Trigono

The City of Athens' Trigono (Triangle) initiative, aimed at breathing new life into closed and abandoned spaces in downtowns commercial "triangle," continues with an exhibition of 65 portraits of shopkeepers in the area, taken by a group of photography students.

Despite plummeting temperatures, arrivals of migrants from Turkey through the Evros border region in northeastern Greece are at a high level for the time of the year, as smugglers are reportedly constantly finding new entry routes.

Some 870 migrants were arrested for illegally entering the country in December 2018. The number of arrests in December 2017 was 502.

Police in the border region of Evros, northeastern Greece, said on Monday they seized more than 76 kilograms of unprocessed hashish in a Sunday night raid.

Two foreign nationals, aged 25 and 17, were arrested as they tried to transport the drugs across the Evros River to Turkey aboard a plastic dinghy.

Four Turkish nationals appeared Friday before a prosecutor in Orestiada, northeastern Greece, after being arrested Thursday in a forbidden military area in Evros, the river border separating Greece from Turkey.

Greek authorities say hundreds of refugees and other migrants have crossed the land border with Turkey in the past two days, with illegal crossings in the area increasing significantly following Turkey's military operation in northern Syria.

An unidentified man aged 51 died after being hit by a train near Orestiada, in northern Greece, on Sunday.

The passenger train was in service on the route between Alexandroupoli and Dikaia. The man died at the scene.

The incident is under investigation.

The level of Evros River in northern Greece dropped to 5.80 meters on Tuesday after several days above 6 meters, though it is still not below the danger level of 5.70 meters, civil protection authorities in northern Greece said, as a new wave of rain is expected on Tuesday night and Wednesday.

Regional and local authorities in the prefecture of Evros were on standby on Thursday after heavy rainfall resulted in serious flooding in many parts.

The villages of Elia and Avdella were particularly badly hit, with dozens of homes flooded.

The rainfall also led to the Evros River exceeding its safety level.

After a temporary respite in the number of irregular immigrants seeking to make their way into Europe through Greece’s land and sea border with Turkey, recent data show a dramatic shift in migration patterns.