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Joint Greek-Bulgarian Traffic Control Teams in Border Regions

Joint teams of Bulgarian and Greek police are to control traffic in the regions of the border between the two countries from August 5 to October 30, 2016, the Bulgarian Interior Ministry said. During this time, the teams will monitor...

Migrants Fight in Patras While Searching for Passage to Italy

Migrant groups clashed on Thursday, August 4, around midnight, in an abandoned building across from Patras port. Three people were lightly injured during the fight, one of which was transferred to the University Hospital to receive the necessary treatment. According...

Authorities Looking for Refugees Involved in Illegal Activities on Chios Island

Authorities on the Greek island of Chios are sweeping the island in order to locate and arrest all migrants and refugees who have been involved in illegal activities, following the latest burglaries and thefts. According to local media, the first...

Man Shoots Girlfriend's Father After She Kills His Ex-Wife

On August 3, a violent crime of passion took place in the town of Koropi, near Athens. The victim was a 35-year-old woman, mother to two underage boys. The perpetrator was a 26-year-old woman, the girlfriend of the victim’s...

Protesters Cleared After Storming in Thessaloniki Cathedral

Twenty six protesters, who were arrested in Thessaloniki after storming in the Thessaloniki Cathedral and disrupting the liturgy, were cleared on Monday, August 1. They were found innocent on the counts of exhibiting offensive behavior during the time of...

Greek Police Dismantle Two Smuggling Rings, 29 Arrests

The Greek police dismantled two smuggling rings involved in the transportation of 600 migrants from Turkey into Greece after a month-long investigation. A total of 29 people were arrested, including a police officer who was suspended pending an investigation...

Czech and Greek Police Bust Document Forgery Network

The Czech Republic and Greece have coordinated a police raid exposing an international criminal network of migrant smugglers and document forgers. The Czech police have released a video of the raid that took place at the end of May. The...

Migrants Set Camp on Fire in Greece, 6 Injured

Greek police had to evacuate the Moria migrant camp on Lesvos after fighting Pakistanis and Afghans set the camp on fire, the Greek state broadcaster (ERT) reported. According to migrant witnesses, a violent fight between Afghan and Pakistani nationals using...

Greek Police Continue Idomeni Refugee Evacuation, Only 1,500 Left

The second day of the evacuation of the makeshift refugee camp at Idomeni was deemed a success by the Greek government with only 1,500 migrants left in the area on Wednesday night. A total 1,003 refugees and migrants were removed...

Greek Police Start Evacuating Migrants from Idomeni Camp [video]

Hellenic Police on Tuesday morning started an operation to clear the makeshift migrant camp in Idomeni, on the Greece-Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia border. More than 8,000 migrants and refugees had been left stranded at the tent town during the...