Mytilene

What exactly is a hotspot or what qualifies a hotspot? In relation to the intense and at times overwhelming migrant influx that has hit Greece, hot spots are being created to help migrants and refugees. In 2015, significant and disproportionate...

Greek Coast Guard rescued a 18-year old woman with paraplegia along with 42 other refugees, on Friday, mostly from Syria, in the sea region off the coasts of Mytilene, Lesvos island, Greece. The rescuers also managed to collect the girl's...

The refugee crisis that Europe is engulfed in shows no signs of slowing down as the latest numbers show. After the 2,500 people that arrived on the Greek East Aegean island of Lesvos between Tuesday and Thursday, Reuters reports that 24...

Mytilene Mayor Spyros Galinos thought his problems were solved when a check for 75 million U.S. dollars arrived in the post, to help the municipality cope with the tide of refugees arriving on the island. Speaking to the ANA-MPA on...

In a poignant twist of fate, two Greek firemen needing rescue on the island of Lesvos, Greece, found help from four Iranians that had just alighted on the island as migrants from the Turkish shore. The four men were walking...

Participating in a major meeting held in Mytilene to discuss the migrant and refugee crisis, Greek caretaker Prime Minister Vassiliki Thanou on Sunday stressed that Greece strictly abides by all European and international treaties, without overlooking humanitarian values and...

Four European mayors, Anne Hidalgo from Paris, Ada Colau from Barcelona, Giusi Nicolini from Lampedusa and Spyros Galinos from Mytilene, urged European leaders on Sunday not to turn their backs on refugees, stating that their cities are ready to accommodate them. "European cities are...

The increased inflow of refugees and migrants has seriously affected tourism on Lesvos island and other neighboring Greek islands. Tourist agent Ilias Pikoulos said to ANA-MPA that six cruise ship operators with approximately 5,000 passengers on-board each ship was expected...

Passenger ferry Blue Star 1 along with a Hellenic Coast Guard boat rescued 61 refugees between Chios and Lesvos islands. According to the coast guard, Blue Star 1 and a coast guard patrol boat received a signal about people at...

Greece's Coast Guard with the help of police on Friday morning made use of stun grenades to deal with the uprising of about a thousand refugees at the port of Mytilene, on the island of Lesvos. Thousands of refugees are...