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German Chancellor Angela Merkel is sending 32 million euros to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan: the money is supposed to help the Turkish Coast Guard to stop more migrants who want to enter the EU. Germany claims the “state interest of Germany” as the reason for the generous present. The German …
Read More »US Embassy in Athens issues “Security Alert” over new Migration crisis
The US Embassy in Athens has issued a Security Alert on Wednesday over the new migration crisis. The Embassy highlights as locations where US citizens should be on alert the islands of Lesvos, Chios and Samos as well as the Evros land border. Particularly about Lesvos and the Evros region, …
Read More »9. case of coronavirus in Greece: Man had traveled to Israel and Egypt
Greek Health Authorities announced the ninth confirmed case of coronavirus in the country on Wednesday noon. The patient is the first coronavirus in western Greece after confirmed cases in Thessaloniki and Athens. The patient is a man currently in isolation in a designated hospital in Patras, West Peloponnese. According to …
Read More »Lesvos: Navy ship to trasnfer new arrivals to “pre-deportation” camps
A ship of the Greek Navy arrived at the port of Mytilini in Lesvos on Wednesday morning. The ship will house hundreds of refugees and migrants who arrived on the island after March 1, but they are not allowed to submit asylum application following a recent government decision to temporarily …
Read More »Mother-of-three says her rescue dog saved her by sniffing her until she was diagnosed with cancer
Joanne Lowen, 60, from Kent. said her rescue dog Menios, a Hellenic Hound, detected her cancer by repeatedly sniffing her arms, despite her most recent mammogram coming back clear.
Read More »Three Greek Beaches among top 25 of TripAdvisor’s “World Best Beaches”
Three beaches in Greece are included in the list of “World’s Best Beaches” published by TripAdvisor. One of them is among the Top Ten, while the other two are still among the Top 25. The ranking is based on TripAdvisor voters. Kleftiko, Milos is in the 10th place on the …
Read More »Battle at the border: Fire, smoke, and tear gas fill the air as Greek police fight back migrants
Migrants, most of them Middle Eastern and African men, were seen hurling back canisters of tear gas on Wednesday morning, setting fire to fences near the village of Kastanies.
Read More »Greece confirms 8. case of coronavirus: Man in Thessaloniki
Greece’s Health Ministry confirmed on Wednesday morning one more case of coronavirus, the eight case in the country. The patient is a man in Thessaloniki, relative of the 5. case confirmed on Saturday. The patient is in a room of negative pressure in AHEPA hospital, one of the 13 designated …
Read More »Turkish police fires teargas at Greek forces as migrants try to cross (video)
Tension erupted again at the closed customs office of Kastenies at Evros, when a group of migrants attempted to cross into Greece on Wednesday morning. Greek security forces deterred them using teargas and sound flares, the migrants reportedly threw stones and other objects. It was initially though that it was …
Read More »Locals on tractors assist Greek Army and Police along the Evros (video)
With their farming tractors and headlights on, local residents moved to help the Greek army and police along the Evros river, the natural border to Turkey, to prevent illegal crossing from the Turkish border into Greece. Others have gathered to the South Evros with their vehicles and see themselves also …
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