Tag: Greece
Passengers on Qatar flight suffer hours of stifling heat as takeoff delayed in Athens
Members of the Thai Muay Thai team returning from the world championships were among passengers on a Qatar flight who endured three hours without airconditioning [Read More…]
Turkey policemen, Kurdish MP flee to Greek island in refugee boat
A boat full of asylum seekers arrived at the shores of western Greece earlier this week, with a Kurdish MP and 20 former Turkish police [Read More…]
Greece quarantines second migrant camp after Coronavirus case confirmed
Greece has quarantined a second migrant facility on its mainland after a 53-year-old man tested positive for the new coronavirus, the migration ministry said on [Read More…]
Erdogan Warns ‘Millions of Refugees’ Will Move to Turkey’s Border With EU
The dire situation in Syria’s Idlib province caused by fighting that has pitted Syrian government forces against Turkish troops and Turkish-backed militias has created a [Read More…]
Greece pushes back migrants after Turkish border ‘onslaught’
Greek police fired teargas to push back hundreds of stone-throwing migrants trying to cross over the border from Turkey on Saturday, as a crisis over [Read More…]
Greece plans floating barrier in Aegean Sea to deter refugees
Greece is planning to build a floating barrier in the Aegean Sea to prevent refugees reaching its islands from Turkey. The 1.7 mile, $550,000 project, [Read More…]
5.2 Magnitude Quake Hits Athens, Sends People Into the Streets
According to the Euro-Mediterranean Seismological Centre, as quoted by ABC News, the quake was a 5.2 magnitude. However, the Geodynamic Institute of the National Observatory [Read More…]
Biggest Ever ‘Jihadi Pill’ Haul Worth $660m Seized at Greek Port, Authorities Say
It took agents of three law enforcement agencies a week to count the seized pills, which arrived in Greece from Syria in containers said to [Read More…]
