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Tension Between Refugees and Police Forces in Idomeni [video]

Tension broke out in Idomeni camp on Tuesday afternoon, between refugees and police forces who attempted to evacuate the train tracks that have been occupied by the refugees as a form of protest towards the neighboring Former Yugoslav Republic of...

Situation in Idomeni Affects Greece’s Image on International Trade, Say Reps of Piraeus Container Terminal

Representatives of the business community have described as quite negative Greece’s image on international trade on account of the prevailing situation in Idomeni -- a small village near the borders with FYROM, where thousands of refugees are stranded and...

Syriza’s Stance on Macedonia Indicative of an Ahistorical-Minded and Machiavellian Bent Organization

Say what you will, but the fact of the matter is that many leftists of the Syriza persuasion (intrinsically ahistorical and naïve) would not have a problem accepting the use of the name Macedonia by Greece’s northern neighbor if...

FYROM Closes Its Borders With Greece and Serbia Until the End of 2016

The FYROM Parliament decided on Monday to extend the "emergency" measures on its borders with Greece and Serbia until December 31, 2016, due to the refugee and migrant crisis. FYROM's Defense Minister, Joran Yolevski, highlighted that it is important to...

Italian Reporter Finds Hole in Greece-FYROM Border Where Migrants Pass Through [video]

An Italian television reporter found a hole in the Greece-FYROM border where migrants illegally cross to the neighboring country. After the closing of the Greece-Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia border, thousands of refugees and migrants are left stranded in the...

Refugees Rush to Idomeni Believing the Border Will Open; Baby Girl Is Born at Refugee Camp

Hundreds of refugees started returning to Idomeni on foot after a rumor that the Greece-FYROM border would reopen on Sunday. There was unrest yesterday at the refuge tent city on the Greece-Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia crossing point when a...

Locals Throw Pigs' Heads at Migrant Camp Gate in Greece

Locals threw pigs' heads at the gates of a new migrant camp near Veria in northern Greece, protesting the arrival of six buses full of refugees. On Saturday night, the first six buses carrying refugees and migrants arrived at the army camp...

Bulgaria Set to Raise Fence on Border with Greece

Bulgaria is set to build a razor-wire fence along its southern border with Greece to stop possible migrant flows, Prime Minister Boyko Borisov said on Friday. "The major threat that I see at the moment is from the Greek border,...

UNHCR, Aid NGOs Pull Out of Hotspots and Refugee Camps as Protests Intensify

The UN Refugee Agency announced it is suspending some of its activities in Greece as it opposes mandatory detention, UNHCR spokesperson Melissa Fleming said during a press conference in Geneva, adding that open hot spots are being turned into...

Tension Mounts With Disgruntled Migrants in Greece

The number of refugees and migrants in Greece had reached 52,207 on Tuesday with more arriving every day from Turkey illegally. As a result there is tension at the Greece-FYROM border and Piraeus Port. About 14,000 frustrated refugees at Idomeni...