Evros

The National Forest and Park Management Authority of Dadia, Lefkimi, and Soufli announced on Wednesday that two rare raptors were found killed recently next to wind turbines in south Evros, in northeastern Greece. On August 19, a lesser spotted eagle...

Greek police said on Tuesday that they have arrested two foreign nationals who are suspected of people-smuggling after six migrants were killed in an overcrowded vehicle which veered into a ditch off a road near the Turkish border on...

The European Commission has contacted Greek authorities concerning reports of alleged illegal pushbacks of migrants to Turkey in the Evros region on Greece's northeastern border. This news was confirmed by Commission spokesperson for Migration issues, Natasha Bertaud, on Tuesday. "The...

This editorial was published in Hellas Journal in Greek by Nikos Meletis The Greek State is perpetuating the mistake of allowing Turkey to use the Greek Muslim minority in Thrace for irredentist and expansionist purposes. The Greek Muslims were used once...

It was announced on Wednesday that Europol will dispatch a mobile unit with a number of expert officers to assist the local Greek Police (ELAS) in Evros to tackle the increasing incidence of migrant smuggling from Turkey. The Europol decision...

EUROPOL executive director Catherine De Bolle visited Greece's border region of Evros on Thursday. De Bolle wanted to see for herself the situation at the Greek-Turkish border -- which also serves as an external border of the European Union itself. The...

A reportedly dangerous Islamist terrorist was arrested in Greece's border city of Evros recently and is now in the custody of the Greek police. According to a report on the local Thraki Nea website on Saturday, the alleged terrorist is...

Turkey's police held 950 migrants without papers in a northwestern Turkish province as they attempted to cross over into neighboring Greece, security sources disclosed on Sunday. The migrants made a beeline to Edirne province on the night of April 4,...

Greek police said on Saturday four migrants, including three girls, are missing after an inflatable boat they used to cross the Evros River from Turkey into Greece capsized. Police found eight Iraqi migrants — five adults, two boys and a...

Greek police arrested a Greek soldier and a British employee for a non-government organization on Sunday for allegedly taking photographs of military installations near the land border with Turkey. Police said on Monday that the two men -- a 29-year-old...