January 16, 2023
Greece, Politics
Another 400 border patrol officers will be hired in 2023 to better protect Greece’s borders, Citizen Protection Minister Takis Theodorikakos announced on Friday. The minister was speaking after a meeting of his at the Ropodi region’s police headquarters on matters of security and migration. Some 250 of these border patrol …
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December 14, 2022
FEATURED, Politics, World
Egypt ‘s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi issued a Presidential degree demarcating the maritime border of the country to the West, that is with Libya. With the drawing of a straight line, al-Sisi unilaterally determines the maritime borders with Libya, practically cutting through the illegal Turkey-Libya memorandum on the Exclusive Economic …
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October 10, 2021
Greece, Politics
Citizen Protection Minister Takis Theodorikakos announced on Sunday the further strengthening of the Police in the Prefecture of Evros with 250 new border guards and the further extension of the fence. the Minister stressed the strengthening of the country’s borders with the extension of the fence as well as Greece’s …
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June 29, 2021
FEATURED, Tourism
Greece’s authorities are working to ensure that more road entry points will opened to meet the needs of incoming tourists crossing the border from the north, Tourism Minister Haris Theocharis has told parliament. “In cooperation with the chief of police, efforts are being made so that from 1 July there …
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April 7, 2021
FEATURED, Greece, Politics, Refugees
An electronic surveillance network will safeguard Greece’s borders to Turkey at the region of Evros. Equipped with radars and cameras, the network installation is underway and will include eleven pillars along the Evros river in Greece’s North-East. The 11 pillars are along the river and the cameras have a range …
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November 19, 2020
CORONAVIRUS, Tourism
The Greek government has decided to close some of the border crossings in northern Greece and increases Covid-19 test demands in an effort to contain the rapid spread of coronavirus in the broader area. Closed is one border crossing with Albania, while one border crossing with Bulgaria will remain open …
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October 19, 2020
Greece, Politics
The construction of a new fence along the Greek-Turkish borders in Evros, “was the least the government could do to provide a sense of security to Greek citizens, whose morale remains high at such a difficult juncture,” Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Saturday during a visit to Feres in …
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July 6, 2020
Tourism
Greece allowed dozens of Serbian vehicles to cross into the country from the Promachonas border-crossing with Bulgaria on Monday, despite the border closure for Serbian citizens in effect since 6 o’ clock in the morning. Hundreds of Serbs were trapped at the border as the decision was issued early Sunday …
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June 15, 2020
Tourism
Kilometers-long queues reaching up to 20 km were formed at the Greek-Bulgarian border crossing Promachonas on Monday as travelers from the neighboring country and other states wanted to come into Greece the day it opened its gates to foreigners without enforced quarantine. Tourists and professional drivers were waiting for hours …
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March 17, 2020
CORONAVIRUS
Greece closes its borders to non-EU citizens as of 6:00 a.m. on Wednesday, March 18, 2020, head of Civil Protection and Deputy Minister for Crisis Management Nikos Hardalias announced on Tuesday afternoon. For Greeks, EU-citizens and especially those coming from UK, 14-day quarantine is highly recommended. The measures aims to …
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March 9, 2020
World
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said ahead of talks with President Tayyip Erdogan on Monday that Turkey must move refugees and migrants away from the Greek border. “It was the Turkish president who said the EU borders were open. They were not open, they are not open, they …
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March 4, 2020
Politics, Turkey-GR
Tension erupted again at the closed customs office of Kastenies at Evros, when a group of migrants attempted to cross into Greece on Wednesday morning. Greek security forces deterred them using teargas and sound flares, the migrants reportedly threw stones and other objects. It was initially though that it was …
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July 20, 2018
Refugees
The European Union has struck a deal with FYROM to deploy border guards at the south border of the Balkan country to curb migration. European Commissioner Dimitris Avramopoulos and Oliver Spasovski, Minister of Interior of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, signed a status agreement that will allow teams from …
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May 1, 2018
Greece, Politics
Albania and Greece have restarted negotiations to delineate maritime borders in the Ionian Sea. Albania’s Foreign Ministry said in a statement Monday the first round of talks was held in Tirana in a “constructive and cooperative climate.” A similar statement was issued also by the Greek Foreign Ministry. “The first …
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April 18, 2018
Tourism, Travel
The German Ministry of Interior has decided to abolish the systematic border control checks for airline passengers coming from Greece, German media report on Wednesday citing a relevant report by French news agency AFP. According to the same information, German Interior Minister Horst Seehoffer has reportedly informed the European Commission …
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March 21, 2018
Turkey-GR
The Turkish citizen who illegally entered Greece running through the border crossing of Kastanies Northeast Greece on Monday was convicted by a local court a day later. The 40-year-old man was convicted to four months suspended prison sentence and a fine of 1,500 euros. He was reportedly under the influence …
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March 2, 2016
Politics, Refugees
Greece’s Minister for Migration Yannis Mouzalas shocked his audience today, representatives of the Greek Municipalities. Mouzalas suggested that the Refugees will stay in Greece for 2-3 years and that the Idomeni-Border to FYROM should be considered as closed. Mouzalas was speaking at the emergency meeting with the Board of the Central …
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