Greece

Turkey tries to justify the influx of refugees and migrants to Greece with the situation in Idlib and Syria. “The influx of migrants from Turkey towards Europe will continue if the situation in Idlib, Syria continues to worsen,” the Turkish Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Friday. What it …

Greek state broadcaster ERT invited a spiritual authority to give answers to commoners’ crucial and practical contemporary questions: is there any coronavirus contamination risk during the Holy Communion? There is no problem between the coronavirus and the Holy Communion “because Christ had never been a germs carrier,” priest Stylianos Karpathiou …

Greece’s National Meteorological Service EMY has issued a weather warning with its main features being heavy rainfalls and thunderstorms, possibly accompanied with hailstorms, powerful North winds and snowstorms in the mountainous and semi-mountainous regions. According to the warning, the bad weather front will initially hit western and northern Greece on …

Turkey has not officially announced a change to its policy on refugees in its country, the European Commission said on Friday, despite the fact that Ankara opened its gates encouraging refugees and migrants to cross into Greece. We expect Ankara to uphold commitments it made on controlling flows of migrants …

With hundreds of refugees and migrants waiting to cross into Greece, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has toughened his stance on migration and sent clear messages to as many recipients as possible, both in the East and the West. Greece will not tolerate illegal entries and is increasing border security, are …

Greek authorities closed Kastanies, the border gate to Turkey, Friday noon, in order to effectively prevent hundreds of refugees and migrants entering the country. Chief of Greek General Staff and the Minister of Citizen Protection are heading to the region of Evros. With the assistance of border guards, police officers …

Greece has maximized border controls at land and sea borders with Turkey after Erdogan opened the gates for refugees and migrants to go to Greece and “Europe.” Armed Forces and Coast guard are on alert, the chief of General Staff is heading to Evros and the islands of the North …

Greece’s Health Ministry confirmed on Friday morning that a woman has been tested positive on coronavirus. The infected patient is the second confirmed case in Athens and the fourth in the country. The 36-year-old woman had recently traveled to Italy, in a region hit by the virus. She is in …

Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan has played his long-standing blackmail card: he opened the gates to refugees and migrants to Greece and Europe.Turkish television channels have been broadcasting footage showing Syrian refugees and migrants from other countries walking towards Greece and Europe, after the Turkish Gendarmerie opened the Syrian gates …

Much loved Greek novelist and children books author Alki Zei died at the age of 97 in her home on Friday, her family announced. Translated into several languages, her work left its stamp on modern Greek literature with books such as “Achilles’ Fiancee” and children’s fiction, such as the “Wildcat …