An official said on Saturday that Greek authorities stopped 260,000 migrants from entering the country illegally from Turkey in 2017. Takis Theodorikakos, Greece’s Minister for Citizens’ Protection, accompanied ambassadors from the European Union and the United Kingdom to the country’s border wall with Turkey, which is now being expanded. In order to lessen the burden placed on those... 

Two men from Albania were executed ‘mafia-style’ by a masked gunman at a busy cafe in Greece this week, according to reports. The horrifying incident unfolded at around 9:30 p.m. on Sunday in Nea Smyrni, a suburb of south Athens. A man wearing a medical mask ran into a crowded seating area near the street and began shooting as shocked diners dove for cover. Surveillance footage of the... 

Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s uncompromising stance on a potential invasion of Greece has reignited tensions in the Aegean Sea, prompting questions about Turkey’s membership in NATO. Erdogan asserted that Turkey would strike against anyone interfering with its objectives in the region, leaving many to wonder why a nation with imperialistic tendencies and perceived as a terrorist threat, similar... 

Two Pakistani men were arrested under suspicion of raping a British teenager on] a beach in Greece last month, according to reports. The horrifying incident unfolded on the morning of July 21 in Rethymno, a city on the island of Crete. An 18-year-old girl was assaulted by two men who “immobilized her and raped her” on a sun bed on the beach, Neakriti reported. The victim immediately reported... 

Some observers say Turkish Recep Erdogan is once again using migrants as a political weapon against Greece as at least 40,000 people so far this year have been been turned away at the border. The Greek Coast Guard has intercepted around 40,000 migrants attempting to enter the country from Turkey via the Aegean Sea. “In the first four months of 2022, about 40,000 migrants tried to enter the country... 

Greek authorities say they have thwarted tens of thousands of illegal crossings at the land border with Turkey so far this year, according to reports. Migration pressure is increasing along the Evros River, which separates northeastern Greece from Turkey. Low water levels in recent weeks have been attracting more smugglers and migrants seeking desirable crossing conditions, AFP reports. “In the... 

Just 14 percent of unvaccinated Greeks aged 60 and above paid the administrative fine imposed by the government in January, according to data from the Independent Authority for Public Revenue (AADE). Holdouts were fined 100 euros a month (in January the fine was 50 euros as the measure went into effect mid-month) in a bid to boost lagging inoculation levels and ease pressure on healthcare amid the... 

Bulgaria will not negotiate a new natural gas contract with Russia’s state-owned energy giant Gazprom, amid the ongoing conflict between Moscow and Kiev, the country’s Deputy Prime Minister Assen Vassilev said Saturday. “In this situation, there’s no way there are talks with Gazprom,” he told BNR public radio. The country currently has a 10-year gas supply contract with Gazprom, which runs... 

According to a new report published by Greece’s Ministry of Education and Religious Affairs, there were 2,339 incidents of church desecrations in the country between 2015 and 2020, when tiny Greece, seen as Europe’s eastern gateway, was flooded with migrants from the Islamic world. As the Greek City Times writes in regards to the report, “There appears to be a correlation between the increase... 

A hospital in Germany denied care to a toddler because his parents were not vaccinated. The young Cypriot has a heart condition that requires specialist surgery not available in Cyprus, and as such was to be flown to Frankfurt, but on finding out the child’s parents were unvaccinated, the German hospital reversed its decision and refused to treat the boy. According to reports from Politico and Breitbart,... 

The sudden death of the 22-year-old player of Ilioupoli, Alexandros Lampis, has shocked Greek football, with the young player even dying in front of his mother a few days before his birthday. The mourning in Greek football is heavy for Alexandros Lampis, who collapsed during the match between Ilioupoli and Ermionida for the Third National. The unfortunate player collapsed at the beginning of the match,... 

For almost a year now, those who warned that EU countries would soon be enforcing vaccine mandates with fines or jail time were branded as ‘conspiracy theorists’. However, in what is becoming a noticeable trend, it seems they were correct as Austria and Greece move towards fines and custodial sentences for ‘vaccine hesitancy’. Austrian Chancellor Alexander Schallenberg had previously announced... 

The oldest known footprints of prehuman humans have been found on the Mediterranean island of Crete and are at least six million years old, according to an international research team. They are significantly older than similar findings made in Africa and suggest that a European pre-human may have evolved separately, according to the study in Scientific Reports. Footprints from fossilized beach sediments... 

An Afghan migrant raped a 25-year-old pregnant woman in an Athens neighbourhood, and when she begged for help from three Pakistanis passing by, they raped her, too. The horrific incidents took place in the Agios Panteleimonas neighbourhood of Athens early on Wednesday morning and saw the victim, who is three months pregnant and has mental disability issues, raped by four migrants. The first incident... 

The German federal government has introduced a mandatory PCR test for all air travellers. But not for everyone, as various sources from the Federal Ministry of the Interior have confirmed. Illegal immigration to Germany, which has been going on for a long time via Greek airports, is not affected by this mandatory test. Germans face travel bans in their own country, with overnight stays, and even...