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Suspicious package found outside US Ambassador home in Athens (photos)

Greek police have cordoned off the residence around US Ambassador to Greece, Geoffrey Pyatt after a suspicious package was reportedly found near a rubbish bin opposite the diplomat’s house. Mrs. Pyatt lives on Panagi Kyriakou street on Elena Venizelou square near the maternity hospital in Athens. A special bomb disposal unit has arrived on the scene to investigate the package.

Lesvos doctors accuse NGOs of failing to care for refugees

State hospital doctors on the eastern Aegean island of Lesvos, which has been hard particularly hit by the refugee crisis, have complained that nongovernmental organizations receiving European Union funding to help migrants are not doing enough, resulting in them being forced to bear an excessive burden.

Avramopoulos visits Lesvos to inspect impact of migration deal

EU Commissioner for Migration Dimitris Avramopoulos was on Wednesday expected at the eastern Aegean island of Lesvos to inspect the impact of the EU-Turkey deal to stem the flow of migrants.

The EU official was to be accompanied by Greece's Migration Policy Minister Yiannis Mouzalas during a visit at the camps of Moria and Kara Tepe.