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Refugees and Migrants Outnumber Residents in Kastelorizo; 60 Rescued in Alexandroupolis (video)

Over 700 migrants and refugees have arrived in Kastelorizo over the past few days, as traffickers have found a passage on the island. The small local community of Kastelorizo, which consists of about 200 people, has raised concerns regarding...

Three More Refugees Found Dead in Greek-Turkish Waters

Three more migrants lost their lives in the perilous journey from the Turkish coasts to Greece's islands. There are three more people missing, according to the Hellenic Coast Guard. On Monday night Turkish authorities notified Greece's coast guard that there...

SYRIZA MP Refusing Comments on Special Court for Greek Presidential Candidate [Video]

Members of Lucas Papademos' administration, from November 2011 to May 2012, including Greek presidential candidate Stavros Dimas, will face a Parliamentary Examination Committee or even a Special Court, said on Tuesday, while speaking on Greek TV, main opposition SYRIZA MP Alexis Mitropoulos. "It...

Turkish PM Davutoglu in Athens for Talks on Friday

Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu is due in Athens for talks on Friday amid a tense atmosphere between Greece and Turkey, which has been exacerbated by the neighboring country's decision to carry out naval exercises in the Aegean while...

Defense Minister Dendias Visits Greek Easternmost Islets [Video]

The easternmost parts of Greece, the islets of Strongyli, Ro and Kastelorizo, visited on Thursday the National Defense Minister, Nikos Dendias, accompanied by the Deputy Minister, Giannis Lampropoulos, the Chief of the Hellenic National Defense General Staff, General Mikhail Kostarakos,...

Syrian Immigrants Swim to Kastelorizo

Syrian refugees, driven out of their country by war, are trying to cross the Turkish-Greek border to seek asylum in the European Union. Greece is suffering from the financial crisis and cannot accept this number of people, therefore the...

Greek Priest's Son Marries Turkish Woman

The son of a Greek priest from Kastelorizo, Greece, got married to a Turkish woman. The fact that a priest’s son got married to a Turkish woman is not something strange, however after the reactions of the clergy against the...

Graduates Return to Kastelorizo to Work

On the most remote island of the Aegean, the island of Kastelorizo, one would expect that the place could be deserted by young people. And yet, it is exactly the opposite, as according to Greek media, the island's young...

A New Turkish Challenge in the Aegean Due to Kastelorizo

Kastelorizo is causing disputes once again in the Aegean. Turks want to put the subject of the continental shelf of Kastelorizo on the table, repeating their request according to which islands should not have any shelf and also be...

Aegean Islands Treasures on Display in Athens

The Cycladic Art Museum of Athens, in collaboration with the Greek Ministry of Culture and Tourism, has opened a series of archaeological exhibitions dedicated to the small and remote islands of the Aegean. The exhibition, which has the suggestive...