The Greek border crossing of Kastanies, or “Chestnuts,” was until last week a sleepy place under Balkan poplars, where the Evros river slowly wound its way from Bulgaria to the sea, demarcating the frontier with Turkey as settled by the 1923 Treaty of Lausanne. A couple of miles away, the minarets of Edirne’s great mosque … Continue reading Get ready for Fortress Europe […]
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