radicalization
Crime
Suspect in Deadly Norway Attack is Radicalized Muslim Convert
The suspect in the bow-and-arrow slaughter of five people in Norway on Wednesday is being treated as a terrorist suspect. Norwegian police have named him as 37-year-old Espen Andersen Bråthen, a Dane who had converted to Islam.
The police said they were treating...
Greece
Europol Deploys 200 to Greece to Stop New ISIS Waves to Strike at EU Civilian Targets
Europol secret services across EU countries is preparing to dispatch 200 officers to Greece over the coming days in order to detect possible extremist islamic factions of ISIS operating at refugee hotspots. The operation, referred to in an interview...
Diaspora
Greek EdMin Defends Plans to Construct Mosque in Athens
On Thursday, Greek Education Minister, Nikos Filis spoke in Parliament directly to those who oppose constructing a mosque in Athens.
The plans for the project that would see a mosque built in the Athens suburb of Votanikos have been delayed...
Greece
Avramopoulos: Brussels Doesn't Have a Magic Wand to Stop Terrorism
The recent atrocious attacks in Orlando and France remind us that terrorism is an international and local problem because the majority of the perpetrators are EU citizens, European Commissioner for Migration Dimitris Avramopoulos said late Tuesday in Brussels.
The fact...