‘It was steer or they would kill me’: why Sudanese war refugees are filling prisons in Greece

found 2025 › Apr › 28 (Mon) @ 06:45 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

Prosecutors are using harsh anti-smuggling laws to jail people who have no connection to criminal offences, say migrants’ lawyers

Former law student Samuel, 19, fled his home town of Geneina shortly a…

A Place In The Sun couple demanding 'a champagne house with a lemonade budget' leave host Craig Rowe exasperated with damning six-word verdict after car crash property tours

found 2025 › Apr › 18 (Fri) @ 10:45 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail › The Daily Mail

Tuesday's instalment of the Channel 4 property show saw married couple, Jane and James, ask Craig to help find them a holiday home in Crete.

Crete hit hardest among Greek islands battered by storms, flooding

found 2025 › Apr › 01 (Tue) @ 16:45 UTC

a story from Al Jazeera › Al Jazeera English

Bad weather also impacts islands in the Cyclades chain in the central Aegean Sea popular with tourists.

We retired to Greece without a big pension. Now we eat out three times a week, have a house with a pool and two cars - for just £1,650 a month. Here's how to do it

found 2025 › Mar › 11 (Tue) @ 12:52 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail › The Daily Mail

Two years ago, Ron and Marcia Gibbs swapped doing the school run with their grandchildren in Newton Abbot, Devon for a new life on the largest Greek island - Crete.

We retired to Greece without a big, fat pension and live comfortably on £1,650 a month in a house with a pool

found 2025 › Mar › 02 (Sun) @ 15:56 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail › The Daily Mail

Two years ago, Ron and Marcia Gibbs swapped doing the school run with their grandchildren in Newton Abbot, Devon for a new life on the largest Greek island - Crete.

We retired to Greece without a big, fat pension and live comfortably on just £1,650 a month in a three-bedroom house with a pool... here's how you can too

found 2025 › Mar › 02 (Sun) @ 09:30 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail › The Daily Mail

Two years ago, Ron and Marcia Gibbs swapped doing the school run with their grandchildren in Newton Abbot, Devon for a new life on the largest Greek island - Crete.

Gang-raped Brit's horror as she is forced to face her attackers in Crete court AGAIN and relive trauma of being dragged off a sunbed as they appeal life sentences

found 2025 › Feb › 26 (Wed) @ 18:11 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail › The Daily Mail

The woman, who was 18 at the time of the attack in June 2022, had been holidaying with friends in the city of Rethymno after finishing her A-Levels.

Greece facing refugee ‘children’s emergency’ as arrivals double in 2024

found 2024 › Dec › 23 (Mon) @ 08:49 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

NGOs urge authorities to enforce child-protection measures, citing violence and alarming living conditions

Greece is facing a refugee “children’s emergency” as the number of unaccompanied minors reach…

At least five dead as migrant boat capsizes in Greek waters

found 2024 › Dec › 14 (Sat) @ 21:28 UTC

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Coastguard reports rescue of 39 survivors from boat that set out from Libya, but hopes fade for other passengers

A mammoth rescue operation was launched in Greece on Saturday to locate dozens of migra…

Several dead as search for survivors continues after boat capsizes off Greek island

found 2024 › Dec › 14 (Sat) @ 20:13 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

At least 39 rescued after vessel capsized off island of Gavdos but number of missing has not yet been confirmed

At least five people drowned after their wooden boat capsized off Greece’s southern isla…