Evros
Greece
Turkish Envoy on Tackling Refugee Crisis: 'We do Our Best, and there is Room for Improvement'
Turkey is committing to proceed as agreed with what has been decided with the European Union to address the refugee crisis, the country’s ambassador to Greece Kerim Uras said on Wednesday during a press conference, noting that there is...
Greece
2-Year-Old Syrian Boy Found Wandering Alone at the Greek Borders
A 2-year-old boy from Syria was found wandering on his own at the borders of Evros-Greece. It is unknown how he ended up there or how he got lost from his parents but for the time being he has...
Crime
Two Refugee Children Dead off Kos Island
A new Aegean Sea tragedy occurred on Thursday in the sea area 250 meters off the coast of Kos island where the coast guard recovered the bodies of two refugee children.
It was the early hours of Thursday when a...
Greece
Greek Govt Receives Pressure to Tear Down Fence on Border with Turkey
The Greek government is facing increasing pressure to take down the fence along its land border with Turkey in the Evros region in order to stop refugees from making the deadly journey to Europe via the Aegean Sea.
Citizen Protection...
Greece
Greek PM Tsipras: 'Our Borders are Safe'
"Our borders are safe," stated Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Friday after attending the final phase of the military exercise "Parmenion 2015" at the Evros region, near the Turkey and Bulgaria borders.
Tsipras, who was wearing a Hellenic Airforce flight...
Greece
Greek Islands See Sixfold Increase in Refugees This Year
Over 42,000 migrants arrived by sea in Greece during the first five months of 2015, with the majority of them being refugees from Syria, Afghanistan, Iraq, Somalia and Eritrea, according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).
The influx of migrants on the...
Greece
Sixty-nine Trapped Migrants on Evros River Islet Rescued
An operation to rescue 69 undocumented migrants that were trapped on an islet in Evros river, was completed successfully on Saturday. Greek Police were informed on Thursday that a group of people were trapped on an islet and their...
Greece
Half a Million Immigrants Standing By at Greek Borders
About 500,000 immigrants mostly from Syria are waiting in Turkey to enter Greece, according to information by the Greek secret services.
At a time when the citizen protection ministry decided to reduce by 30 percent the border guard forces in Xanthi,...
Greece
Greek National Defense Minister: 'We Will Not Ask Anyone's Permission to Display Our National Sovereignty'
Greek National Defense Minister Panos Kammenos on Tuesday referred to the annoyance expressed by Turkey as regards his visits to military units and underlined that they were carried out on Greek soil and on Greek islands and that he...
Environment
Northern Greece in a State of Emergency due to Floods
The region of Serres in Eastern Macedonia and Thrace, northern Greece, has been declared in a state of emergency by local authorities due to floods caused after several days of continuous heavy rainfall that destroyed crops and seriously damaged...


