Syria

Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed on the phone earlier on Thursday with Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras the condition in Syria and the developments in the Cyprus issue, according to a Kremlin announcement. The two top officials "discussed a...

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov reiterated the good prospects for the Greece-Russia cooperation in the energy sector during his meeting in Athens with Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Wednesday morning. Lavrov also referred to problems existing in bilateral trade and the...

Eida Karmi was too weak to make the journey from her war-torn home of Syria to Greece on her own. The 115-year-old woman who is unable to walk fled her country with the aid of a family friend who...

Easing EU fears, a senior Turkish official on Saturday said his country would fully implement its part of a deal meant to keep migrants from Europe's shores even if the European Union refuses to abolish visas for Turkish citizens....

Syrian refugee Ibrahim al Hussein, who lost his leg during a 2012 bombing, is competing at the Rio Paralympics in September. The Hellenic Paralympic Committee announced that the man who is living, working and training in Greece will be...

Ten months after fleeing the Syrian capital of Damascus, Syrian refugee swimmer Yusra Mardini has been selected together with nine fellow refugees to be part of the Refugee Olympic Team (ROT) at the Olympic Games Rio 2016. The 18...

Shabab in Arabic means friends. Along these lines, Shabab web radio, based in Athens, caters to refugees and migrants who live or are stranded in Greece. The multicultural internet radio station broadcasts news, music, entertainment programs and information that is...

During WW2 as the German and Italian troops occupied Greece, tens of thousands of Greeks chose to flee their homeland in search of refugee camps in the Middle East. Conditions for the Greeks who made the difficult decision to sell...

Yusra Mardini has already proven what she is made of as the 18-year old swimmer from Syria saved the lives of 20 fellow refugees when they were crossing the Mediterranean Sea in hopes of reaching the shores of Greece. Just two...

A suspected terrorist hit in Belgium or France by jihadists coming from Syria through Turkey and Greece is the subject of a document sent to all departments of the Belgian counter-terrorism agency. Speaking in realfm 97.8, Realnews Paris correspondent Maria...