Evros River

The number of illegal immigrants in the Greek island of Lesvos coming from the northern sea borders between Greece and Turkey was increased by 550% during the March-April 2015 period compared to the same period last year. According to official data from the...

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...

President of the Hellenic Republic Prokopis Pavlopoulos on Thursday spoke with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on the telephone, during the Greek president's visit to a border checkpoint in Kipi, Evros and the bridge crossing the Evros River into...

Greek National Defense Minister Panos Kammenos on Tuesday referred to the annoyance expressed by Turkey as regards his visits to military units and underlined that they were carried out on Greek soil and on Greek islands and that he...

The region of Serres in Eastern Macedonia and Thrace, northern Greece, has been declared in a state of emergency by local authorities due to floods caused after several days of continuous heavy rainfall that destroyed crops and seriously damaged...

Bulgarian civil protection authorities have sent a warning to Greece and Turkey regarding the dangerously rising levels of rivers Maritsa, Tundzha and Ardas, in the country's south east. The urgent note issued earlier today informed the neighboring countries of a...

Heavy rainfall has caused major damages in western Greece, while the Evros region is on red alert because of flooded rivers. Other areas in Greece also suffered from the continuous downpour. Roads, bridges, houses and crops were destroyed by floods, while villages...

After a fierce battle with flooding waters, the evacuated Ormenio village in the Evros prefecture in Thrace was saved when local authorities built a one-kilometer levee on the outskirts of the village. The evacuated village that belongs to the Oresteiada...

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 diplomatic incident was prevented at the last minute on Monday at the land borders between Greece and Turkey along Evros River, it was announced on Wednesday. Turkish soldiers, patrolling along the Turkish bank of Evros River at noon on...