Lesbos

Four Turkish fighter jets flying in formation entered the Athens Flight Information Region (FIR) between the eastern Aegean islands of Lesvos and Chios Tuesday, authorities said.

According to the National Defense General Staff (GEETHA), the Turkish jets broke formation after entering the FIR at 2.33 p.m. and one pair flew over the islet of Anthropofagoi at 10,000 feet at 2.57 p.m.

Catamarans owned by the ferry company of Turkey's İzmir Metropolitan Municipality will start regular trips between the Alsancak Port and the Greek island of Lesbos in a bid to boost tourism in the Aegean Sea, Northern Aegean Islands Economic Development Agency (EOAEN) head Thrasos Kalogridis has said. 

Greece on Wednesday managed to find shelter for some 5,000 migrants on the island of Lesvos two days after a fire ravaged part of the main asylum seekers' camp, officials said.

But overcrowding remains an acute concern on the island, one of the epicentres of the European migrant crisis, they said.

A short documentary by a Syrian filmmaker pays tribute to Greek islanders living in a fishing village on Lesvos who have helped rescue refugees and migrants making perilous journeys across the Aegean Sea.

Authorities on the island of Lesvos called for the immediate evacuation Tuesday of thousands of refugees to the Greek mainland after a fire gutted a detention camp following protests. But European Union officials appeared cool to the idea.

In comments following a large fire possibly started during a riot at a migrant processing center on the island of Lesvos on Monday night, the regional governor for the Northern Aegean, Christiana Kalogirou, warned of an 'unmanageable situation' on the islands bearing the brunt of the refugee crisis.

Tents and prefabricated homes went up in smoke at a refugee and migrant processing center on the eastern Aegean island of Lesvos on Monday night, leaving hundreds without shelter.

New clashes between groups of refugees and migrants of different nationalities broke out on Monday evening inside the Moria hot spot in Lesvos, police said. Around 4,000 asylum seekers have escaped the camp in the Aegean island of Lesbos.

The blaze at the Moria camp has left a trail of destruction including damaged tents and housing units.

A global model when it comes to the protection of geological sites, naturally and historically rich Lesvos attracts many visitors every year, while the island has long been established as a place of research for scientists from around the globe.

As simmering tensions threaten to boil over on the islands of the eastern and northern Aegean due to the prolonged stay of a growing number of refugees, Migration Policy Minister Yiannis Mouzalas dismissed rumors on Friday that three more so-called hot spots will be created on the island of Chios.