Aegean Islands

In the framework of Greece-Russia Year, the northern Aegean region presents the exhibition "The Aegean Islands, the Birth of the Archipelago" at the Polytechnic School of Moscow. The exhibition is organized at the initiative of the Natural History Museum of...

A German foreign ministry spokesman on Friday declined to give any reply to questions on whether the islands of Chios, Lesvos and Limnos were Greek, while claiming to be unaware of statements made by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan...

It was estimated that 57,034 identified refugees and migrants were on the Greek territory on Wednesday while 119 new arrivals were reported in the last 24 hours. According to the Refugee Crisis Management Coordination Body's figures, 22,250 of the refugees...

All the islands will have fully developed asylum services to handle migration flows by the end of June, the Greek spokesman for the government's refugee policy coordinating body George Kyritsis said on Wednesday. This will help decongest the islands...

A large number of identified migrants and refugees are on the islands of the northern Aegean waiting to depart for Piraeus. The number of refugees on Lesvos reaches 3,307 while refugees identified at Moria hotspot in the last 24...

For migrants and refugees crossing the Mediterranean trying to reach Europe, 2015 was the deadliest year on record, according to the International Organization for Migration (IOM). A total of 3,771 people are estimated to have died while making the perilous...

The Greek government is trying to rescue the tens of thousands of desperate refugees and migrants arriving on the Aegean islands, but some "voices" in Europe continue to blame Greece, Alternate Minister for Migration Policy Yiannis Mouzalas said on...

The EU border agency Frontex announced on Thursday an agreement with Greek authorities to expand its activities on the land border between Greece and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM). Frontex will be assisting with the registration of third...

The Greek government plans radical changes in the VAT system with the introduction of a single VAT rate of 15% for transactions using credit or debit cards and 18% for cash transactions, along with maintaining a low VAT...

Ankara has today intensified its attempt to "gray" areas in the Aegean sea, warning Greece not to proceed to unilateral actions that would damage the positive atmosphere between the two countries. The above statement, seen as a clear threat...