Eleftherios Venizelos

On the Lausanne Treaty

The Treaty of Lausanne encompasses the 143 articles of the treaty itself, along with 17 conventions, protocols and declarations negotiated between the defeated Turkey and all the victorious powers of World War I. It is not an agreement between Greece and Turkey.

MP’s Lausanne Treaty remark sparks row

The controversy that followed New Democracy MP Angelos Syrigos' claim that some articles of the Lausanne Treaty - notably the one on the extent of the military presence on the eastern Aegean islands - were out of date, has brought attention to the uncertainty surrounding the text of the 1923 agreement that established the borders of Greece, Bulgaria and Turkey.

Woman arrested with 37 kilograms of cannabis at Athens airport

A 30-year-old woman was arrested on Tuesday afternoon at the Athens' Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport for drug trafficking. 

According to the police, an investigation in cooperation with the DEA office of the US embassy located the woman after she landed in Greece on a flight from Switzerland.

A total of 37 kilograms of cannabis was located in the woman's luggage. 

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