March 4, 2019
Politics, Refugees
There are about 15,000 immigrants living in the Greek islands, Migration Minister Dimitris Vitsas said on Monday. He pointed out at the overpopulation of the hot spots on Samos and Moria on Lesvos. And he stressed that the majority of migrants arriving in Greece nowadays are from Afghanistan and countries …
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October 4, 2018
Greece
The Director of Refugees Reception and Identification Centers in Greek Ministry of Migration was fired early afternoon Thursday. Previous to his dismissal, Andreas Iliopoulos had given an interview to a Greek newspaper in which he was asking the prosecutor’s intervention with regards management of EU Funds for the refugees and …
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September 21, 2018
Politics, Refugees
The first one hundred asylum-seekers from Moria Camp on the island of Lesvos left for Kavala on board of a ship early Friday morning. They are heading to a new camp in Volvi area near Thessaloniki in Northern Greece. The new camp has a capacity for 1,400 people. The group …
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September 19, 2018
Economy
Subsidies for fuel on the Greek islands, that is for unleaded petrol and diesel, is due to go into effect in October, Alternate Shipping and Island Policy Minister Nektarios Santorinios said on Tuesday. In an interview with the Athens-Macedonian News Agency’s radio station Praktoreio 104.9 FM, Santorinios said “We are …
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September 18, 2018
Greece, Politics
After repeated appeals for asylum-seekers relocation from overcrowded Moria camp in the island of Lesvos, the European Commission reportedly plans to finally take take action. A total of 3,000 people are to be relocated to the Greek mainland. An EU source told New Europe that “the European Commission, having repeatedly alerted …
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September 17, 2018
Politics, Refugees
Ten boats carrying a total of 615 people of various nationalities arrived on the island of Lesvos over the weekend, that is from Friday Sep14 until Sunday , Sept 16th 2018. It is the largest number of arrivals in recent years and the largest in 2018, Athens News Agency notes …
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August 28, 2018
Economy
From 4 0′ clock in the morning until 10 a.m. on Tuesday, locals and tourists on the island of Skopelos remained without electricity. A heavy rainstorm had reportedly damages the power supply system. Extensive lightning had damaged transmitters and columns with the effect of a total black-out on the island …
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August 17, 2018
Tourism
Outrage among the inhabitants of three remote islands in the Southern Aegean Sea after Alpha Bank announced it will close its branches on September 14. Locals and tourists will not only be able to carry out banking transactions on the islands of Tilos, Lispoi and Kassos. They will also not …
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August 9, 2018
environment
Several regions across Greece’s mainland as well as islands in the Aegean and the Ionian Sea are at Very High Risk of Fires on Friday, August 10th 2018. According to a statement issued by the country’s Civil Protection Agency, Very High Risk (Level 4) and High Risk (Level 3) of …
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August 7, 2018
environment
Greece’s Civil Protection has issued one more fires risk warning for Wednesday, August 8, 2018. For several regions in Greece there is Very High Risk (Level 4) and High Risk (Level 3), the Civil Protection notes. At Very High and High Risk of fires are the regions of Attica, Evia …
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August 4, 2018
environment
Greece’s Civil Protection has issued one more fires risk warning for Saturday and Sunday, August 4 and 5, 2018. For several regions in Greece there is Very High Risk (Level 4) and High Risk (Level 3), the Civil Protection notes. At Very High and High Risk of fires are the …
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July 22, 2018
environment
The Greek Civil Protection has issued a fire warning for Monday, July 23rd 2018, drawing citizens’ attention to the high risk of fire outbreak due to high temperatures. In the statement issued Sunday noon, the Civil Protection said: There is a Very High Risk (Level 4) for the Prefecture of …
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July 17, 2018
Economy
Fuel prices have skyrocketed on the Greek islands and the country’s highways in the month of July. And this although there is no global fuel crisis or other factor to justify the hikes. The hikes coincide with the tourists’ arrivals, note the country’s media. On some islands, the price per …
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July 10, 2018
Greece, Politics
Migration Minister, Dimitris Vitsas, dismissed dress reports that new hot spots will be established on the islands or that asylum seekers returns from Germany will be place on the five islands. In a letter to the mayors of the islands that have received the majority of refugees and migrants, that …
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June 29, 2018
Economy, Greece
Prime Minister, Alexis Tsipras, announced on Friday afternoon the suspension of hikes on Value Added Tax on the five islands hit by the refugee crisis. Stressing that he discussed the issue with European Commission President, Jean-Claude Juncker during his recent visit to Athens, Tsipras said that he received the green …
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June 2, 2018
Tourism
Golden Star Ferries will launch a direct route from Thessaloniki to Sporades islands as of June 15th 2018. This was announced on Friday by Greece’s Shipping Ministry. The ferries will depart from Thessaloniki daily at 10:00 a.m. and return at 07:15 p.m. Ticket fare is at 60 euros. With return …
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May 24, 2018
Economy
Unleaded gasoline has reached 2 euros per liter in some regions of Greece in the last few days, while it has been particularly expensive also in large urban areas. In the island group of Cyclades, the average price of unleaded is already at 1.86 euros per liter, while on some …
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April 16, 2018
Economy
The issue of the islands does not concern only Greece, but the whole Europe, Alternate Economy and Development Minister Alexis Charitsis said on Monday in a statement to the Athens-Macedonian News Agency (ANA) during the 13th Regional Development Conference of South Aegean held in Rhodes. Charitsis said that Special Development …
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April 12, 2018
Tourism, Travel
A visa facilitation program that allows Turkish travelers and citizens of third countries to visit select Greek islands of the Eastern Aegean has been extended by one year. EU Commissioner for Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship, Dimitris Avramopoulos on Wednesday informed the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs that the European …
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March 22, 2018
weather
Piraeus port authorities have banned the sailing of ferry boats towards the islands of the Aegean Sea due to the powerful winds blowing in intensity up to 9 Beaufort. The sailing ban affects ferry boats from the Port of Piraeus and is valid from 12 noon until at least 6 …
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