Clashes at Greece-Turkey border enter second week with no solution
Thousands of refugees remain in limbo at the border between Greece and Turkey, where they travelled to after being told they’d be allowed to enter Europe. source
Refugees face tear gas on Turkish border
Refugees were targeted with tear gas from the Greek authorities, as hundreds try to cross the Turkish border into Greece. Turkey is using the refugees to put … source
Migrant volunteers targeted on Greek islands as tensions, violence escalate
Earlier this month, Kostas Tanainis dropped off more than 100 sleeping bags, towels and blankets at the warehouse he started in 2015 to organize donations for refugees and migrants on…
Taiwan reports six new coronavirus cases in largest single-day rise, all imported
FILE PHOTO: A face mask is hanged on a desk divider, set up as a measure against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at Dajia Elementary school in Taipei, Taiwan March 13,…
Public barred from 2020 Olympic flame lighting in Greece
Spectators will be kept away from the Olympic flame-lighting ceremony in Ancient Olympia on Thursday because of the coronavirus March 9, 2020, 4:15 PM 1 min read ATHENS, Greece —…
Turkey, Syria fighting escalates; refugees mass at EU border
KASTANIES, Greece — Thousands of migrants and refugees massed at Turkey’s western frontier Sunday, trying to enter Greece by land and sea after Turkey said its borders were open to…
12 migrants dead, 21 rescued at sea off western Greece
Greece’s coast guard says 12 migrants have been found dead in the Ionian Sea and 21 others have been rescued after their boat took in water and sank By DEMETRIS…
2 divers found dead in underwater cave off Greek island
Greek authorities say two foreign nationals have been found dead in an underwater cave off the island of Karpathos, in southeast Greece. Interested in Greece? Add Greece as an interest…
Fifth Bulgarian pig farm hit by African swine fever
SOFIA (Reuters) – Bulgarian authorities said on Wednesday that they would cull another 17,000 pigs after detecting an outbreak of African swine fever at a breeding farm in the north…
Magnitude 4.2 aftershock strikes close to Athens: Greece
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake has struck not far from Athens and seismologists say it was an aftershock from a stronger quake more than a week ago. Interested in Earthquakes? Add…