Komotini

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was expected in Komotini at noon on Friday, on the second leg of a two-day official visit to the country that got off to a tense start in Athens.

The Turkish president was expected to attend prayers at the northern town's Kirmahalle Mosque and meet with leaders of its Muslim community.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan seems ready to initiate a comprehensive negotiation on the Aegean and Greek-Turkish relations, but also appears steadfast as regards his intentions.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan seems ready to initiate a comprehensive negotiation on the Aegean and Greek-Turkish relations, but also appears steadfast as regards his intentions.

Construction of two new hospitals will be able to get under way thanks to a donation of more than 200 million euros made by the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF) to help the country's ailing health system.

Turkey’s Vice President, Hakan Cavusoglu is expected to visit Greece, on Thursday, November 2.

Ankara and Athens sources confirm Cavusoglu’s meeting with the Greek PM, Alexis Tsipras, with the FM Nikos Kotzias and with Education minister, Costas Gavroglou.

A bridge spanning the Kompsatos River in Rodopi on the national highway linking Komotini and Xanthi in northern Greece collapsed in the early hours of Sunday under unknown circumstances. No injuries have been reported.

Two Bulgarian nationals faced a prosecutor in Rhodopi, northern Greece, Wednesday on charges of attempting to smuggle undocumented migrants into the country after authorities found 14 people hidden in a special compartment in the roof of their truck.

A Swede and a Yemeni, aged 30 and 20, were sentenced to 15 years in prison Friday by a court in Komotini, northeastern Greece, that found them guilty of being members of so-called Islamic State.

Turkish citizens residing in Greece will go to polling stations set up in Athens, Thessaloniki, Komotini and Rhodes to cast their votes Saturday and Sunday, on the April 16 referendum to take place in Turkey. Voting will commence in the four Turkish Consulates in the designated cities and will commence at 9am and end 9pm on each day.

A 54-year-old Turkish national was arrested by Greek police in the northern city of Komotini while attempting to enter the country from Turkey. The suspect tried to cross into Greece through the Nymphea border check point, but was apprehended after the Greek authorities ascertained he had an outstanding international arrest warrant on charges of drug trafficking.