Greece

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...

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...

An 18-year-old Albanian national was arrested yesterday morning at the Kakavia border crossing station between Greece and Albania on charges of involvement in armed conflicts and war operations in third countries, such as Syria, as the General Police Directorate of...

Six municipalities along the Greek-Albanian border in the north-west of Greece have requested a meeting with Prime Minister Antonis Samaras and the Ministers of Public Order & Citizen Protection, Nikos Dendias and National Defense, Dimitris Avramopoulos, in order to discuss the issue...

  On Tuesday, animal rights activists found a female brown bear and her cub shot, in a wooded area in Kastoria near the Greek-Albanian border. Arcturos the northern Greece-based bear conservation group, was informed by police after the discovery of the...

4,000 members of the Organization "Chameria" comprised of Albanians allegedly forced out of Greece held a protest near the Greek-Albanian borders in Thesprotia asking for abolition of Greek laws which prevent them from access to “their” land and properties...

The police station of Epirus has detected 2 kalashnikofs, 3 weapon's magazines, 66 fuses, 1 bayonet and 1 grenade in a forest area of the municipality of Amarantos-Konitsa, located within a stone's throw of Greek-Albanian borders. Policemen estimate that...

Firefighters in Ioannina are struggling to contain a wildfire that is close to the Greek-Albanian border. As the blaze burns towards Ioannina's woods, residents are worried that history will repeat itself as in 2010, seven people died  when a fire spread across the...

200 kg. of cannabis and grenades have been confiscated by authorities close to the Greek-Albanian borders in Amarados Koritsas. The perpetrators had placed their stash in the woods and then covered the items with plumes and plastic bags. Ten sacks with...

The European Commission has denied one of its most senior figures called for a border change between Greece and Albania. Responding to a question from Greek newspaper Kathimerini, a spokesman for European Commissioner for Enlargement Johannes Hahn, said "in no...

Greek and Albanian police chiefs decided on Thursday on a coordinated plan of action involving police officers in Greece and Albania to deal with the major drug problem between the two countries and cross-border crime in general. Hellenic Police chief...

European states raise fences, close borders and bring military forces to protect their borders from the massive refugee and migrant inflow. On Thursday, about 200 Austrian soldiers and police officers conducted a joint operation on Austria's border with Slovenia in...

“The law enforcement authorities in Epirus are faced on a daily basis with an organized crime, that of drug trafficking from Albania to Greece, a natural bridge, as it borders on the neighboring country, 240 kilometers in length, while...

More than 60 Greek long-distance intercity buses (KTEL) gathered in Kakavia at the  Greek-Albanian border to protest the government's decision allowing Albanian inter-city buses to enter Greece without paying any taxes as Greek bus owners do and said they...

It was a few minutes after 5:00 AM on October 28, 1940. The Italian military forces were ordered to launch their first attack in the Greco-Italian War at the Greek-Albanian border in the Pindos Mountains. Vassilios Tsiavaliaris, a 28-year-old Greek...