Friction between Athens and Berlin over passenger checks at airports

The decision by German authorities to increase security checks of passengers arriving from Greece at airports around the country appears to have cast a shadow over relations with Berlin. 

However, despite the public acrimony over the "humiliating" treatment reserved for travelers from Greece at German airports, the government has sought to downplay the issue and denied on Tuesday that its decision to tighten checks on German travelers landing at Greek airports was a tit-for-tat response.

Instead they said it was taken in accordance with articles of the Schengen Agreement. 

Athens took the decision for tighter checks after it emerged last Thursday that a 35-year-old Islamist terrorist suspect had managed to board a flight from Germany to Greece on October 11 and then vanish without a trace. 

Despite the rising tensions, Kathimerini understands there have been...