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Turkish smugglers are charging migrants just £11 to help sneak them into the EU via Greece Greek PM Mitsotakis hit out at Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan today He accused him of allowing thousands to storm Greece’s sea and land borders Turkish officials are allegedly allowing people smugglers to operate freely The traffickers are said … Read more
Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz has accused Turkey of ‘blackmail’ after the country opened its borders and allowed thousands of migrants to attempt the crossing into Greece. Kurz said that Ankara had launched an ‘attack’ on the EU using migrants as leverage and said the bloc ‘must not be susceptible to blackmail’. Greek border guards said … Read more
The threat will have chilled Europe’s leaders to the bone. Turkey’s autocratic president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, announced that his country would no longer enforce the deal struck with the EU in 2016 to prevent millions of Syrian and other refugees who have poured into his country from leaving for Western shores. ‘The doors are now … Read more
Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan has warned that Europe will have to take its share of the migrant ‘burden’ as Greece today tried to fend off an ‘invasion’ after Turkey threw open its borders. More than 13,000 migrants have gathered on the Turkish side of the river which runs 125 miles along the frontier and … Read more
Turkey has shot down two Syrian war planes and destroyed 100 tanks as it launches a military offensive against the Moscow-backed Syrian regime after an airstrike that killed 34 of its soldiers. Turkish defence minister Hulusi Akar announced the operation – dubbed ‘Spring Shield’ – today and vowed that any attack on Turkish forces or … Read more
The EU is on ‘high alert’ after more than 30,000 migrants at Turkey’s border with Greece and Bulgaria pelted guards with stones and tried to cut through the wire fences. Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said 18,000 migrants have already crossed into Europe, with the number expected to reach 25,000 to 30,000 in the coming … Read more
Tens of thousands of refugees from Syria and other countries were massing on the Turkish borders with Greece and Bulgaria last night, hurling stones at guards and trying to cut through razor wire. An estimated 30,000 migrants gathered at checkpoints after Turkey’s president claimed to have ‘opened the doors’ to allow as many as 4 … Read more
Bearded, earnest, erudite, Theo the naturalist was surely the most charming character in The Durrells, the recent ITV drama inspired by Gerald Durrell’s memoir My Family And Other Animals. It was Theo who opened a young Gerald’s eyes to the marvels of Greek wildlife. And now here we are being guided through a pine forest … Read more
Talk about perfect timing! Street photographer who specialises in capturing snaps at exactly the right moment is master of the optical illusion These perfectly timed pictures capture people in hilarious optical illusions The snaps were taken by photographer Anthimos Ntagkas, from Athens, Greece They include a bizarre snap that captures a dog who appears to have … Read more
The holiday plans of millions of Britons could be at risk after the number of coronavirus cases around the world overtook China for the first time. Brazil yesterday reported its first patient with the illness, which means the virus has now spread to every continent except Antarctica. Cases were also diagnosed for the first time … Read more