Special to WorldTribune.com Hundreds of refugees, yelling “open the border” and “we want to go to Serbia,” were repelled by Macedonian police as the migrants attempted to force their way in from the Greek border on Feb. 29. Macedonia sent special police reinforcements by helicopter to its border with Greece as frustrated Iraqi and Syrian […]
Special to WorldTribune.com GAZA CITY, Feb. 6, 2015 — Hamas is set to challenge Israel and open the Gaza Strip’s port to international traffic. Palestinian sources said Hamas was refurbishing the port south of Gaza City to receive foreign ships for passenger and trade. They said the port would be launched by May 2015 regardless […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Police in Greece say it is “nearly impossible” to determine if jihadists are among the wave of migrants flooding Europe. “We don’t really know who is coming through,” one police officer, speaking on condition of anonymity, said. The admission by Greek police comes after it was confirmed that a second Islamic State […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler UNITED NATIONS — The almost Biblical scenes of mass humanity surging through Europe from the Balkans to the Baltic have created jarring images as we see a mass movement of displaced Syrians and Iraqis flooding into what they see as a Promised Land, the European Union. Thus as […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Some 100,000 Palestinians have fled refugee camps in Syria for Europe, the head of the Palestinian Forum in Europe said on Sept. 6. Ziad al-Aloul said 2,300 Palestinians drowned as they tried to reach Greece and about 430 Palestinians and Syrians went missing while they were on their way to Italy. Aloul […]
Special to WorldTribune.com The Greek Coast Guard seized a ship carrying an undeclared shipment of weapons en route from Turkey to Libya. Greek officials said the Bolivia-flagged freighter, MV Haddad-1, left the Turkish port of of Iskenderun with some 5,000 rifles. “The ship had set sail from Turkey bound for Libya, with a declared cargo […]
Special to WorldTribune.com GIS/Defense & Foreign Affairs The Greek government, in last-minute talks with its European creditors (predominantly Germany) achieved a breathing space on July 13, to start to manage its new economic framework. However, largely ignored by the Greek and international commentary, has been the contextual impact of the Greek economic crisis with the […]
Special to WorldTribune.com The depth of German influence, and that of Chancellor Angela Merkel, is being put to the test by Greece and the cavalcade of critics who piled on after Greeks voted “no” on the July 5 economic referendum. Merkel’s popularity in Germany, however, has remained solid throughout the Greek crisis. She has a […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Excerpted from a report by Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty European Council President Donald Tusk called a eurozone summit for July 7 to discuss the Greek debt crisis after Greeks voted overwhelmingly to reject the terms of a bailout. Greek voters rejected international creditors’ demands for more austerity in return for […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Germany, France and Italy on June 30 warned Greece that a “no” vote on Sunday’s referendum to accept austerity measures will result in the country’s exit from the eurozone and return to the drachma. As Greeks woke up to the reality of capital controls on June 30 that included a €60 daily […]