A former Secretary General of the so-called Turkish Ministry of National Defense claimed that Greece does not have sovereignty over several Aegean islands, such as Chios and Lesvos, and must evacuate them.…
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The Ministry of Tourism in collaboration with the Greek National Tourism Organisation announced the launch of a new campaign entitled “Greek 4: For You”, to promote four islands in the Northeast Aegean:…
On Thursday, 140 Iraqi nationals will voluntarily return home on a charter flight, the Migration & Asylum Ministry announced. One requirement is that they must be tested for the novel coronavirus before the…
The Greek government has begun giving €2,000 to asylum seekers located on various Aegean islands, to incentivise them to go back to their home countries. The Voluntary Return & Reintegration Programme (AVRR),…
On the occasion of World Refugee Day, President of the Hellenic Republic Katerina Sakellaropoulou underlined the need for greater support from the European Union for unaccompanied minors. Sakellaropoulou called on EU member-states…
Turkey has a plan for the invasion of Greece and Armenia, secret documents obtained by Nordic Monitor have revealed. Turkey’s plan to invade Greece has existed since at least June 13, 2014…
Thirty-six illegal immigrants were rescued in the early hours of the morning by the Hellenic Coast Guard, in the sea area between the Turkish coast and the northwestern coast of Lesvos. The…
Between June 1- 7, 72 illegal immigrants arrived on the Aegean islands, an increase from the previous week’s 55 arrivals but a decrease from last year’s 766 arrivals during the same period,…
Greek-Aboriginal Kalliopi (Kelly) Koumalatsou spoke to SBS Greek on the occasion of the peaceful marches and solidarity of the common people in Australia with the Black Lives Matters movement in the United…
15.5% of today’s population in the North Aegean islands are illegal immigrants compared to 1.4% in the South Aegean. With the exception of these two regions, whose islands are the first reception…
Greece’s largest carrier Aegean Airlines on Thursday announced further adjustments in its network for June, July and August 2020. The update follows the latest announcement from both the Ministry of Foreign Affairs…
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…
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…
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…
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…
One hundred unaccompanied refugee children and thirty adult refugees will be relocated to Finland, as agreed during a phone call between Alternate Migration and Asylum Minister Giorgos Koumoutsakos and senior Finnish Interior…
As Turkish-state funded TRT World has been proven to be nothing more than a propaganda mouthpiece, and a bad one at that, Turkey’s latest strategy is to use Al-Jazeera to smear Greece.…
Another fire broke out at the Vathy refugee camp on the Greek island of Samos on Monday morning, this time in the juveniles wing inside the hotspot. Meanwhile, police expressed concern over…