earthquake
Europe
Light Earthquake Near Greek-Bulgarian Borders
The European Seismology Centre reported a light earthquake was registered 104 km south from Bulgaria's second largest city of Plovdiv Saturday evening, in the area of the Bulgarian-Greek border.
The quake was of a 2.5 points magnitude on the Richter scale with an epicenter, located 20 kilometers...
Europe
Lesvos Sends Aid to Quake-Struck Van
Citizens of the island of Lesvos sent for the third time humanitarian aid to the now twice earthquake-hit city of Van in Eastern Turkey.
A few days ago, representatives from the Hellenic Rescue Team of Mytilene accompanied the third and...
Greece
Greek Foreign Minister's Communications with Turkish Counterpart Regarding Earthquake
Foreign Minister Stavros Lambrinidis contacted his Turkish counterpart, Ahmet Davutoglu, by telephone regarding the earthquake that struck this afternoon in Turkey’s Van province, causing extensive material damage and an as yet unknown number of deaths.
Mr. Lambrinidis expressed the deep...