Filippiada

Located between Preveza and Arta it is ideal for canoeing, kayaking, and hiking

Despite the ongoing talks on a Europe-wide and diplomatic level on how to assist Greece with the threat of a new crisis looming, migrant flows to the islands are continuing to rise, with 809 people having landed on their shores after traveling from the Turkey coast from Monday until Wednesday noon.

Two parents' associations voted over the weekend to block child refugees from attending local schools, the latest in a string of objections to the government's initiative.

The parents' association of an elementary school in the northern Greek town of Filippiada on Tuesday sent a memo to education authorities expressing their opposition to government plans to use school facilities to hold classes for refugee children staying at nearby camps.

A 55-year-old man from Filippiada in northwestern Greece was recovering in an Arta hospital on Thursday after being blown off his balcony on Wednesday.

Gale-force winds in the area led to the man falling from the balcony of his fourth-floor apartment, authorities said.

He had to undergo a life-saving operation after being taken to the hospital.