terrorism

  An Afghan national who was caught carrying dozens of detonators when detained for not paying a restaurant bill has been charged with illegal possession of explosives, the Greek authorities announced on Monday. According to a police announcement, the foreign national...

A group of inmates attacked and injured convicted terrorist Nikos Maziotis inside his cell at Korydallos prison, in Athens. Maziotis; self-professed leader of the Revolutionary Struggle urban guerrilla group, was transferred to a prison hospital for treatment. He was injured from blows...

A Greek court on Monday ordered the detention of nine Turkish citizens of Kurdish descent pending trial for terrorism-related offences, including links to a banned militant group behind a series of suicide bombings in Turkey. Greek police arrested the eight...

Nine Kurds carrying Turkish passports were charged with terrorism-related offences on Wednesday, and accused of hoarding explosives and of links to an outlawed Kurdish militant organisation responsible for suicide bombings in Turkey. The arrest of eight men and a woman...

Speculation is swirling in Greek local media that Tuesday’s arrests of nine Turkish nationals in a series of police raids could be linked to an impending visit by Turkish leader, Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Eight men and one woman, allegedly part...

Greek counter-terrorism officers stormed three buildings in Athens on Tuesday making nine arrests. The raids at Neos Kosmos and Pagrati targeted suspects wanted on terrorist charges in Turkey. Greek media speculate that the raids targeted suspected members of the outlawed Kurdish...

German authorities explained that the reason for imposing stricter airport controls on flights from Greece is because 1,000 people flying from Greek airports arrived in Germany illegally. Greek authorities have complained to Berlin for the different treatment of travellers from...

Opposition politicians reacted with anger to the prison authorities' decision to grant a two-day leave to convicted terrorist Dimitris Koufontinas, of the 17 November terrorist group. Koufontinas; identified as November 17's chief of operations, surrendered to the authorities in 2002, and is serving...

US Secretary of State Rex W. Tillerson has described Cyprus as a "strategic partner" in the fight against terrorism, saying that Washington and Nicosia are doing important work in various fields, including border security. In a press statement to mark...

The family of  slain politician Pavlos Bakoyannis, marked the 28th anniversary of his assassination, with appeals to national reconciliation. His widow; prominent New Democracy politician, Dora Bakoyannis, wrote on Facebook: "28 years have passed. It was also a Tuesday. Yet your...