Evros

A meeting was held in Athens, Greece among  the Greek Minister of Defence Dimitris Avramopoulos, the Minister of Justice Charalampos Athanasiou, the Minister of Public Order and Citizen Protection Vasilis Kikilias and the Minister of Maritime Affairs, Miltiadis Varvitsiotis, on the issue of...

Greek police have arrested four of their fellow officers and 18 others suspected of involvement in a major migrant-smuggling ring. A total of 22 people have been arrested in Attica, Thessaloniki and Evros, in northeast Greece, including the head of the ring along with four...

Authorities are preparing for the worst in the northern Greece regions of Eastern Macedonia and Thrace, where the water level of the river Evros has risen dangerously. Indeed, the rivers Ardas and Erythropotamos in northern Greece may also flood since Bulgaria's Ivaylovgrad dam overflowed due to mountain meltwater and recent heavy rainfall. At...

During the last few days, Greek conservationists in the area of Evros Delta, northern Greece have recorded a large number of tundra swans, specifically of the Bewick's Swan subspecies. According to Panagiotis Ioannidis, environmental chief of the agency for managing the protected...

The presidents of labor unions described the gloomy picture of unemployment in Northern Greece at a meeting which took place in  Thessaloniki in the framework of the TIF. As they said, illegal and uninsured work reigns, while unemployment rates have...

Refugees and migrants trying to reach the EU via Greece from conflict-torn countries like Syria and Afghanistan are being unlawfully returned to Turkey by Greek coast and border guards, Amnesty International reveals in a new report out today. The 40-page...

In Edirne, also known by its old name Adrianople, a city in the northwestern part of Turkey, a protocol of agreement was signed by  Greece and Turkey concerning the construction of a new road bridge at Kipoi, Feres in...

Almost 600 illegal immigrants returned to their home countries in May, while since last August a total of 10,118 people of different nationalities have returned to their countries. According to the Hellenic Police data, reimbursement decisions were based on the...

A 76-year-old man died on April 28, in the village of Itea near the town of Feres in the Evros region, northern Greece after consuming greens. Except for the father of the family, his wife and son also ate from...

Local authorities on the Greek islands of the northeastern Aegean Sea are girding themselves for what is expected to be a growing wave of refugees from war-torn Syria, as measures to reduce the inflow of illegal immigrants via the...