Another church on the island of Lesvos in the eastern Aegean, was attacked by illegal immigrants. The “Ταξιάρχης της Μόριας” church had large stones thrown through the windows. Makis Pavlellis, a local…
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Pyrgi is a picturesque medieval village on the island of Chios, known as the “painted village” thanks to the unique facade of the stone houses, which mostly consist of stunning grey and…
A new web platform that will look to make the Greek islands accessible to tourists with special needs, will launch in June by Greek non-profit organisation Agoni Grammi Gonimi, Microsoft Hellas and…
The Saint Catherine church in the small town of Moria on Lesvos, hit international headlines when it was trashed by illegal immigrants over a month ago. Things only got worse for the…
According to Greek government sources illegal migration flows have come to a near standstill, noting huge decreases since the coronavirus outbreak. Specifically, 2,773 refugees and migrants arrived in Greece in April 2019,…
On this day in 1913, the Balkan League, consisting of Greece, Bulgaria, Serbia and Montenegro, utterly defeated the Ottoman Empire, nearly expelling the Turks entirely from Europe. Montenegro, the smallest country in…
Greece’s largest carrier Aegean Airlines on Monday announced enhanced health and safety measures on all domestic and international flights, to protect in-flight personnel and passengers from COVID-19. “Having as absolute priority the…
The North Aegean Region is filing a complaint with the Prosecutor’s Office against a group of asylum seekers that has formed a Non-Government Organisation on the island of Lesvos and is operating…
The Moria Corona Awareness Team, which was set up to inform Moria migrants about the coronavirus, believes the government’s welcome measures have protected migrants from the Greek coronavirus, SLPress reported. The organisation…
The Saint Catherine Church in the small town of Moria on Lesvos, is now being used as a bathroom. A local in Moria described the scene. “The smell inside is unbearable,” said…
Greece’s largest carrier Aegean Airlines said on Thursday it will gradually restart flights from Athens to some major European destinations by the end of May, ending the suspension prompted by the coronavirus…
Residents on the Eastern Aegean island of Chios are requesting €428,000 in compensation for damages made by illegal immigrants housed in the Vial complex, according to Proto Thema. The illegal immigrants have…
Dramatic footage has emerged of a Greek coastguard ship blocking Turkish coastguard ships and illegal immigrants from entering Greece’s maritime waters near the Aegean island of Lesvos. According to a statement by…
Two burnt-out cars, burnt illegal immigrant tents and attacks against the police checkpoints, are just some of the extensive incidents that began on Saturday morning and culminated at midnight on the same…
As the Greek government moved 2,000 asylum seekers this week from hotspots due to their vulnerability to coronavirus, another twenty unaccompanied refugee minors left the Moria hotspot on Lesvos Island on Tuesday…
The head of International Organization of Migration (IOM) in Greece, Gianluca Rocco, announced on Monday the temporary transfer of more than 2,000 asylum applicants from migrant camp hotspots. According to Rocco, the…
Greek authorities have revealed that illegal migrants are gathering on Turkey’s Aegean coast after having been transferred from camps. According to sources used by Kathimerini, many of them were at the Greek-Turkish…
With borders closed and international travel at a standstill, illegal immigration to Greece has been drastically reduced as revealed by the latest figures from the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner…
Greece’s Alternate Migration and Asylum Minister, Giorgos Koumoutsakos on Thursday updated the public on refugee minors and asylum measures during a press briefing. Koumoutsakos said that Switzerland has expressed an interest in…
Local people on the Eastern Aegean island of Lesvos continue to be shocked by the behaviour of illegal immigrants, particularly those from the infamous Moria migrant camp to the north of Mytilene.…