Greece
Greece
Greek FM Dendias in Quarantine; Albanian Archbishop Hospitalized with Covid in Athens
According to an announcement by Greece's Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Wednesday, Nikos Dendias, the Greek Minister of Foreign Affairs, is now under quarantine after coming into contact with someone who had a confirmed case of Covid-19.
Dendias had met...
Greece
Thousands of Albanians Line Up at Kakavia Border to Re-Enter Greece
Thousands of cars from Albania were lined up at the Kakavia border on Sunday, August 16 after the Greek government relaxed restrictions on the amount eligible to enter the nation.
According to the recent decision, the amount of people able...
Greece
Greece Opens Borders to Albanians Due to Seasonal Worker Shortage
Greece and Albania signed an agreement on Friday paving the way for thousands of Albanian citizens to work in Greece's agriculture sector, despite the currently-prevailing coronavirus restrictions.
The two countries had closed their borders in March to prevent the virus...
Greece
Albanian Seamstress Donates Hundreds of Masks to Greek Hospital
An Albanian seamstress who owns a small sewing workshop in the town of Grevena, northern Greece, has volunteered to manufacture masks for the local hospital, showing that solidarity and philotimo in coronavirus times is tearing down borders and spreading...
Greece
Greek, Italian, Turkish and Albanian Footballers Raise Money for Albanian Quake Victims
Veteran footballers from Greece, Italy, Albania and Turkey will play on January 10 in Albania to raise money for the victims of the devastating quake which shook the country on November 26, 2019.
The friendly game will be held at...
Greece
Remains of 193 Greek Soldiers Killed in 1940-41 Buried at Albanian Cemetery
The remains of 193 Greek soldiers who died in Albania during the Greek-Italian war in 1940-41 were given a Greek Orthodox burial on Tuesday at the military cemetery of Kelcyre (known as Kleisoura in Greek).
Metropolitan Demetrios of Gjirokaster conducted...
Diplomacy
Greece Highlights Conditions for North Macedonian, Albanian EU talks
Greek PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Thursday expressed his government's support for the EU aspirations of North Macedonia and Albania, but added that the two countries must fully respect international agreements as well as the rights of ethnic groups.
Addressing an...
Greece
Sin Boy: The Albanian Rapper Who has Set the Greek Music Scene on Fire (video)
The song "Μαμά" (Mama) plays everywhere in Greece; it has 40 million views on YouTube. His previous one, "Gigi" in 2018, reached 50 million. The young rapper who sings it is despised by many, but loved by many more....
Crime
Albanian Inmates Escape From Greek Detention Unit
The Greek police have launched a manhunt for three Albanian inmates who escaped from an Athens detention unit in the early hours of Monday.
A fourth inmate was arrested several hours after the escape from the detention location on Petrou...
Greece
Magnitude 5.3 and 4.9 Earthquakes Shake Greek-Albanian Border
Two major earthquakes with a magnitude of 5.3 and 4.9 on the Richter scale hit the Greek-Albanian border at 07:26 and 10:00 local time on Saturday morning (05:26, 08:00 GMT+1). Many smaller quakes have also been recorded.
The epicenters of...
Greece
Greek Indifference to Albanian "State Mafia" Targeting Hellenic Minority
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*This editorial piece was originally published in Greek in Hellas Journal
by Giorgos Harvalias
It is noteworthy how insensitive Greek politicians are to the ongoing maltreatment of the Greek minority of North Epirus, Albania by the mafia-like regime of Edi Rama.
Our homeland...
Diplomacy
Albania Retreats on Threat to Seize Albanian-Greek Properties
The Albanian government has removed a clause from its Government Gazette which allowed for the arbitrary confiscation and impoundment of land and properties of Greek expatriate residents in the Himara region.
An Albanian government cabinet decision published on March 29 in...
Crime
Albanian Inmate Allegedly Stabbed to Death in Korydallos Prison
An Albanian inmate of Attica's Korydallos, high-security prison, Arber Bako, was allegedly stabbed to death inside the facility on Monday.
Authorities did not release any further details of the reported stabbing.
The convicted inmate was serving a prison sentence at Korydallos for the attempted murder...
Environment
Protected Species Threatened Along Greek-Albanian Border
Over 200 traps for the poaching of wild animals have been found along the Greek-Albanian border in the last three months by members of the Environmental Protection Association (EPA) of Kastoria. The recent ominous discovery of the snares was...
Crime
Greece Blamed in Deaths of Four Albanians
Albania's foreign ministry issued a statement on Wednesday blaming Greek authorities for the deaths of four Albanian citizens residing in Greece. All the deaths occurred in the span of two weeks.
The most recent death was of a man killed...