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…
Tag: Western Greece
Greek police reported an increase in the curfew violations imposed by the Government to contain the spread of coronavirus in Greece. According to authorities the violations had reached 974 incidents by Saturday…
At least twelve migrants drowned and 21 were rescued, when their boat capsized off the Greek island of Paxos in western Greece, Greece’s Coast Guard reported. A spokesperson for the Coast Guard…
Four people have tragically lost their lives over the last 48 hours as severe storms have hit parts of Greece. On Rhodes island, a 75-year-old woman was found dead after her basement…
Greek authorities are investigating a shocking case of animal abuse which resulted in a stray Husky being tortured and killed, as the vile attacker ripped the dog’s eyes out in Messolonghi, Western…
The Hellenic Statistical Authority released new unemployment figures on Thursday, showing the Greek unemployment rate fell to 16.9% of the workforce in the second quarter of 2019, from 19.2% in the first…
An earthquake measuring 4.7 on the Richter scale struck western Greece at 6:10pm on Saturday, the Geodynamic Institute of the National Observatory of Athens reported. The tremor was felt in Amfilohia, Agrinio…
Three sites in the Region of Western Greece have secured 7.5 million euros in EU funding for the restoration, preservation and maintenance works to be covered by the Western Greece Region, the…
According to a report published on Monday, Greece’s Coast Guard handled more than 3,600 incidents at sea in 2018, including migrant flows and drug-related matters. Of the 3,647 incidents, 2,146 related to…
The Hellenic Initiative (THI) Australia has helped fund the upgrade of the Paediatric and Neonatal Clinics at the General Hospital of Ioannina. The opening of the newly upgraded clinic took place this week and…
A huge spider web has formed at Lake Vistonida, in Greece’s north, transforming the landscape into a scene out of a movie. The images are impressive, but not unprecedented, as the phenomenon…
Warmer weather conditions in Greece have led to a unique 300-metre long spider-web covering a beach in Aitoliko, Acarnania. According to reports, a vast area of greenery has been covered by the…
A 4th century BC pebble mosaic was discovered in a bathhouse during an excavation at the Small Theatre of Ancient Amvrakia in Arta, Epirus. The round mosaic consists of small white, off-white…
by Aggelos Skordas Turkish opposition Presidential candidate for the Republican People’s Party (CHP) Muharrem İnce, only days ahead of the upcoming snap elections, visited Komotini in Western Thrace and met the local Muslim…