The United States is actively working towards easing mounting tensions between NATO allies Greece and Turkey, US Deputy Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs Matthew Palmer said on Wednesday. During an…
Tag: migrant crisis
Seventeen people who are terrorists of the Islamic State (ISIS) and Al-Qaeda are in Cyprus, specifically in the migrant reception centre in Menogia, the Minister of Interior Nicos Nouris revealed. Speaking to…
A Turkish official said that his country will react if Greece builds a border wall. Egemen Bağış, Turkish Ambassador to Prague and former Minister of EU Affairs, made the threats on Turkish…
The Armed Forces and the Hellenic Police are on full alert and vigilant after the new barrage of challenges from Turkey against Greece. After Turkey’s Foreign Ministry Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said illegal immigrants…
Greece’s Alternate Minister of Migration and Asylum Giorgos Koumoutsakos announced that 750 asylum seekers will be relocated to France, following an agreement made in January this year with French Minister of State…
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…
Ankara is again openly threatening to try and attempt to asymmetrically invade Greece with illegal immigrants, almost two months after their initial failure. In an interview with DIM TV in Turkey, Turkish…
Social media blows up as Dendias calls Turkey’s “occupation” of Greek land as “right-wing fake news”
Athens took diplomatic steps towards Turkey by sending a protest note following an order from Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias on the issue that has arisen in a part of southern Evros, where…
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…
It all started weeks ago in southern Evros near Feres, when Turkish military-police forces there entered a small pocket of Greek territory and refuse to leave the area. This area, in which…
Athens has taken diplomatic steps towards Turkey following an order from Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias on the issue that has arisen in a part of southern Evros, where Turkish forces are occupying…
Τwo boats carrying a total of 67 migrants arrived at Lesvos on Thursday night. Most of the passengers were from Afghanistan and African countries, while 16 were from Syria. Authorities said all…
Turkish soldiers and police special forces have made a permanent presence within Greek territory and have camped in the pocket of Apiary at Feres to enhance their presence, according to Army Voice.…
A boat with 36 migrants arrived on Sunday at Tsonia beach in northeastern Lesvos. According to sources, the passengers are of African and Afghan origin. They remained at the port until they…
A so-called Non-Government Organization that has no website and little information about it, has announced that it is looking for immigrants who illegally entered Greece and were returned to Turkey so they…
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…
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis took a walk through Athens’ popular shopping strip Ermou on Thursday, in order to talk to shopkeepers and citizens after the lifting of the restrictive measures in the commercial…
Five hundred unaccompanied refugee children will be relocated to Portugal as soon as restrictions on movement imposed to contain the spread of the coronavirus outbreak are lifted, Portuguese Minister of Foreign Affairs Augusto…
Cypriot Foreign Minister Nikos Christodoulidis addressed Radio Proto on foreign policy, commenting on yesterday’s teleconference with Greece, France, Egypt, and the United Arab Emirates, while sending his own response to Turkey, according…
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is in a state of shock after the joint declaration by the Foreign Ministers of Greece, Cyprus, Egypt, France and the United Arab Emirates, condemned Turkey’s illegal…