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Migrant Influx to Greece Up by 122% in 2018

A total 24,000 migrants and refugees entered Greece in 2018, up until July 8, a 122 percent increase compared to the same period last year, a Deutsche Welle report says. According to the report, the inflow from the Evros borderline...

Evros Tragedy: Bodies of Turkish Woman, Child, Found

The bodies of a missing 36-year-old Turkish woman and one of her three children, aged 1, were found on the Turkish side of the Evros River. Turkish and Greek police boats continued their search for the woman's older sons, aged...

4 Turkish Citizens Arrested for Crossing Illegally into Greece

Greek police arrested four Turkish nationals for illegally crossing into Greek territory near the Evros River it emerged on Friday. The four, arrested on Thursday, will be led to a judge in the town of Orestiada who will decide whether to...

Turkish Father Makes Emotional Plea for Family Missing in Greek River

A woman and her three children went missing after a boat carrying several Turkish asylum seekers capsized in the Evros River along the Turkey-Greece border on Wednesday. Speaking to Turkish media, the children's father, Murat Akcabay, said that there had...

Greek Authorities Search for Missing People on Evros River

Greek media are reporting four people -- including three children -- are missing after a boat they were travelling in overturned on the Evros River, near Turkey. Greek newspaper Kathimerini wrote on Thursday that the one female and three minors...

Greek Woman Breaks World Record for Longest Garlic Braid (video)

A Greek woman from Nea Vyssa, in Evros, the northeastern part of Greece, broke the world record in garlic knitting after she made a braid measuring 612 meters and 70 centimeters. Dimitra Athanasova Tzoridou trashed the previous world record held...

Police Find Dozens of Migrants Trapped on Greek-Turkish Border

Police have said they saved 34 migrants who were trapped on the border between Greece and Turkey on Tuesday. According to reports, the 34 people, including seven children, had been on an islet on the Evros River, which forms the...

Lightning Strikes Bus in Northern Greece, No Injuries

A bus that was hit by lightning in northern Greece on Saturday afternoon was completely incinerated but no passenger was injured, according to e-evros.gr. The coach that was on the Alexandroupolis - Orestiada route in the Evros Region. It was...

Alexandroupolis Raises 600 Square Meter Greek Flag (video)

The biggest ever Greek flag was raised in Alexandroupolis, northeastern Greece, on Saturday, making local residents proud. The blue and white flag is an impressive 600 square meters, making it the biggest in the whole country. The gigantic Greek flag is...

Greece Deports Turkish Man who Crossed Evros Border

Greek authorities on Saturday deported a Turkish man who had entered the country through the Evros border on Wednesday, Hellenic Police say. Local police in Kastanies returned the Turkish civilian to his country through the Kastanies border crossing. The 37-year-old...