Tag: border
Greece Restricts Border Crossings to Just Six Points to Limit Coronavirus Spread
Greece will restrict its land border entry points into the country to just six, in order to better control the spread of coronavirus in...
Turkey Provokes Tension by Disputing Land Border with Greece
Turkey on Saturday disputed the exact boundary of the Evros River that divides the two countries and said it would not allow any "fait...
Turkish Soldiers Fire and Take Aim at German, Greek Officers at Evros Border
Turkish soldiers fired at least one warning shot and then aimed at German and Greek guards patrolling the border with Greece on April 28,...
Greece’s Determined Defense of Evros Border Forces Migrants Away
Greek authorities believe that Turkey has started to evacuate the migrants sent to the border in the northeastern Evros region to try to cross...
Greeks Continue to Defend European Border Amidst Coronavirus Crisis
While Greece is battling the invisible coronavirus enemy inside its territory, there is another war raging on the Evros border, where currently approximately 2,000...
Touching Video of Evros Residents Applauding Greek Police Protecting Border
A touching video has gone viral on Greek social media Saturday, showing residents of the village of Kastanies, in Evros, applauding the policemen who...
Tensions Flare Up Again Along Greek-Turkish Border
Tensions flared up again on Wednesday evening along the Greek-Turkish border at the Evros post of Kastanies.
Turkish authorities reportedly threw tear gas while refugees...
Turkey to Close Land Borders With Greece, Bulgaria Due to Coronavirus
Turkey’s state broadcaster TRT Haber said on Wednesday afternoon that the country's land borders with Greece and Bulgaria will be closed due to the...
The Lone Gatekeepers of Europe: Living on the Edge
By now it has become clear that the effort of migrants to enter Greece by force through the Evros border was a literal invasion...
Poland, Austria to Send Hundreds of Border Guards to Greece as EU Solidarity Grows
Following the recent dramatic developments along Greece's eastern borders, one EU member state after the other is announcing additional support for Greece to protect the...
Tensions in Evros Continue, MEPs Ask Commission to Solve Border Crisis
New tensions broke out on Saturday evening near Kastanies, the town on the Greek-Turkish border in Evros.
Following a few hours of peace and quiet,...
US Deputy Assistant Secretary Palmer: America Stands in Solidarity with Greece
The U.S. State Department's Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs, Matthew Palmer, declared on Saturday from the border city...
