Greece

The International humanitarian group Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), or Doctors Without Borders, announced on Monday that Greek surgeon Christos Christou has been elected to serve as their international president. Christou was elected president during MSF’s International General Assembly in June...

The humanitarian aid organization ''Médecins sans frontières'' (Doctors Without Borders, or MSF) announced on Friday that they secured pneumonia vaccines at an affordable price in order to vaccinate children who live in refugee camps in Greece. MSF noted that this...

Recent reports reveal that refugees stuck in migrant reception camps across Greece are increasingly suffering from symptoms of mental illness. According a report released by the international aid group Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders) called Greece in 2016: Vulnerable...

As refugee children have been caught in the middle of war-torn events over the last several years, one vital health concern has developed. Children have not had access to inoculations for some time now, and Doctors Without Borders and the...

The refugee policies followed by the European Union are in direct contrast to its humanitarian values, the International Secretary General of “Doctors Without Borders,” Jerome Oberreit, told ANA-MPA in an interview on Thursday, just a few days after the...

The international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has decided to suspend its activities linked to the Moria “hotspot” on Lesvos without further notice," said the organization. The decision comes following the EU Turkey deal which...

Doctors Without Borders (MSF) have stated in a recent report that Greece’s refugee reception system is “dysfunctional.” Thousands of migrants and refugees risk their lives to reach the Aegean Sea islands each year, where they are faced with inhuman...

The health risks that European citizens face during the economic crisis were revealed during a press conference in Athens on Friday by the presidents of 'Doctors Without Borders' (MSF) from four European countries: Greece, Spain, France and Germany. The press...

It may sound weird to talk about malaria cases in a European country in the year 2012. And it is even more weird to have regions that are facing the need of a medical programme to cure the disease....

Greek is used in every language throughout the world. This Spanish oldie by an Argentinian musical group called Apurimac, featuring Greek singer Elli Paspala, is living proof that there indeed are thousands of Greek words in every language. Apurimac created...

More fires broke out late on Wednesday in what was left of the Moria refugee camp on the Greek island of Lesvos, as the government blames camp residents for starting the fires angered by the lockdown measures and isolation...

Greek health authorities confirmed late on Tuesday that two migrants in a temporary refugee accommodation facility on the island of Lesvos have tested positive for Covid-19. The facility, which was leased by the Ministry from a local owner, is being...

Two fires that broke out on Sunday evening outside the migrant camp on the island of Samos, in the eastern Aegean, have destroyed a number of shacks built by asylum seekers outside the perimeter of the camp. Firefighters who had...

Dozens of migrants and refugees on Wednesday staged a sit-in outside the notorious Greek camp of Moria, on Lesvos island, demanding to be transferred to the mainland and claiming that they have been exposed to the coronavirus. The protesters, who,...

The migrant camp at Moria, on the island of Lesvos, the largest in Greece, is a "time bomb" waiting to explode as the coronavirus has spread to the local population, an official from the group Doctors without Borders (MSF)...