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A moderate earthquake measuring 5.2 on the Richter scale was recorded at 11:14 p.m. on Saturday night in northwestern Greece. According to the Geodynamics Institute of the Athens Observatory the quake's epicenter was located 12 kilometers northwest of the city...

Data shows that an increasing number of refugees are trying to make their way to Greece. Since Friday, September 30, there were 397 refugees and migrants that entered the island of Chios, the fifth largest island of Greece. From...

A total of 308 migrants and refugees arrived on the islands of the northern Aegean over the last 48 hours. Ninety-three refugees arrived on Lesvos, 155 on Chios and 60 on Samos. According to the police, 5,264 are trapped on Lesvos,...

Greece's coast guard embarked on a search and rescue operation of a distressed migrant boat off the shores of the Greek island of Samos Tuesday morning, the AP reports. The operation commenced following a distress call from a migrant on the boat to...

The latest tally shows that 84 migrants and refugees arrived on the island of Lesvos while another 115 reached the coasts of Chios in the last 24 hours. No arrivals were recorded on Samos island. On Wednesday, 5,156 migrants...

The Greek government has denied an allegation that a Turkish military officer who participated in the failed coup attempt fled to the island of Samos on a jet ski. According to a Skai television report on Wednesday, a government official...

The Hoteliers Associations of Lesvos, Chios, Samos, Kos and Leros are offering discounts of 50 percent in hotel prices as part of a coordinated action to boost tourism on the islands of the eastern...

Hoteliers in Samos, Lesvos, Chios, Kos and Leros -- the islands most affected by the refugee crisis last year -- are slashing prices for rooms and tourist packages by up to 50 percent for Greek tourists who will visit...

The Greek government is planning to establish permanent camps that can accommodate up to 1,000 migrants and refugees all over Greece. According to a government official who spoke to Reuters, the aim is to decongest the northeastern Aegean islands that...

Another boat load of refugees and migrants safely docked east of the island of Lesbos early on Monday morning, accompanied by the Greek Coast Guard after having refused to leave their boat. Around 51 refugees and migrants arrived on...