Athens: Severe tension has been created in Greece, in view of the action initiated by Turkey in Syria and the repeated threats, issued by the Turkish President of releasing the immigrants in Europe. Since the last few months, the immigrant influx has increased in Greece and the emergency situation has been created on the islands where these […]
Athens: The United States has signed a long-term defence agreement with Greece, known as the doorway to Europe, which envisages building of ‘Drone Bases’, along with a new military base. The tension with Turkey and the developments in the Gulf are believed to be the background for this agreement. US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo […]
Athens/Washington: “I have smuggled three brothers of notorious Al Qaeda terrorist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi to Europe. In fact, I have sent several members of ISIS to other countries of Europe through Greece and Italy. Migrants are my major customers, and it is very easy,” said Alrayes, who runs a human smuggling syndicate in Greece while […]
Athens: Amid the indications of increasing Turkish activities in the Mediterranean Sea, Greece Egypt and Cyprus held multinational war exercises. Warships from all the three countries participated in the war exercises code named Medusa-7 and stayed near the Crete Islands in Greece. Egypt and Greece have been regularly holding Medusa war exercises since 2015, but […]
Athens: The European lending agencies have converted Greece into a dead colony wherein Greeks will have to suffer pain and poverty for many years to come, accused former Finance Minister of Greece. At the same time, he warned that Greece should quit the Euro and start using the old Drachma currency. It was announced on […]
Bern: Switzerland has turned down the request to accept immigrants from Italy and Greece, made by the European Union. Earlier in 2015, Switzerland had accepted about 1500 immigrants from Italy and Greece on the request of the European Union. But the Swiss officials said,,‘a decision that such immigrants will not be accepted henceforth has been […]
Larnaca: ‘There is a necessity to unite in order to counter the threat of terrorism and illegal immigrants posed to the Middle East and its surrounding areas,’ in these words the Israeli Defence Minister Avigdor Lieberman underlined the cooperation with countries like Greece and Cyprus. Israel has adopted the policy to establish cooperation with various […]
Athens: The resentment about the refugee influx from the Asian Gulf countries is intensifying by the day in Europe. Taking an aggressive stand, the local citizens in Greece, which is considered to be the doorway to Europe for these migrants, have started riots in the Lesbos region against them. The nationalist groups in Lesbos have […]
Athens: Greek defence minister has warned that Greece is prepared to give a fitting reply to any provocation from Turkey. Recep Erdoğan raised the prospect of conducting a new referendum over the issue of EU membership and also threatened to allow a huge number of refugees into Europe. Tension is mounting in Turkey and the […]
Athens: German finance minister said that its imperative for Greece to implement economic reforms, if it is to stay in the Eurozone. In spite of this warning, EU during its Brussels summit agreed to grant some debt relief to Greece. It is said that the decision was influenced by the shocking results of Italy’s referendum. […]