Tag Archives: Mytilene

First class live entertainment in the Emergency of the general public hospital of Mytilene on the island of Lesvos: The sound of bouzouki and drum, one after the other men and women turn their dancing rounds  in the rhythm of zeibekiko. Instead of throwing plates to the dancers, the “audience” …

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Greece asked the European Union on Monday for humanitarian aid to help it cope with what it called “a volatile situation” following the large flow of migrants and refugees from the Middle East and Africa onto its shores. According to Reuters, “Greece requested the EU activate its civil protection mechanism, …

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On the island of Lesvos, hundreds of migrants attempted to get on board of a ferry without the necessary papers, clashes erupted between security units and the angry people. In Kos, a mob of angry residents hurled tomatoes and eggs, swore and booed the EU Migration Commissioner Avramopoulso and EC …

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Under the burden of heavy economic hardships and cuts in social welfare benefits, the family of a quadriplegic man saw no other solution: they loaded the 43-year-old man in a borrowed carrier and transported him from Plomari village to the island’s capital city. There,  the family briefed the IKA directors, that it cannot …

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A ‘hot’ and ‘fruity’ welcome was organized by citizens on the island of Mytilene for new Development, Competitiveness & Maritime Deputy Minister Adonis Georgiadis from far-right LAOS. Local police had to protect him twice and guarantee a safe passage. The first incident occurred outside the General Secretariat of island Policies where a …

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I arrived in Petra, a village in the north of Lesvos on a Wednesday night. On the way there driving by car from the port I saw nothing but a thick darkness and some village lights close or far away. I enjoyed Petra for a couple of days, and I …

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His body is skin and bones. His back bears burning marks. One foot is ‘abutated’. Dozens of ticks suck his blood. Human cruelty seems to have no limits. Most probably this poor hunting dog was tortured and dumped to die… This brown beauty dog was found in Mystegna and rescued by …

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