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At the request of Greece, Bulgaria opened an Evros River dam located on its territory on Monday in order to cause intentional flooding and make it more difficult for migrants amassed at the Greek-Turkish border to cross the river,...

Greek media are reporting four people -- including three children -- are missing after a boat they were travelling in overturned on the Evros River, near Turkey. Greek newspaper Kathimerini wrote on Thursday that the one female and three minors...

The body of a 20-25 year-old migrant, possibly African, was recovered from the waters of River Evros on the Greek-Turkish borders. The dead body was located by police officers on Thursday afternoon, inside the river. Coroner Pavlos Pavlidis said to Athens...

On Monday, the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) announced that Greece has reported a case of the dangerously contagious H5N8 bird flu virus in a wild swan in the Evros river delta in Eastern Macedonia and Thrace. Sources reported that...

Refugees and migrants are passing through Greece via the Evros border river between Greece and Turkey according to data presented on Wednesday by the coordinating body handling the refugee crisis. The latest information shows that 214 refugees entered Evros...

An operation to rescue 69 undocumented migrants that were trapped on an islet in Evros river, was completed successfully on Saturday. Greek Police were informed on Thursday that a group of people were trapped on an islet and their...

The Citizen Protection Agency of Evros region decided the evacuation of Ormenio village after an Evros River Levee Broke. The extreme rainfall in northern Greece, and particularly in Thrace, has caused the flooding of Evros River. The residents of Ormenio...

A major rescue operation took place earlier today at the Evros river, on the Greek-Turkish border in the region of Thrace, where there has been flooding recently, as 25 immigrants were trapped on one of the river islets' embankment. The operation...

Authorities say they have rescued 11 immigrants stranded in the middle of a flood-swollen river after they tried to illegally enter Greece from Turkey. A police statement Monday said the 11 Algerian men were taken to a hospital where one...

Greek police on Tuesday recovered the bodies of three illegal immigrants, among them a 12-year-old boy and his mother, who froze to death while trying to cross the river that marks the country's northern border with Turkey. The bodies of...

According to Greek authorities, two illegal migrants have died while trying to cross Evros River on the northeastern border with Turkey. In particular, one man drowned and the other probably died of  hypothermia just after reaching the Greek side of...

Police in Alexandroupolis, Greece, in cooperation with Frontex forces, intercepted eight illegal migrants in the Peplo district (Evros prefecture) on the Greek-Turkish frontier, it was announced on Thursday. The illegal migrants were spotted by a Frontex aircraft patrolling over the...

Three unidentified dead bodies, believed to have been illegal migrants, were found by an army patrol in the Evros River on Friday. The bodies are those of three men between the ages of 25 and 30- years- old. They show...

Eleven bodies have been washed up on the banks of the Evros River in the last few days, authorities announced on Wednesday. Nine were found by fishermen during the last 48 hours, while two were found on Saturday. The bodies...

Authorities are preparing for the worst in the northern Greece regions of Eastern Macedonia and Thrace, where the water level of the river Evros has risen dangerously. Indeed, the rivers Ardas and Erythropotamos in northern Greece may also flood since Bulgaria's Ivaylovgrad dam overflowed due to mountain meltwater and recent heavy rainfall. At...