Didymoteicho
Fire near houses in Varnavas, messages from 112 for evacuations – Better picture in Megara
An alarm was raised at the Fire Department Sunday afternoon for fire in the Neo Mazi area in Megara, while the fire in Varnava is also serious as it is very close to the settlement.
The works are in full progress at the Bayezid Mosque in Didymoteicho – Minister Mendoni’s Visit
The Minister of Culture, Lina Mendoni, made a working visit to the Regional Units of Evros and Xanthi. The first stop was Didymoteicho, where she inspected the Bayezid Mosque, noting the progress in the project’s development over the last month.
Woman from Kavala tells police she was raped, held captive
A 32-year-old woman has accused her partner of holding her prisoner, beating her and raping her. The woman, who is a Muslim from Kavala in northern Greece, was being treated at the General Hospital of Didymoteicho.
Kikilias: Questions are raised about the Turkish arsonist, as well as about last year’s fires in Alexandroupolis & Evros
“I feel that the responsibility doesn’t solely lie with the Fire Service, as we went up to Evros with Mr. Dendias; the Hellenic Police Force is also involved with Mr. Chrysochoidis”
Border police arrests four alleged traffickers
Border police in northeastern Greece blocked four separate attempts by illegal migrants to cross into the country on Friday and Saturday and arrested a total of four traffickers, all foreign nationals.
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Frappe, cigarettes and dusty records
A guard dances the zeibekiko, a messenger receives greetings on his name day, with offers of whisky and cola, an employee with a Panathinaikos flag on his back leans over a coffee pot, and a storage keeper and messenger pedals on a stationary bicycle during working hours. Each image becomes increasingly surreal, capturing the daily lives of public servants.
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Ecumenical Patriarch laments ‘tragedy’ of wildfires in Greece
Ecumenical Patriarch Vartholomeos expressed on Wednesday his support to those affected by the wildfires that have been raging for days across Greece, describing them as a "tragedy".
Greece starts construction of 35-km fence on Turkish border
The Greek authorities have initiated construction work for a 35-kilometer-long steel fence along the Meriç River as part of the first phase of a new 140-kilometer-long wall project on the Turkish border to prevent irregular migration.
Injured migrant found in Evros
Greek border guards patrolling the country's northeastern border region of Evros found an injured migrant, state-run broadcaster ERT reported on Thursday.
The man, a Moroccan national, had a wound in the abdomen. According to ERT, the migrant said he had been shot by Turkish military guards when he tried to cross the river dividing Turkey from Greece.
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Border guards found to be on the take
Five officers from the Didymoteicho Border Guard Department in northeastern Greece were arrested on Monday after a five-month investigation and charged with smuggling migrants from Turkey, authorities announced on Tuesday.
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