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Maritsa or Maritza (Bulgarian: Марица [mɐˈrit͡sɐ]), also known as Evros (Greek: Έβρος) and Meriç (Turkish: Meriç), is a river that runs through the Balkans in Southeast Europe. With a length of 480 km (300 mi), [ 3 ] it is the longest river that runs solely in the interior of the Balkan peninsula , and one of the largest in ...
Evros (Greek: Περιφερειακή ενότητα Έβρου, romanized: Perifereiakí enótita Évrou) is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the region of East Macedonia and Thrace. Its name is derived from the river Evros, which appears to have been a Thracian hydronym. Evros is the northernmost regional unit.
Evros may refer to: the Greek name of the Maritsa river running through Bulgaria and forming the land border between Turkey and Greece Evros (regional unit) , an administrative division in northern Greece
Greek authorities rescued 91 migrants from a river islet and transferred them to a processing center near the border with Turkey, police said Sunday. The Red Cross was present at the operation.
Evros is a popular crossing into the European Union for thousands of migrants and refugees every year. Greece on Friday rescued a group of 25 migrants trapped in a wildfire which has been burning ...
The events at the Greek-Turkish border along the Evros river in 2020 began on 28 February 2020 when the Turkish government announced that in response to the death of 33 Turkish soldiers in Idlib, [1] it was unilaterally opening its borders to Greece to allow refugees and migrants seeking refuge to reach the European Union.
Young parents carrying infants and widowed women following railway tracks they hope will lead them to a town have become a common sight.
The Evros River incident of 19 December 1986 was a skirmish between Greek and Turkish soldiers along the Evros river, near the town of Feres on the Greco-Turkish border. [ 1 ] According to Greek reports, the incident began at 11:15 a.m, when a 3-man Hellenic Army patrol met with a Turkish Armed Forces patrol, along the Evros river border area.