Orestiada

Residents of Orestiada, in Greece's northern prefecture of Thrace, warmly welcomed Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, who began on a four-day visit to the area on Saturday. Bartholomew was welcomed at the Orestiada Square by Metropolitan Damaskinos of Didymoticho, political, church and...

The Hellenic Police have uncovered a gang of smugglers. Two men were arrested on suspicion of being members of the gang, a 52 year-old Greek and a 45 year-old Iraqi, along with a 21 year-old Greek woman. The police...

Every day begins with a cup of coffee......at least for most of us, but what happens with the refugees and the homeless? Now, shop owners of Greece took the initiative to create the program “A cup of coffee is...

A 29-year-old Bulgarian woman was arrested early in the morning of August 21 in Orestiada, northern Greece accused of murdering her 52-  year-old husband with a hunting shotgun. The police said a few days ago she wounded her husband with...

Spending Easter time in Greece is probably as well advertised as summer holidays on a Aegean island. The colors and warm spring weather are already sweeping across the country, while people have begun preparing for the Holy Week and...

3,000 illegal immigrants crossed the Greek borders during the first two months of 2012 only from Northern Evros, when last year the same figure totaled 1,609 –therefore minus 50%. Despite the public announcements of Frontex regarding the construction of...

Greek authorities say they will start work next month on a 10-kilometre fence on the country's border with Turkey to deter waves of illegal immigration. Public Order Minister Christos Papoutsis said on Monday that the border fence is expected to...