Profitis

The Romanian military firefighters currently on mission in Greece have ensured, throughout Tuesday, until the early hours of Wednesday, protection against the wildfires for the Profitis Ilias Monastery in the area of Vilia. They deployed to the area with a fire engine, a cistern, an offroad vehicle, an utility terrain vehicle (UTV), and a drone.

Police in Thessaloniki arrested on Friday a 21-year-old Syrian who was caught transporting 17 irregular migrants in a car in northern Greece.

The suspect was apprehended after a police chase which ended at the road junction of Profitis Thessalonikis, on Egnatia highway.

A prosecutor has launched a preliminary investigation to assess whether anti-racism laws are being violated in the village of Profitis, near Thessaloniki, where several parents are protesting against the attendance of refugee and migrant children at the local primary school.

Despite the relative success, so far, of the program to educate migrant youngsters at public schools, isolated protests were reported again Wednesday, even though they were milder than Monday's.