May 23, 2022
FEATURED, Politics, Refugees
Alarm in the Aegean Sea: five boats with dozens of migrants onboard attempted to illegally cross into Greek territorial waters in the early morning hours of Monday. The Greek Coast Guard spotted the boats between the islands of Chios and Samos and th operation is still ongoing on Monday noon. …
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October 26, 2021
FEATURED, Refugees
The bodies of one woman and four children have been recovered out of six people believed to be missing after a dinghy carrying 27 migrants capsized and sank off the south-east coast of the island of Chios early Tuesday morning. According to state broadcaster ERT, the woman and two children …
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August 24, 2021
CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED, Politics, Refugees
Greek Police has been imposing fines of 5,000 euros to asylum-seekers entering the country by boat under the pretext of violating the coronavirus protocol and not showing or having a Covid-19 test upon arrival. Sheer racist vindictiveness or just an mean trick to increase revenues from the needy ones? In …
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May 28, 2021
Greece, Politics
Greece has launched a European Union-wide tender to build two closed-type facilities replacing migrant camps on its islands, a move that has been criticised by a leading human rights advocate. The conservative government first announced in late 2019 its plan to move asylum-seekers to closed holding centres as part of …
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May 10, 2021
Politics, Refugees
What is going on in VIAL refugee and asylum seekers camp on the island of Chios? One Iranian asylum seeker died in his tent on Sunday night and a woman from Somalia gave birth on the side of the road waiting for an ambulance. Together with her newborn the 25-year-old …
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May 5, 2021
FEATURED, Politics, Refugees
Horror in VIAL refugee camp on the island of Chios: The body of a Somali asylum seeker who died in his tent was discovered Tuesday covered by mice eating his flesh. According to local media astraparis, the 28-year-old man died in his tent at midnigh from Monday to Tuesday, most …
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March 19, 2021
Refugees
The mayors of the islands of Lesvos, Chios and Samos have called on the European Union on Thursday to amend the proposal for the new migration pact, saying “it unduly burdens front-line countries, damaging their national interests and creating gray zones in the eastern borders of the EU.” “It is …
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January 19, 2021
Archeology, FEATURED
Legendary archaeologist Sinclair Hood, famous for his excavations in Knossos and former director of the British School in Athens passed away on Monday, two weeks short of his 104th birthday. The great British archaeologist and academic, Martin Sinclair Frankland Hood, had a rich research and writing work. Sinclair Hood was …
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December 26, 2020
Social
A mansion on the island of Chios is most probably the house with the most Christmas lights across Greece. some 300,000 lights decorate the house, the garden and the impressive Christmas tree. The sparking lights form bit starts and other Christmas motives, reindeer and fawns and every else the the …
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December 10, 2020
weather
Greece’s Civil Protections has issued a “strong recommendation” warning for the residents of four islands regional units in the Eastern Aegean Sea due to weather change with heavy rainfalls, thunderstorms and stormy winds. The warning issued late on Thursday refers to the Regional Units of the islands: Ikaria, Samos, Lesvos …
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October 24, 2020
CORONAVIRUS
Forty-seven people have been tested positive to coronavirus at the refugee reception and identification center VIAL on the island of Chios in the last two days, the National Public Health Organisation EODY said on Friday. The infected are refugees and workers at the camp. Some 767 tests were carried out …
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September 15, 2020
FEATURED, Turkey-GR
Turkey doeσ not show any sign of intention to de-escalate tensions with Greece and in an unprecedented move it issued a navigation warning, a NAVTEX, demanding the demilitarization of the island of Chios. In its urgent maritime safety information to ships, Ankara goes so far to to invoke the Treaty …
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August 26, 2020
Politics, World
Austria will offer to Greece two million euros as contribution to the Greek government’s efforts to address the migration-refugee crisis and its repercussions, Austria’s Minister of Interior Karl Nehammer said on Wednesday. € Nehammer made these statement during his visit to the identification and accommodation center VIAL on the island …
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July 27, 2020
Very Mix
The publisher of small newspaper Makeleio, Stefanos Chios, was shot by an unknown assailant outside his home early Monday morning. The victim survived the assassination attempt seriously injured. The shooting took place around 3 0′ clock in the morning as the publisher was parking his car outside his home in …
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July 1, 2020
environment
A big forest fire is raging in the Kampos area on the island of Chios on Wednesday and the powerful winds are pushing the fire fronts towards two villages. The Fire Service ordered the residents of Tholopotami and Sklavia to evacuate as the danger was imminent. More than 30 firefighters …
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March 28, 2020
Refugees
The First Aid infirmary opened on Saturday outside the migrants and refugees reception center in Moria, Lesvos. The medical center facility is for first assessment of possible coronavirus incidents among the population of the asylum seekers hosted in the hotspot. According to north Aegean regional governor Kostas Moutzouris the medical …
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March 5, 2020
Greece, Politics
Greece is stepping up deterrence measures at the sea border to Turkey as the government expects the pressure at the Evros borders to be transferred to the northeast Aegean islands. The Greek Navy issued a Restricted Navigation Warning (NAVTEX) for the sea areas within the Greek territorial waters and for …
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March 1, 2020
CORONAVIRUS, Politics, Refugees
Migration Crisis Made in Turkey: More than 500 people have arrived on the islands of Lesvos, Chios and Samos by Sunday noon, while more are reportedly on the way to Greece. The plastic boats started leaving from six different locations in west coast of Turkey since the early morning hours …
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February 27, 2020
Greece, Politics
Eight riot police squads departed from the island of Lesvos on Thursday morning after an unprecedented use of violence against people and …parked cars. The squads embarked ferry “Nisos Rodos” at 9 o’ clock in the morning. Loaded were also police buses, machinery and equipment that was transferred to the …
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February 26, 2020
Greece
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has warned migrants not qualifying for asylum to not come to Greece. At the same time, he stressed the government’s determination to proceed with the construction of new closed facilities for migrants and asylum seekers on the northeastern Aegean islands. “The construction of modern, guarded facilities …
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