Military history of Greece during World War II

At 3 a.m. on the morning of October 28th, 1940, Emanuele Grazzi, the Italian ambassador to Greece, delivered an ultimatum from Benito Mussolini to Prime Minister Ioannis Metaxas. “Il Duce” demanded that Metaxas allow the Italian army free passage to enter and occupy strategic sites in Greece unopposed.

The Hellenic Police (ELAS) announced on Friday that they have identified members of a gang that has been blowing up bank ATMs in Greece.

Moreover, they also facing a big problem with minorities. Greece is now indirectly threatening to veto the beginning of Albania's accession negotiations to the European Union.
Altin Meshini is a successful producer of organic cheese in Prmet in southern Albania.

The Hellenic Police (ELAS) has responded to a media report criticizing Citizens' Protection Minister Takis Theodorikakos for purportedly surrounding himself with an "army" of police for his security detail and, as a result, depriving the public of their services.

The Greek Police's (ELAS) internal affairs division has launched an investigation into allegations of violence by police officers against a group of migrants held at the Pre-removal Detention Centre of Paranesti, in the northern region of Drama.

A man believed to be linked to the Islamic State terrorist organization was late on Monday stranded in the buffer zone on the Greek-Turkish border, according to reports. 

In a statement, the Greek Police (ELAS) said that a US citizen of Arab origin was brought to a Greek border post by Turkish officers who cited the expiry of his visa and asked Greek authorities to take him in.

The remains of four Greek soldiers killed in fighting in World War II were brought up in Albania on Tuesday, after two more were disinterred the previous day.

In early 1941, Adolf Hitler could look at a map of Eastern Europe and think that his plans were progressing nicely. The invasion of the Soviet Union, Operation Barbarossa, was coming in a few short months, Hungary, Romania and Bulgaria had joined the Tripartite Pact, and Yugoslavia’s government signed on to the same on March 25th, 1941.