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Syrian teenager shot trying to return from Greece to Turkey

Edit The Miami Herald 24 Jun 2016
... Iraqi, had bought a small inflatable dinghy in which they planned to cross the Evros river, on Greece's northeastern border with Turkey, near Didymoteicho....

Greek fisherman arrested for ferrying Syrians

Edit Kathimerini 15 Jun 2016
Police say the 70-year-old was caught Tuesday near the border town of Didymoteicho ... Police said he charged 50 euros per passenger. The arrest was announced Wednesday ... [AP] ....

Spotlight: European countries tighten asylum rules as refugee waves continue

Edit Xinhua 30 Jan 2016
Refugees plead with Greek police officers to let them continue their journey to western Europe on the outskirts of the town of Didymoteicho, two kilometers away from Greek borderline with Turkey, on Jan. 24, 2016. (Xinhua/Lefteris Partsalis). BEIJING, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- European countries led by Germany have tightened asylum rules amid continuing refugee waves in the new year that are having an impact on the local societies. GERMAN DEAL....

Spotlight: Several European countries tighten rules on asylum seekers

Edit Xinhua 30 Jan 2016
Refugees plead with Greek police officers to let them continue their journey to western Europe on the outskirts of the town of Didymoteicho, two kilometers away from Greek borderline with Turkey, on Jan. 24, 2016. (Xinhua/Lefteris Partsalis). BRUSSELS, Jan ... SWEDEN PLANS TO DEPORT ASYLUM SEEKERS. Sweden is planning to deport up to 80,000 asylum seekers over the next few years, a government representative said on Thursday ... dollars ... Related. ... ....

Bishop bans popular wedding customs

Edit Kathimerini 16 Sep 2015
In a circular distributed to dozens of churches, Bishop Damaskinos of Didymoteicho, Orestiada and Soufli set out a list of terms and conditions for weddings and christenings ... ....

Coast guard picks up 44 people off Samothrace

Edit Kathimerini 20 Jun 2015
The man was arrested after officers serving at the border patrol station of Didymoteicho carried out an inspection of the Bulgaria-registered vehicle and discovered 20 Syrian nationals and an Iraqi man on board ... ....

The Rabbi and Bishop Who Saved a Greek Jewish Community

Edit Huffington Post 16 Apr 2015
In the Jerusalem Hills, there stands the single largest memorial to the Holocaust in the world known as Martyrs' Forest, which is comprised of six million trees planted in memory of those six million Jews who perished ... Photo ... Eskanazi told Tazpit ... The Nazis captured and murdered two of Rabbi Pessach's sons who taught Judaism in Salonika and Didymoteicho, and Rabbi Pessach's wife died while they were in hiding ... ....

Muslim woman tries to close Thrace’s sharia inheritance law loophole

Edit The Guardian 10 Apr 2015
A legal consequence of historical wrangling between Greece and Turkey is finally set to be challenged at the European court of human rights ... Photograph. Yannis Behrakis /Reuters. Adéa Guillot. Friday 10 April 2015 11.24 BST ... At times she is barely audible ... So any problems relating to marriage, divorce and inheritance are settled by the mufti’s office in Xanthi, Komotini or Didymoteicho, the region’s three main towns ... More features Topics ... ....

Greek businesswoman named Manager of the Year 2014 by TUV Nord

Edit Kathimerini 20 Nov 2014
She has been in the vanguard of the German business world for several years now and is a paradigm for the Greek diaspora ... Green emigrated to Germany from the northern Greek border town of Didymoteicho at the age of 18 and studied chemical technology at the University of Dortmund. She took her first professional steps at the Esso petroleum company before embarking on a PhD while a mother of two ... All about hard work....
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