Lesvos

Queen Rania of Jordan is due to visit the island of Lesvos on Monday to meet with refugees there, the country’s royal press office announced yesterday. She will be the latest of high-profile figures following the recent visit of Pope...

As of Monday, the "administrative restriction" process for asylum applicants on Lesvos and Chios is in effect, meaning that they cannot be detained in registration centers after 25 days. The migrants are gradually free to leave the hotspots since their...

Queen Rania, wife of King Abdullah II of Jordan, will visit Lesvos, Greece, in the beginning of Holy Week at an invitation of the international humanitarian organization International Rescue Committee. Her visit was confirmed by the Embassy of Jordan in...

Speaking about his visit to the island of Lesvos, Greece, in St. Peter's Square on Sunday, Pope Francis said his visit with Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew and Archbishop Ieronymos of Athens and of All Greece, aimed "to signify the unity...

"The Greek people are responding with great generosity to the needs of the refugees, even though it is going through a tough period," highlighted Pope Francis, after his visit to the hotspot of Moria, in Lesvos. "We came here to draw...

Archbishop of Athens and All Greece Ieronymos who arrived on Friday in Mytilene was the first of the three hierarchs that will visit Lesvos on Friday and Saturday in an attempt to support the refugees. Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew (Vartholomeos) will...

Human Rights Watch, a pro-human rights group, issued on Thursday a statement, in which they criticize the living conditions of refugees and migrants on the islands of Chios and Lesvos. "Greek authorities, in coordination with the European Union, are automatically...

Two Turkish F-16 entered Athens’ FIR this afternoon (08.02 local time) between the islands of Lesvos and Chios without having submitted a flight plan for a second consecutive day, Greece’s National Defense General Staff said on Tuesday. The fighter jets...

Greek authorities started examining asylum applications at Moria’s hotspot on the island of Lesvos, adding that almost all refugees and migrants who arrived on the island after March 20 have submitted applications, police said. Speaking to public broadcaster ERT, Brigadier...

A barrage of Turkish fighter jets over Greek territory has been marked on Monday noon. Two Turkish fighter jets flew over Oinousses around 1:30 pm and an hour and a half later, the same action was spotted over North-Eastern...