering. The defendants, 11 men and three women, were arrested in Attica and other parts of...

Dimitris Koufontinas, a senior member of the November 17 terrorist group, left jail on Friday morning after he was granted a 48-hour leave, the second in the space of three months. Koufontinas was jailed for life over the killings of...

Dimitris Koufontinas, a senior member of the November 17 terrorist group, will be granted a 48-hour furlough on Friday, the second in the space of three months. Koufontinas was jailed for life over the killings of 11 people including US,...

  A Greek court on Tuesday postponed a ruling on extraditing a terror suspect -- one of a group of nine detained late last year -- to Turkey. Forty-eight-year-old Naci Ozpolat was one of nine Turkish citizens arrested in December shortly...

Ankara accused Athens of backing terrorist organizations following the ruling of a Greek court Friday that refused to extradite a suspect wanted on terrorism charges to Turkey. In a statement, Turkish Foreign Ministry said the decision, which was a "new...

Greek judges on Friday refused to extradite a suspect wanted on terrorism charges to Turkey. Mehmet Dogan, 60, was one of eight Turkish citizens detained in December shortly before an historic state visit by Turkey's leader, Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The court...