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More than 20 police officers were injured during clashes with migrants
14 policemen and 9 members of the Army, were injured in today's clash between the police and migrants at the Macedonian-Greek border, said the Ministry of Interior.
The statement from the Interior Ministry reported that during the clash three vehicles were damaged from the MOI and five from the Army.
According to initial estimates from the MOI more than 3,000 migrants...
Three police officers injured during clash with migrants
Three police officers were injured in the clash this afternoon on the Macedonian-Greek border, where a police officers and a group of migrants clashed violently when the migrants tried to cross the border, the Interior Ministry confirmed for "Meta".
The police officers were immediately transferred to the medical center in Gevgelija.
Earlier, police threw tear gas to clear a group of...
Refugees in Idomeni and Piraeus refuse to leave their makeshift camps
Macedonian police threw tear gas to clear a group of refugees protesting at the fence in Idomeni.
Greek media reported that some of the refugees were unconscious and were have trouble breathing because of the incident.
Refugees protested again this morning on the fence demanding the border be opened. Yesterday a leaflet in Arabic circulated around the camp, inviting refugees to...
New tensions flare up in Idomeni after false information spreads that borders will open
Today in Idomeni a stressful and anxiety situation unfolded because of speculation earlier that day, that the Greek-Macedonia border will open. Even though the camp has began to empty since Friday, new people arrive everyday. Thousands of refugees from the refugee centers from around Thessaloniki went to Idomeni on foot with false information that the borders will be opened,...
Spasovski: The operation in Kumanvo was for preventive reasons due to the refugee crisis
Members of the police force last night were not involved in a police operation in Lipkovo and Aracinovo, but acted preemptively due to the migrant crisis and attempts to illegally cross the border, announced todayoutside the police station in Matejche said Interior Minister Oliver Spasovski.
"Kumanovo-Skopje region should be under increased scrutiny because this region is the north border and there...
Ivanov: I want Bulgaria to be able to embrace Macedonia and to give us their support
President Gjorge Ivanov in an interview with Bulgarian news agency "BGNes" stated that there are no language barriers between Macedonia and Bulgaria and because of that Bulgaria needs to support Macedonia and embrace it.
"I want Bulgaria to be the state that supports Macedonia the most, as they say, to embrace Macedonia. We have no language barrier. We have open...
Refugees have withdrawn from the motorway Evzoni – Thessaloniki
The motorway Evzoni - Thessaloniki is now open and vehicles are moving freely. The hundred refugees this morning who blocked the road in protest, asked that borders be opened to continue their journey to Europe.
Soon after the police opened the road for vehicles and is now free to travel and to Thessaloniki and in the direction of Thessaloniki to...
New protest by refugees and a blockade of the motorway Evzoni – Thessaloniki
The motorway from the Greek-Macedonian border to Thessaloniki has been blocked again by refugees. Around one hundred people blocked the road near Polikastro in protest to the living conditions in the temporary migrant camps and in Idomeni and in Kilkis.
The refugees set up the first blockade yesterday to protest both at Polikastro and the crossing Evzoni. From this morning...
Volunteers leaving Idomeni refugee camp?
Conditions at Idomeni continue to deteriorate. Rain and more bad weather are like salt to open wound, especially following yesterday's announcement that voluntary organizations and the UNHCR were pulling out from the camp. Once again tents are sinking into the mud from recent rains, and refugees are being left in the cold while voluntary organizations withdraw, it is feared...
Refugees in Idomeni claim that they were beaten by Macedonian police
Thirty refugees in Idomeni claim that they were physically attacked by Macedonian police for attempting to cross the border into Macedonia illegally. Greek media reported on this incident according to information from the volunteers of the organization "Doctors without Borders".
A representative of the organization said that 33 people from different countries, aged 17 to 29, on Saturday tried to enter...
Greek President harshly attacks Macedonia over refugee crisis
Greek President Prokopis Pavlopoulos, sent sharp criticism and accusations towards Macedonian politicians, saying that they are trying to seize the moment of the refugee crisis to make a point over the name dispute.
Speaking at an event in Thessaloniki, Pavlopoulos stressed that Greece shows solidarity with the refugees in the country, thanks to the ancient Greek spirit and culture. He also...
Tonight Ivanov will assemble the Security Council
Macedonian President Gjorge Ivanov on Friday evening, after returning from an official visit to Egypt, will summon the Security Council in its extended configuration.
At the session of the Security Council, those responsible for the Crisis Management System will brief the President and members of the Security Council on the threat of illegal migration, originating from European Union territory as...
Migrants returned to Greece, while Journalists released at Bogorodica after being fined
Migrants, who yesterday managed to find a 'gap' in the Macedonian-Greece border fences and so entered Macedonian territory illegally before arriving at the village of Moin, near Gevgelija were returned to Greece, the Ministry of the Interior (MOI) said today to "Meta" journalists.
Approximately 1500 people were detained yesterday by Macedonian security forces. A further group, 600 to 700 people...
Refugees are sinking in the mud and dirty water in Idomeni
The camp at Idomeni is completely flooded, and the fields where the refugees sleep in their thin tents has been turned into vast muddy swamp, after yesterday's heavy rain in Northern Greece.
For the 12,000 people in the camp at Idomeni which is on the border with Macedonia, are desperately trying to escape the war in Syria and the poor...
Distressing scenes in Idomeni, as children lay down on the railroad in the mud begging for borders to be opened
The Refugee ordeal in Idomeni is deteriorating as fast as the weather. About 12,000 refugees are stuck in the mud and garbage in the refugee camp amid heavy rain which is expected to last until Wednesday.
In desperation a small group of refugee children have laid down on the rail tracks begging for the borders to be opened. The scene...
Change of route, refugees are now going through Albania
A group of 162 Syrian refugees arrived near the Greek-Albanian border after the Balkan route leading through Macedonia and Serbia has been completely closed down.
Refugees from the Greek port of Piraeus reached the village of Konica, located 12 km from the border with Albania.
According to the media, the refugees encountered assistance and were approached by local authorities, villagers and...
Refugees will leave Idomeni in two weeks
Greek authorities announced they hope the crowded refugee camp in Idomeni on the Greek-Macedonian border will be emptied within two weeks, partly because they persuaded the migrants to move to the nearby newly built shelters.
The Deputy Minister of Public Order and Citizen Protection Nikos Toskas, excluded the use of force to "relocate" the 14,000 people who have camped on...
The Southern border ‘legally’ open, but actually it is closed
The Steering Committee’s meeting over the migrant crisis lasted late into the night, due to the new circumstances and measures introduced by the countries of the Balkan route, which was confirmed for "Meta" by the Center for Crisis Management (CCM) and the Ministry of Interior ( MOI) that they had not adopted new measures, but had confirmed the previous...
Southern border closed, Steering Committee will decide later on today what is to follow
The Steering Committee have scheduled a meeting for 18:00 today, to deal with migrant crisis, at the meeting they will determine the countries new policy regarding the removal of refugees, after decisions were made at the summit in Brussels and after the confirmation of the new measures to close the borders to most asylum seekers, which yesterday was already...
For refugees in Idomeni, the EU’s decision is nonsense
"We do not want to go back to Turkey, the decision from the European Union is nonsense," commented migrants at the camp in Idomeni in Greece, for the Balkan service of "Radio Free Europe".
Reactions come after the EU and Turkey came to an agreement.
The camp Idomeni at the Macedonian-Greek border currently has more than 13,000 refugees, many of whom are women...
