Islet
Is Greece the islet of calm it appears to be?
Just a few years after emerging from the financial crisis, Greece looks like an islet of calm in a turbulent Europe where even the countries of Scandinavia are experiencing serious challenges to social democracy and the rule of law. It is not just the performance of its economy or the praise from authoritative international lips contributing to this image.
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145 migrants stranded on an Evros river islet rescued
Authorities said they rescued 145 migrants found stranded Thursday on an islet on the river that runs along the northeastern land border with Turkey.
Police said that the 70 men, 45 women and 30 children were all in good health and identified as Syrians or Kurds. Greek authorities launched the rescue after being alerted to the migrants' presence by a nongovernmental organization.
Authorities rescue 91 migrants from Evros islet
Authorities rescued 91 migrants from a river islet and transferred them to a processing center near the border with Turkey, police said Sunday.
Police said that the group included 32 men, 25 women and 34 children. The Red Cross was present at the operation. Several migrants told police they were from Syria.
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Greek defense doctrine rolls with punches
A lot has changed in terms of Greece's defense doctrine since 1996, when its naval forces and Turkey's had gathered around the two islets of Imia in the eastern Aegean.
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The changing face of Spinalonga, ‘island of the living dead’
Immortalized in Victoria Hislop's award-winning novel, "The Island," the uninhabited islet of Spinalonga has a long and tragic past. Known by its grim epithet, the "island of the living dead," and nestled in the picturesque Elounda Bay of northeast Crete, the islet was home to one of Europe's last leper colonies, active from 1903 to 1957.
‘This is Hell’: On Asylum, Europe Must Reinstate the Rule of Law
Without real change in Europe's refugee and migrant strategy, more innocent people will die in the Mediterranean, in Melilla, and on scorpion-infested river islets between Greece and Turkey.
“We may take the Aegean islands”, says Turkish journalist
The journalist spoke of 152 islands & islets that -according to Turkey- have not been defined by International Agreements
Researchers discover world’s 'northernmost' island
Scientists have discovered what is believed to be the world's northernmost landmass - a yet-to-be-named island north of Greenland that could soon be swallowed up by seawaters.
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Researchers came upon the landmass on an expedition in July, and initially thought they had reached Oodaaq, up until now the northernmost island on the planet.
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Lonely man turns islet to blooming paradise
Grapes, cherries, apricots and chestnuts have flourished on the once desolate islet in Keban Dam Lake thanks to the 14-year-long efforts of a retired old man.
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Islet off Naxos reveals signs of advanced ancient architecture
An uninhabited, seemingly drab landmass some 10 kilometers from the holiday island of Naxos in the Aegean, has yielded 4,600-year-old structures that provide evidence of ancient Greece's early history being far more complex than experts once believed.