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Ethnic Kurd arrested; wanted in Turkey for terrorist action
Police have arrested a Turkish citizen, an ethnic Kurd, wanted for membership in a terrorist organization.
The 41-year-old had gone to the police's aliens' division in Athens to renew his asylum request papers; when the officer entered his name an INTERPOL Red Notice appeared, asking for his arrest.
The latest temptation
Greek political life has registered several achievements which could even be considered world records.
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Declassified Documents Show Power of Albania’s Communist Secret Police
Aferdita Dalliu was a child when her grandfather, Hafiz Ibrahim Dalliu, a Muslim scholar with a strong reputation for patriotism, was imprisoned by the Communist regime that ruled Albania with iron fist for more than 45 years until 1991.
Albania Exhibition Puts Communist Secret Police Files on Display
An exhibition entitled 'Tirana in the Eyes of the Sigurimi' was held at the Palace of Congresses in the capital on Thursday, illustrating how people in the Albanian capital were spied upon and persecuted under the Communist regime that ruled the country until the early 1990s.
"It's no coincidence at all - Serbia's silent for Russia"
Historian and former senior official of the SFR Yugoslavia Latinka Perovic said that the anniversary of the Informbiro Resolution is not talked about in Serbia today and that this is not at a coincidence at all primarily because of Russia's role in Serbia.
The Installation of the Bronze House in Sofia has Finally Started
The installation of the Bronze House on the site of Georgi Dimitrov's mausoleum in Sofia started on Wednesday. It is supposed to be a symbol of the Bulgarian Presidency, ending in late June, and the subsequent Austrian presidency by the end of the year.
Albania Commemorates Communist Killing of MPs
Albania commemorated the 70th anniversary of the execution of 15 Albanian MPs on Tuesday. The group had dared to obstruct former dictator Enver Hoxha's plans to install a communist regime in Albania after WWII.
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Albanian Opposition Seeks to Outlaw Communism Symbols
The head of Albania's main centre-right opposition Democratic Party, Lulzim Basha, on Monday said his party would soon submit a draft law seeking to ban the display of communist symbols in public.
The Democrats' leader said his party was seeking help from German partner parties in order to follow the same model that Germany has, in banning Nazi symbols.
'Stalin Breaks Speed Limit Giving Jesus a Lift'
A traffic camera in Russia's Volgograd Region snapped a picture of a speeding car driven by a man who resembled the late Soviet leader Joseph Stalin, with a person resembling Jesus sitting in the passenger's seat.
A Russian man posted a photo sent to him by the Volgograd Region traffic police online, which allegedly depicted his car breaking the speed limit.
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Colombia: Goodbye FARC Rebels, Hello FARC Politicians
BOGOTÁ, Colombia - The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) are changing into, well, the FARC; the rebels are completing their transition from an armed insurgent group to a political party known as the Alternative Revolutionary Force of the Community.