Lesvos

More than 600 migrants landed on islands of the Eastern Aegean from Monday morning until Tuesday dawn, according to the Hellenic Coast Guard. Specifically, 397 refugees and migrants landed on the Greek islands until Tuesday morning, with 225 arriving on Chios,...

For the second consecutive year and within the framework of cooperation between the University of the Aegean and the University of Geosciences in Beijing, a special programme is held for undergraduate students of the School of Geology in Lesvos. Students,...

The renowned Petrified Forest on Lesvos has become the focus of attention of major universities around the world. Groups of Geoscience students are visiting the Greek island to study the ancient forest which was formed from the fossilized remains of plants...

A total of 334 migrants coming from Turkey landed on various Greek Eastern Aegean islands on Monday, according to data released by the Ministry of the Interior's National Border Control and Asylum Control Center. Approximately half of them (147) arrived...

Two men died when their apartment was engulfed in flames at Polichnitos in Lesvos. The two men were brothers, aged 56 and 54. The fire occurred around 2.30 am on Friday morning while the brothers were both asleep. The apartment was in...

Firefighters and volunteers battled all night with the blaze in Lesvos. By Friday morning the fire, which threatened to engulf the villages of Plomari, Trygona and Plagia, was under control. "There is currently no active front," Nicolaos Babakos, commander of the...

Greek authorities on Lesvos have failed to protect unaccompanied children from abuse by placing them in refugee camps with unrelated adults, says Human Rights Watch (HRW). By misidentifying the children and classifying them as adults, Greek authorities have left the...

Migrants set fires around the Moria camp on Lesvos and hurled rocks at police in reaction to the deportation of a fellow asylum seeker who is to be deported back to Turkey. According to Lesvosnews.gr, on Tuesday afternoon the migrants...

More than 200 undocumented migrants have landed on the islands of the eastern Aegean from Turkey between Saturday and Monday morning. According to government figures 212 migrants arrived on the islands of Lesvos, Chios and Samos. The new arrivals has brought...

A fire has broken out at a large migrant camp in the Greek island of Lesvos following a protest at the site. The unrest began when a group of migrants launched a protest outside the so-called pre-departure center which operates...