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22-Year-Old Moroccan Immigrant Dead at Greek-FYROM Border

A 22-year-old Moroccan man lost his life this morning after suffering electric shock from the border fence in Idomeni, Greece. After praying for the young man, immigrants covered him with a black cloth and delivered his body to...

FYROM to Expand Fence Along Greek Border by 40 Kilometers, Reports Say

Erecting a fence along one part of its borders with Greece may not be all that the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia does, according to the latest reports. On November 28, FYROM soldiers began constructing an electric fence in the neutral zone between the...

Refugee Crisis: Greece Unwilling to Conduct Joint Sea Patrols with Turkey

The Greek government is not open to conducting joint sea patrols with the Turkish Navy in the East Aegean sea. Kathimerini newspaper cites Greek diplomatic sources who claim there will not be such operations between the neighbouring countries in the face...

FYROM Declares Border State of Emergency

After a continuous influx of migrants and refugees, the government of FYROM declared a state of emergency in the country's southern border with Greece and northern border with Serbia on Thursday afternoon. FYROM police are currently on the country's border with Greece...

Bulgarians Outraged by Greek Border Police

About a hundred Bulgarians staged a thirty-minute blockade of the border crossing Ilinden-Exochi on the Bulgarian-Greek border on April 26. The demonstrators are local people from the nearby municipalities of Gotse Delchev, Hadzhidimovo, Satovcha and Garmen. They complained about the Greek...

Immigration, Financial Crisis Threaten Border-Free Europe

As Europe scrambles to contain the financial crisis in the eurozone, another effort to deepen European unity is also being challenged, the Schengen passport-free travel zone. Immigration, lax controls, corruption and sovereignty worries are undermining dreams of border-free travel. Europeans now...