Komotini

Mitsotakis: No stepping back from construction of border fence

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has vowed he will not "step back from the protection of the [country's] borders and the safety of people living in border areas," during a speech at an event in the northeastern city of Komotini.

The premier was presenting the government's development plan for Eastern Macedonia and Thrace during a visit to the region.

One dead, three injured as migrant van overturns

A van carrying migrants in northern Greece crashed on Sunday killing one of the passengers and injuring at least three others, police say. 

The vehicle was traveling on the Egnatia Highway connecting Alexandroupolis with Komotini when it overturned under unknown circumstances.

The van was not being pursued.

Police are still looking for the driver of the van.

Identity Geopolitics: Nation, Faith and the Roma of Western Thrace

The house was in a sprawl of cinder-block shanties on the eastern edge of the town. Two Greek flags hung near the approach. Beyond them lay the Muslim cemetery. The women served coffee, accompanied by the usual jokes about whether to call it Greek or Turkish. The correct term, of course, depended on where you happened to be.

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