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Turkey coup attempt: Greek dilemma over soldiers who fled
Early on Saturday morning, an airport in the Greek town of Alexandroupoli, close to the Turkish border, received a distress signal. It was from a Turkish military helicopter. On board were eight Turkish soldiers, fleeing their country, amidst the chaos of Friday night's failed coup. When they landed in Greece, they asked...
Migrant crisis: Greek judges tell Syrian refugee Turkey is unsafe
Greek judges have ruled that a Syrian asylum seeker should not be sent back to Turkey because it is not safe. Amnesty International campaigners say the decision throws the EU-Turkey migrant deal into doubt. They say migrants in Turkey do not have basic human rights and many are at risk of being taken to Syria. A source at the...
Greek PM defends pension and tax reform
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has defended controversial new pension and tax reforms approved by parliament. The measures are needed to unlock further international bailout money, to be discussed at a meeting of Eurozone finance ministers on Monday. But they are deeply unpopular with Greek anti-austerity...
Olympic torch for Rio games lit at ancient Greek site
The flame for the Olympic Games in Brazil has been lit in southern Greece. An actor performing the role of high priestess lit the torch by using the sun's rays. The torch will be taken by various runners on an international relay that will culminate at the opening ceremony in Rio de Janeiro on 5 August. The ritual was...
Vigilante migrants drag ‘paedophile’ through refugee camp to police after ‘raping child’
VIGILANTE migrants took the law into their own hands when they dragged a man through a squalid refugee camp after he 'raped' a seven-year-old child. The man was pushed and shoved through the Idomeni camp on the Greek and Macedonia border and handed straight to police. Images appeared today of a vigilante gang guarding...
Greek police start removing migrants from Macedonian border
ATHENS — Greek police started removing migrants from the Greek-Macedonian border on Tuesday after additional passage restrictions imposed by Macedonian authorities left hundreds of them stranded, sources said. The migrants had squatted on rail lines in the Idomeni area on Monday after attempting to push through the border...
At least 43 migrants drown when boats capsize off Greek islands
At least 43 people, including 17 children, drowned when their boats capsized off two Greek islands near the Turkish coast on Friday, coastguards said, marking one of the deadliest days for migrants risking the perilous route to Europe from Turkey. According to survivors' testimonies, dozens were on board a wooden sailboat...