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Migrants Throw Stones at Greek Police, Block Railway Line Again
Migrants threw stones at Greek police on Monday after a Syrian man was accidentally injured by a police van in Idomeni. Refugees blocked the railway line again, for the 32nd consecutive day.
According to Greek police, the refugee fell from...
Greece
Idomeni Railway Open, Yet No Train Can Travel
According to the Athenian News Agency, Idomeni‘s railway — a neutral zone at the borders between Greece and FYROM — re opens today after 30 days. Refugees and migrants who had camped out on the railway line connecting Greece and...
Greece
Greece Launches Military Exercise Over Migrant Camp
The Greek army launched an unscheduled military exercise Thursday along its border with FYROM and a cluster of islands near Turkey, with fighter jets passing over a tent city in Idomeni near the border.
Sources within the Greek army confirmed...
Greece
FYROM Authorities Strike Again with Teargas in Idomeni [video]
The FYROM authorities responded with teargas and flashbang grenades to an effort of a small refugee group who tried to open a part of the fence that is along the refugee camp in Idomeni, ANA MPA reports.
Several moments later,...
Greece
EU Gives Greece Two Weeks to Form Border Control Plan
The European Commission on Tuesday gave Greece two weeks to present a concrete plan to improve protection of Europe's external borders in order to stop massive refugee inflows.
The European Commission finds that Greece has failed to file an adequate...
Greece
Greece and Portugal Form Front Against Austerity Policies
The first joint front against austerity policies and in favor of adopting alternative policies in the EU was formed by the governments of Greece and Portugal on Monday, following a joint admission by Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and his...
Greece
Tension Heightens at Idomeni Borders; Berlin Expresses Concerns
Tension broke out at the Idomeni refugee camp on Monday afternoon, a day after the incidents that occurred between refugees, migrants and the FYROM police authorities, during which 30 people were injured by rubber bullets.
Refugees and solidarity supporters climbed...
Greece
Greece Denies FYROM Police Operated on Greek Soil to Thwart Refugees
Citizen Protection Deputy Minister Nikos Toskas stated that FYROM police did not operate on Greek soil to thwart migrants during Sunday's violent riot on the neutral zone between the two countries at Idomeni.
Speaking on Skai television on Monday morning,...
Greece
Refugees Clash with Police at Greece – FYROM Border (video)
Refugees who were gathered at the Greece-FYROM border in the Greek town of Idomeni, tried to cross to the other side and clashed with FYROM police.
On Sunday morning, a delegation of five refugees approached the Former Yugoslav Republic of...
Greece
Refugees at Idomeni Showing Greater Interest in Relocation Programs, UNHCR Staff Reports
UNHCR staff at the refugee camp in Idomeni, near the border crossing between Greece and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM), on Monday reported that the refugees were showing a greater interest in the EU relocation programs than...