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A 3.3 magnitude earthquake hit the Ionian island of Lefkada on the west coast of Greece, Friday. The tremor struck at a shallow depth of less than 5km with the epicentre 17km northwest of the island. No damage was reported, with seismologists disassociating it with the activity in central Italy.

European Commissioner for Migration Dimitris Avramopoulos is to meet in Athens Thursday with the mayors of the five eastern Aegean islands that are hosting migrants, with the talks expected to focus on ways of decongesting overcrowded reception facilities and speeding up the processing of asylum claims.

Greece has halted trucks entering via two border crossings from going on in direction to several key cities over severe weather conditions.

The restriction is in force as of 10:00 local time (EET) on Thursday for Ilinden-Exochi and Kulata-Promachonas border crossing points, the Bulgarian Interior Ministry says.

The Aegean islands of Paros, Naxos, Ios, Sikinos and Folegandros were left without electricity on Wednesday after a short circuit resulted in damage to the wider region's central power station on Paros.

According to the Public Power Corporation (PPC), the outage occurred at 10.50 a.m. while it said power was expected to be restored later on Wednesday.

Authorities in the areas of Ioannina and Volos in northern and central Greece were struggling on Tuesday with a new wave of snow following last week's cold snap.

Schools in many parts of both areas were ordered to remain closed, as snow and ice made driving treacherous in many parts of the city's outskirts and at higher altitudes.

The Migration Ministry appears to be at a dead end over how to manage the growing number of migrants trapped on the country's eastern Aegean islands after an adverse court ruling on Chios and a clash with the mayor of Lesvos.

A new cold snap brought snowfall to many parts of the country, leaving the Sporades islands of Alonissos and Skopelos without a ferry connection to the mainland and the Aegean islands of Lesvos and Chios struggling to care for hundreds of migrants amid freezing temperatures.

The tents in the Moria hotspot in Lesvos, Greece are covered with snow as the bad weather engulfs the islands of the Aegean Sea.

According to information there has been a serious problem with heating in the last days in Chios and Samos too, which the almost arctic temperatures made even worse now.

Tourism on the eastern Aegean islands of Lesvos, Chios and Samos was dealt a devastating blow by the migrant crisis, with the main impact in the form of cancellations of hotel bookings, conferences, cruise ship arrivals and flights from abroad, as well as the contraction of the season and the decline in business turnover, according to a survey by V&O for the Regional Authority of the Northe

A passenger ferry on Thursday morning crashed into the dock at the port of Chios in the eastern Aegean.

The Nissos Mykonos ferry, operated by Hellenic Seaways, was reportedly struggling against strong winds and choppy seas as it came into port shortly before 10 a.m. on Thursday morning, bumping violently against the concrete dock.