The European Commission on Wednesday revealed a new migration plan that stresses mandatory burden sharing and sending illegal migrants back to their home countries. Ursula von der Leyen, European Commission president, called…
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Once again, illegal immigrants vandalised a Greek Orthodox church on the island of Lesvos. This is the second time this year the church of Agios Georgios has been attacked. Illegal immigrants destroyed…
Greece confirmed 243 positive covid-19 cases at the new temporary hosting facility for migrants and refugees at Kara Tepe on the island of Lesvos. According to the National Public Health Organisation, a…
Protesters in Germany’s capital on Sunday demanded that the government do more to help migrants stranded on Greek islands following a series of fires that devastated the refugee camp of Moria. The…
According to government sources, Germany wants to take in about 1,500 migrants stranded on Greek islands following a series of fires that devastated the refugee camp of Moria, Reuters reported. This in addition…
Just over 6% of the 12,500 refugees who are homeless after the fire at Moria last week, have been rehoused in a new temporary facility under construction, authorities announced on Monday. By Monday…
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Sunday announced that Greece will build a permanent migrant reception centre on Lesvos to replace the overcrowded refugee camp destroyed by a fire last week. On Tuesday night, a…
Although it is well established that illegal immigrants are responsible for starting fires that destroyed the infamous Moria migrant camp on Lesvos island, a video has emerged that catches fire starters in…
Mere weeks after a ginormous explosion rocked Beirut, killing more than 180 people and injuring more than 6,000 others, the same area in Beirut is ablaze again. Video footage has emerged showing…
In front of the European Parliament building in Brussels, protestors on Wednesday demanded the evacuation of the Moria refugee camp on the Greek island of Lesvos. According to reports, there were about…
A passenger ferry and two Navy landing ships will accommodate about 2,000 refugees who are homeless after the fire at Moria, Migration & Asylum Minister Notis Mitarachi said. On Tuesday night, a…
Firefighters are currently battling a blaze in Mytilene, Lesvos with three active fronts- Vatousa, Antissa and Moria. According to the first information from the local authorities, the fires broke out almost at…
Greece’s Deputy Minister for Civil Protection & Crisis Management, Nikos Hardalias, has warned citizens and visitors that Friday September 4, is the most dangerous day for fires. According to the statement posted on the website of the…
Greece’s Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis visited the fire-stricken resort of Mati, one week after the two-year anniversary of the tragedy which claimed 102 lives. Mitsotakis said that the main challenge facing his government was to…
On July 23, 2018, wildfires that devastated the seaside town of Mati, left the entire Greek nation and the world in a state of shock. On the anniversary of the deadly fire,…
Greek authorities are concerned about the fact that 57 fires broke out in the country in just 24 hours. Most fires were extinguished quickly. Kechries, a village in the municipality of Corinth…
Court documents regarding the deadly July 23, 2018, wildfires in Eastern Attica brought to light by Kathimerini, points to a “cover-up with huge moral, political and penal implications,” government spokesperson Stelios Petsas…
Firefighters are currently battling a fire at the Temploni landfill in Corfu, media outlet Kerkyrasimera reported. The cause of the fire which broke out around 10pm, is still unknown. According to the…
While French and Turkish frigates almost opened fire against each other on June 16, tensions within the Atlantic Alliance are increasing. Dominique Trinquand, a former French military chief of mission to the…
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis attended a ceremony for the delivery of 20 fire engines donated by the tobacco company Papastratos, held at the Fire Brigade building at Athens International Airport “Eleftherios Venizelos”…