Evros

The decomposed corpse of an unidentified male was found Wednesday in Evros River, which runs along the Greek-Turkish border.

The body was found in the area of Soufli.

According to the police investigation so far, the man was most likely a refugee or migrant trying to cross into the country and there were no signs of foul play.
 

Bulgaria's government on Wednesday gave the green light for spending BGN 3 M (EUR 1.5 M) to increase the country's preparedness to join the EU's free-travel Schengen Area.

The Greek government seems to be unable to deal with the refugee issue, with authorities trying to remove the refugees and immigrants from the makeshift camps of Idomeni and Piraeus with no success.

The refugees refuse leaving the camps protesting against the closed borders and demand to be allowed to continue their journey to Europe.

The mayor of Alexandroupolis, Vangelis Lampakis, revealed that the government is looking for houses to host refugees and migrants in Evros region, northern Greece in the framework of UNHCR and European Union program.

According to Mr. Lampakis, 86,000 refugees are to be hosted in Evros and other five places of Greece, based on a joint ministerial decision signed recently.

A group of about 600 protesters clashed with police guarding the border fence in Evros, northern Greece on Saturday, following the numerous sea accidents which have caused the death of dozens refugees, while authorities warn that the death toll will rise in coming weeks.

The Greek farmers are threatening to initiate large scale protests against the high taxes they will be called to pay, emanating from the terms of the 3rd rescue plan signed and sealed by the left SYRIZA government in Greek parliament in August.

What the previous coalition government couldn’t do in seven months to alleviate some of the biggest problems related to the migration crisis enveloping a handful of Greek isles was announced on Wednesday by the caretaker government.

Greek police arrested 4 human traffickers and 24 illegal immigrants while they were attempting to cross the river Evros in a rubber boat in Orestiada, Northern Greece. The special illegal immigrants unit in a planned operation initially detected two of the human traffickers and later their other two accomplices and proceeded to arrest all.

Authorities discovered 110 illegal migrants – including 39 minors — crammed into a long-haul truck driven by a Turkish driver on Friday after stopping the vehicle on the Egnatia motorway spanning the breadth of northern Greece.
The people identified themselves as Syrian nationals.

Some 20 hectares of farmland in Evros, northeastern Greece, has been flooded due to heavy rain in the area.

Local authorities said that the crops in the flooded areas have been destroyed.

Evros often suffers floods, although more commonly in the fall and winter.