Neo-Nazis wearing hoods threw gasoline inside a Metro wagon full with commuters in Monastiraki station in downtown Athens on Wednesday evening, recorded the attempted arson of citizens on a video and uploaded it on social media. Eye-witnesses told media that they were throwing oil and gazoline shouting “we are going …
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Refugees in Greece complete training in emergency situations
A group of refugees in Greece has completed training for emergency situations. The first phase of the training funded by European Union resources was completed with an exercise and the presentation of certificates at the Ministry of Migration & Asylum on Tuesday. The training was carried out by the Greek …
Read More »Flu vaccination with/without prescription start in Greece on Nov 1
Vaccinations against the flu and thus without medical prescription start in Greece on Wednesday, November 1st, 2023. The flu vaccine is free of charge to citizens who can seek directly the pharmacy with their social security number (AMKA). The conventional flu vaccine will be administered without a medical prescription. This …
Read More »Five arrested in pro-Palestinian protest in Samos refugees structure (vids)
Greek police arrested five people in the closed migrants structure on the island of Samos around Tuesday midnight after a big crowd of migrants and refugees gathered to protest the attack at the Gaza hospital that killed over 500 people patients, medical and nursing personnel but also people who had sought …
Read More »Mitsotakis doesn’t rule out “migration pressure in Greece” as front-line country
Borders must not be violated and terrorist action must receive a reply, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said in joint statements with his Estonian counterpart Kaja Kallas in Athens on Tuesday. He did not rule out the possibility of migration pressures on Greece’s borders as it is a front-line country in …
Read More »War in Middle East: Greece’s Intelligence, Anti-Terror on “Red Alert”
Greek authorities, the intelligence service and the anti-terror department are on red alert and are reportedly ready to deal with any challenge that will arise in the country due to the war in the Middle East. On top priority is the monitoring of hundreds of refugees and immigrants from Palestine …
Read More »Greece ramps up security around potential Israeli targets
Police in Greece has ramped up security around potential Israeli targets and increased its presence around the Embassy of Israel in Athens in light of the ongoing war in the Middle East. State security and intelligence services are also involved in the operation, which apart from Israeli missions or businesses …
Read More »Greek PM calls UN members on “global cooperation” against Climate Change
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis called on United Naions members to join a “global cooperation” against the Climate Change and the Migration. Addressing the the 78th UN General Assembly late on Thursday, Mitsotakis said “nowhere is that clearer to me than in two core areas, tackling climate change and managing …
Read More »Survivors of Pylos shipwreck file suit at Maritime Court of Piraeus
Forty of the 104 survivors of the deadly shipwreck off Pylos, in south-western Greece in June 2023, filed a lawsuit against all responsible persons at the Maritime Court of Piraeus on Thursday. The suit was filed by their lawyers, according to a joint statement by the Network for the Rights …
Read More »Mitsotakis: “Counterbalance” to wildfires damages “is good economy performance”
Greece’s prime minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis unpleasantly surprised with a statement massively lacking empathy and suggesting that the only thing that can “counterbalance” sombre mood in Greece due to extensive wildfires damages is the “good performance of economy.” While the wildfire in Evros, NE Greece, keeps raging for almost two weeks, …
Read More »Supreme Court investigates alarming “racist” incidents in NE Greece
Greece’s Supreme Court has anew intervened into the alarming “racist” and “hatred” incidents in the North-Eastern part of the country, after one more “self-proclaimed sheriff” arrested and most likely also also beat four migrants. The SC has requested the Public Processor in Athens responsible for racism, human trafficking and mistreatment …
Read More »Athens Fire: Hundreds evacuated, homes burned, blaze in Parnitha Mt (videos)
The wildfire in western Athens has turned into a nightmare without foreseeable end. Several houses have burned down, thousands of people have been evacuated, farms and businesses destroyed. A 77-year-old man has been reported as missing from Hasia by Fily as his relatives has no sign by him since Tuesday.. …
Read More »Bodies of 18 people found in Dadia forest that is on fire
The charred bodies of at least 18 people have been found in Dadia forest that has been on fire since Monday afternoon, the Fire Service announced on Tuesday. The bodies were found in two spots of the dense forest near the village of Avantas in Evros, north-eastern Greece. Fire Service …
Read More »Council of State cancels plan to build migrant center on Lesvos
The Council of State cancelled the license to build a Reception and Identification Center (RIC) for migrants and asylum applicants at Plati-Vastria on Lesvos island, following a petition by the North Aegean Region, it was announced on Tuesday. Section V of the highest administrative court of Greece cancelled the project …
Read More »Over 200 refugees located Evros, mostly women and children
More than 200 refugees and migrants were found wandering on the Arda river bridge in Evros on Friday morning. The majority of them are women with babies in their arms, children, pregnant women, children with Down syndrome, while there is also a person with epilepsy and an adult with artificial …
Read More »Council of Europe: Greece must effectively investigate Pylos shipwreck
Greece has a legal obligation to conduct effective investigations into the Pylos shipwreck, which resulted in the death of more than 80 persons with many hundreds still missing, Council of Europe (CoE) Commissioner for Human Rights Dunja Mijatovic said in a letter addressed to Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis released …
Read More »Police officer shoots and kills 20-year-old in car chase; arrested and later released
A police officer was arrested after he shot and killed a 20-year-old Syrian national following a car chase outside the city of Larisa in central Greece on Saturday. According to the police, the victim was driving a pickup truck that had been stolen from Athens when officers signaled him to …
Read More »Greece urges Frontex not to pull out of the country
Greece’s new minister for migration said Monday he would consider it “unthinkable” for the European Union to pull out its border protection force from the country, and promised to address a growing list of international grievances over dealing with migrants. A dispute between Greece’s government and the EU border agency …
Read More »Two more bodies recovered: Shipwreck death toll rises to 80
The bodies of two more migrants were recovered by the Greek Coast Guard on Monday, near where a fishing boat full of migrants capsized last week, raising the death toll from 78 to 80. The two bodies were transferred to the port city of Kalamata, which is where the 104 …
Read More »Shipwreck: Desperate relatives seek for their beloved ones in Greece
With pictures on their mobiles or at hand, relatives and friends are desperately searching among the fishing boat survivors for their beloved ones. They have traveled from several countries to Greece to seek for their people with whom they lost contact since Wednesday, June 16, when the fishing boat capsized …
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