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Greek Police Arrest 5 for Attempted Migrant Smuggling
Hellenic Police (ELAS) on Sunday reported the arrest of five migrant smugglers in two separate operations in Thessaloniki, in northern Greece.
The five perpetrators were planning to help a total of 53 migrants to illegally cross Greece's northern border with...
Greece
Greece-FYROM Friendship Blossoms With Confidence Building Measures
Delegates from Greece and the Former Yugoslav Repubic of Macedonia (FYROM) held a new round of talks on confidence-building measures in Athens on June 13, on the basis of an agreement reached by the two sides on June 24,...
Greece
Greece to be Invited to Second Western Balkans Conference in Vienna
The Austrian government plans to invite Greece to the second conference on the Western Balkans and the refugee crisis at the level of Foreign and Interior Ministers, which will take place in Vienna, according to the Independent Balkans News...
Greece
FYROM Wants to Find Solution in Name Dispute With Greece
Macedonian Defense Minister Zoran Jolevski said that the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) is "committed" to finding a mutually acceptable solution for the long-running name dispute with Greece. In Washington, Jolevski took part in the NATO conference titled...
Greece
Greek Police Continue Idomeni Refugee Evacuation, Only 1,500 Left
The second day of the evacuation of the makeshift refugee camp at Idomeni was deemed a success by the Greek government with only 1,500 migrants left in the area on Wednesday night.
A total 1,003 refugees and migrants were removed...
Greece
Many Refugees at Idomeni Refuse to Move to Proper Camps in Greece
The evacuation of the makeshift migrant camp at Idomeni is not going according to the plan of Greek authorities as many migrants refuse to board the buses that would carry them to official hospitality facilities.
According to a Skai television...
Greece
Greek Police Start Evacuating Migrants from Idomeni Camp [video]
Hellenic Police on Tuesday morning started an operation to clear the makeshift migrant camp in Idomeni, on the Greece-Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia border.
More than 8,000 migrants and refugees had been left stranded at the tent town during the...
Greece
Police to Evacuate Migrant Camp on Greece-FYROM Border
Greek authorities plan to evacuate the makeshift migrant camp at Idomeni, located near the Greece-Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia border.
The spokesman for the coordinating committee for refugees, Giorgos Kyritsis, said that the evacuation will take place Tuesday or Wednesday. He...
Crime
Exclusive Video: Worst Riots Ever Break Out at Idomeni Refugee Camp
Violence erupted again on Wednesday at Idomeni, the sprawling tent city that has been created on Greece's northern border with the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM). Incidents began at 8:30 p.m. when about a hundred migrants ran towards...
Greece
FYROM Sends 11,803 Migrants Back to Greece
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) authorities have sent more than 11,803 refugees back to Greece since the country closed its borders to migrants in early March. Nataliya Spirova, director of the FYROM Interior Ministry of Strategic Affairs, told...