Mytilene

The body of a young girl was spotted floating off of the coast of the Greek island of Lesvos on Sunday morning. People saw a body floating near Vatera on Greece's Lesvos Island and called the port authority of the island. Units...

A 29-year-old man from the island of Lesvos has been arrested and is to appear before an examining magistrate on Wednesday, facing charges of inflicting grievous bodily harm and weapons violations, state-run news agency AMNA reports. The man is accused of...

About 3,000 Lesvos residents gathered at the main square of Mytilene town on Thursday evening to protest against the overcrowded refugee camps, the VAT raise, the imprisoned Greek soldiers in Turkey and other issues while Greek Prime Minister Alexis...

Archaeologists have discovered part of the ancient seaside fortification wall in Mytilene town on Lesvos, during a rescue excavation on a plot of land in the northern ancient harbor; which is known today as Epano Skala. It is a structure...

Greek authorities say that up to 30 people were injured during overnight clashes between migrants and angry locals, identified my some reports as being right-wing extremists, in the capital of Lesvos, Mytilene. Greek police has announced that 120 migrants, mostly...

Violent clashes between a Greek far-right group, riot police and migrants raged almost all night in the town of Mytilene on Lesvos on Sunday night, leaving several injured, according to the Athens-Macedonian News Agency (AMNA). A Facebook group called "Mytilene Patriotic Movement...

The 19-year-old Greek model arrested for drug trafficking in Hong Kong, was denied bail on Thursday, in spite of her maintaining her innocence. The Mytilene girl remains in a prison for minors in Hong Kong after her arrest in the...

A group of Afghani nationals in Lesvos started a hunger strike on Friday, requesting that the Greek government grants them asylum in the country, or else be allowed to travel to another European city. The migrants, who have been staying...

A friendly football game between Barcelona veterans and Greek national team veterans will be held on Thursday June 8 at 6:30 pm at the municipality Stadium of Mytilene. The event is organized by the municipality of Lesvos, FC Barcelona Foundation...

Greek seismologists are concerned about the activation of a fault 10 to 15 km north of Lesvos that can cause a 6.6 Richter earthquake. Professor of seismology at Aristotle Univerity of Thessaloniki Constantinos Papazachos expressed his view after the three...