Western Thrace

Foreign Minister Giorgos Gerapetritis is set to brief the leaders of Greece's political parties next week regarding key foreign policy issues, according to a statement from the ministry of foreign affairs.

In a provocative address to the Turkish Parliament's budget committee, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan again raised the issue of Greece's Muslim minority, referring to the "Turkish minority in Western Thrace" and demanding Greece refrain from any provocations. 

Turkey's position on Aegean issues remains firmly entrenched, as highlighted by recent remarks from diplomatic sources to the Turkish newspaper Hurriyet.

Ankara is apparently leveraging the potential reopening of the historic Greek Orthodox Halki theological seminary in Turkey as a bargaining chip in its negotiations with Greece.

ISTANBUL - Tensions between Turkey and Greece are escalating due to disputes surrounding educational policies for minority schools. The Turkish Ministry of Education has introduced new restrictions affecting Greek minority schools in Istanbul, limiting events and visits that are not directly related to educational purposes.

A warning message from “112” was sent shortly after 5 p.m. to residents of Eastern Macedonia, Thrace, Thassos, Samothrace, Lemnos and Agios Efstratios for dangerous weather phenomena expected to “strike” from early Tuesday evening.

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A very high risk of fire (risk category 4) is predicted on Monday in four regions of Greece, according to the Fire Risk Prediction Map issued by the Ministry of Climate Crisis and Civil Protection.

Τhe forecast is predicted for the following areas:

A 33-year-old paragliding instructor was killed in a crash after taking off from the area of Mandra, in the region of western Thrace, northern Greece, on Wednesday afternoon. 

The man appears to have lost control of the parachute and fallen from a great height. The cause of the accident remains unknown.

The indictment for the 18-year-old nightclub doorman in Feres, Evros, changes after the death of the 42-year-old father of four who was thrown by a martial arts connoisseur outside the shop while intervening in a fight, causing him to suffer a head injury and succumb.

Four human traffickers, three foreigners and one Greek, were arrested on Saturday in the northern regions of Rhodope and Evros.

Police from the Rhodope and Alexandroupolis departments made the arrests.