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British Newspaper: Greece at Risk of Being Ousted from Schengen Treaty

The possible redrawing of the Schengen Treaty zone will be discussed at an emergency European Union meeting on Friday, with Greece being in danger of being placed outside the Schengen borders, according to a Daily Mail report. Belgium, France, Germany, Luxembourg...

Syrians with Fake Greek Passports Arrested in Honduras Trying to Reach U.S.

Honduran authorities announced on Wednesday that they had arrested six Syrian nationals traveling on forged Greek passports, including five who had been trying to reach the United States. According to Reuters, Honduran police said there were no signs of any...

Greek Police Arrest Two Suspected Jihadists in Kos Island

Greek authorities on Tuesday arrested two Syrian men who are suspected jihadists on the island of Kos. In light of the Paris terrorist attacks, Greece's National Intelligence Service (EYP), the Hellenic Police and the Hellenic Coast Guard have beefed up...

Don't Blame Greece or the Muslim Community for the Paris Attacks

It was November 14, 2015 that news broke out that one (if not two) of the assailants in the Paris attacks had passed through Greece, as a "refugee" using a Syrian passport. The Paris attacks, tragically, left 129 people killed and...

Paris Attack Mastermind Orchestrated Failed Hit from Athens in January

Abdelhamid Abaaoud, the man who is considered by French and Belgian authorities to be the mastermind of the Islamic State hits in Paris, was orchestrating a failed attack from Athens in January. An investigation on the 27-year-old terrorist that took...

Greek Govt: Refugee Issue Should be Separated from Terrorism

The Greek government is sending to all directions the message that the refugee issue should be separated from the terrorism threat, in light of Friday's bloody Islamic State attacks in Paris. Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said on Saturday that...

FYROM Prepare to Raise Fence on Border with Greece

The Security Council of Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia has ordered the army to start preparations to erect a fence on the border with Greece to contain the refugee influx. According to an AP report. FYROM President Gjorge Ivanov presided at...

Greek Police Have Been Training for Terrorist Attacks

Greek Police have been training for terrorist hits like the bloody Paris attacks that took place on Friday night. According to the Greek Police, the scenario of the exercise was that "jihadists of the Islamic Chalifate invade a Greek ministry,...

Paris Attacks: Published Pictures of Greek Boat Tickets of Suspected Jihadists

The Syrian passport found outside the Stade de France on Friday night leads to a person who had passed through Greece among refugees. Protothema.gr published pictures of the boat tickets of two persons who are likely to be involved...

Greek Officials Condemn Paris Terrorist Attacks

Greek officials condemned the ISIS attacks in Paris on Saturday and expressed their sadness for the victims. "The terrorists will defeat us...only if they force us to abandon our values, and lead us to a fortified Europe inhabited by fearful...