A group of 175 asylum seekers are leaving for Germany today, consisting of 85 unaccompanied minors and 90 families with children from migrant camps on the Greek islands, in order to be…
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The World Hellenic Diaspora has launched an online petition to protest Turkey’s activities in the Eastern Mediterranean and its infringement on Greek and Cypriot sovereignty. “Turkey’s recent actions have not only infringed…
One hundred refugee children will be relocated to Germany on Friday, following an agreement in March, a spokesperson of Germany’s federal Interior Ministry said on Monday. Their countries of origin include Afghanistan,…
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s ambition for dominance in the Mediterranean has changed the climate in the West and his hostility is under the international microscope, as he has expanded aggression against…
On June 10, 323 BC in the late evening, after battling an unknown illness for nearly two weeks, Alexander the Great (Megas Alexandros), otherwise referred to as the “King of Kings”, quietly…
A well known former U.S. fighter jet pilot recently analysed the dogfight video between Greek and Turkish pilots in the Central Aegean that occurred earlier this month, as reported by Greek City…
Anarchists have spray-painted slogans on the walls of the Byzantine-era Church of Prophet Elias in the area of Ano Poli (Upper Town), Thessaloniki. The medieval church was built in the 1300’s and…
By Dr. Vasileios Meichanetsidis On February 28, the Turkish government-funded Anadolu Agency (AA) reported on the alleged takeover of a Syrian town by the Islamist “Free Syrian Army” (FSA). In the news…
Greek army and police units trying to stop crowds of illegal migrants from pushing their way in from Turkey, have hit on a new defence against tear gas unleashed on them from…
According to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, in December 2019, 90,537 eligible refugees and asylum-seekers (45,451 families) received cash assistance in Greece, in 116 locations. The assistance was provided by the…
Greece’s former Prime Minister, main opposition SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras has condemned the killing of prominent Iranian General, Qasem Soleimani in a U.S. drone strike in Baghdad, during a meeting with Iranian…
According to the latest poll conducted by Reuters/Ipsos, 41% of Americans believe Iran to be an “imminent threat”. The poll was conducted after the killing of Soleimani and before the Iranian missile…
A British Airways flight from Mumbai to Heathrow has diverted to Athens International Airport, after a sudden decision to avoid Iraqi airspace. Flight BA 134 departed from India’s biggest city in the early…
A fan page of Turkey’s Defense Minister Hulusi Akar, posted a map of Turkey on his Facebook page, which included northern Greece and the Greek islands of the Aegean, the entire Cyprus,…
The Chief of Mission in Greece for the International Organisation for Migration (IOM), Mr Gianluca Rocco said on Monday that his organisation has offered accommodation to more than 1,000 unaccompanied minors since…
Greece’s Migration Policy Minister Dimitris Vitsas on Tuesday took the Romanian Interior Minister Carmen Daniela Dan to the refugee and migrant hosting centre at Schisto. Dan who is currently in Greece on…
Greece’s Foreign Minister Nikos Kotsias attended the meeting of the Forum of Ancient Civilisations in New York after completing his meetings in the framework of the 73rd Session of the UN General…
Archaeologists in Iraq say they have discovered a lost city that was founded in 331 BC by Alexander the Great, using drone photography and declassified intelligence images. Nearly 2,000 years after the great Greek…