Athens, Greece – It was April 2022 when Homayoun Sabetara finally told his daughters he was in a Greek jail cell. Sabetara, an Iranian national, had been arrested in August 2021 in Thessaloniki after driving a vehicle across the Turkish-Greek border. Sabetara says he was coerced into driving it into…
Athens, Greece – For General Ben Hodges, who once commanded NATO forces in Europe, the worst-case scenario for Ukraine is for Western powers to “keep doing what we’re doing, exactly right now”. He told Al Jazeera in an interview on the sidelines of the recent Delphi Economic Conference in Greece…
The torch relay for the Paris 2024 Olympics has gotten under way at the birthplace of the games in Greece. The torch for the Paris 2024 Olympics was lit in ancient Olympia in a traditional ceremony, marking the final stretch of the seven-year preparations for the games starting on July…
Gracefully rising above a din of croaking frogs as the sun sets, a pelican flies over Lake Karla, one the largest inland expanses of water in Greece. Drained in 1962 to combat malaria and restored again from valley to wetlands in 2018 to remedy drought, the lake is now triple its…
NewsFeed Pro-Palestinian protesters obstructed a military parade for Greece’s Independence Day, standing in the way of a tank and waving the Palestinian flag. Greece has been one of Israel’s leading European supporters during the war on Gaza. Published On 26 Mar 202426 Mar 2024 Check out our Latest News and…
Parliament voted 176-76 to pass the bill which also allows same-sex couples to legally adopt children. Greece has become the first Orthodox Christian country to legalise same-sex marriage despite opposition from the church and some politicians. The measure was passed by parliament late on Thursday with 176 lawmakers from across…
Names marked with an asterisk have been changed to protect identities. Athens, Greece – Saeed* cannot understand why he is in the Avlona prison, a detention centre northeast of the Greek capital Athens. “Whoever asks me why you are in prison, I answer that I don’t know,” said the 21-year-old…
The $23bn deal was finalised after Turkey’s parliament ratified Sweden’s long-delayed NATO membership. The United States has approved the sale of F-16 fighter jets to Turkey after the Turkish parliament this week ratified Sweden’s NATO membership. The US Department of State notified Congress of the $23bn agreement to sell the…
Thousands of Greek students rallied in Athens and other cities on Thursday to protest against planned education reforms that would allow the introduction of private universities in the country. The conservative government of Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, who won a second term last year, is expected to submit a bill to parliament…
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has met senior Turkish officials in Istanbul, kicking off a week-long trip across the Middle East aimed at calming tensions that have spiked since Israel’s war on Gaza began in October. In his meeting with Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Blinken “emphasised the need…
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