Greece

According to the Greek site koutipandoras.gr, the secret location of Cape Ray, the ghost ship on which the Syrian chemicals will be destroyed, is no longer secret. The alleged location of the ship on which the hydrolysis process to destroy...

The Greek government is accused of criminal negligence in failing to protect the environment during the disposal of Syria's chemical weapons stockpile, according to a citizen group's complaint forwarded by Greece's Supreme Court to Athens prosecutors The General Prosecutor of...

About two thousand demonstrators, representatives of the local government, organizations, political parties, associations, during a rally at the port of Souda, northern Crete, Greece, on Sunday, March 8, protested against the dismantling of Syria's chemical weapons in the Mediterranean. The protesters...

The campaign of dismantling the Syrian chemical weapons of Bashar al- Assad regime is underway, as it has been agreed between the U.S. and Russia. Ships from Denmark and Norway are transferring chemical weapons to an unknown destination in...

Greek Deputy Citizen Protection Minister Giannis Panousis announced the disengagement of 1,500 to 2,000 police officers used for guarding person-targets. "The policeman in the neighborhood and foot patrols will continue to exist," he said to Greece's VIMA FM on Monday. On a question regarding the use...

According to an official announcement by the UN Security Council, more than 60% of Syria's chemical weapons have already been destroyed. The destruction of the chemicals takes place in international waters off the coast of Crete, between Greece, Italy and Malta, causing...

A group of 40 Greek and Italian activists set off in a flotilla from the port of Chania on the island of Crete, Greece, on Friday to protest for the destruction of Syria's stockpile of chemical weapons in the sea,...

On Saturday July 19, residents, unionists and members of environmental organizations blocked the road to the NATO naval base in Souda Bay, Crete, protesting against the destruction of Syrian chemical weapons in the Mediterranean Sea. The blockade is expected to last...

The reactions of Greek citizens against the destruction of Syria's chemicals weapons in the Mediterranean Sea with the method of hydrolysis are escalating as residents of Crete are worried about the environmental consequences. The Cretan residents have set up a...

A Greek submarine, frigates from Germany, Italy and Turkey, and other warships of the U.S. 6th Fleet take part in the Task Force-64 (CTF-64) that will escort and protect the U.S. flagship MV Cape Ray where the destruction of Syria's...

A rally against Syria's chemicals has been scheduled for Thursday, June 5, in Chania, Crete. The demonstrators will gather on Thursday at 7:30 p.m in the central square of the city to protest against the destruction of Syria's chemicals in...

Andreas C Chrysafis is a U.K.-published author of six books and over 400 press articles. Congratulations go to the Cyprus government! Cyprus has made international news again; not for its 'famous strong' leadership but lack of it. It failed to protect...

Protesters demonstrating against British, U.S. and French airstrikes in Syria have attempted to bring down a statue of former American president Harry Truman in central Athens. Riot police intervened and used tear gas to disperse the crowd and prevent the...

As U.S. President Donald Trump said America was "locked and loaded" to strike more Syrian military targets, thousands of people protested in central Athens over airstrikes against the Bashar al-Assad regime. Organized by the Greek Communist Party, demonstrators rallied in...

The island of Cyprus was further exposed to fallout from the Syria conflict as the U.K. used its large air force base in Akrotiri to launch bombing raids against the Bashar al-Assad regime in the early hours of Saturday...