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Evros was established as a prefecture in 1930 (Greek: Νομός Έβρου), when the former Thrace Prefecture was divided into the Rhodope and Evros prefectures. [3] As a part of the 2011 Kallikratis government reform, the prefecture was transformed into a regional unit within the East Macedonia and Thrace region, with no change in its boundaries.
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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.
On 2 August 2013, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit issued its ruling on the Hours of Service litigation brought by the American Trucking Associations and Public Citizen. The Court upheld the 2011 Hours of Service regulations in all aspects except for the 30-minute break provision as it applies to short haul drivers.
Orestiada is only 6 km west of the banks of the Evros, which forms a natural border between Greece and Turkey. Orestiada is located 17 km north of Didymoteicho , 19 km south of Edirne , 28 km southeast of the Greek-Turkish- Bulgarian tripoint , 40 km southeast of Svilengrad , 91 km northeast of Alexandroupoli , and 212 km west of Istanbul .
Kipoi is located on the right bank of the river Evros which forms the border between Greece and Turkey. The Kipoi border crossing is the eastern starting/ending point of European route E90 which is also the A2 motorway (Egnatia Odos).
Amorio (Greek: Αμόριο, romanized: Amório, IPA:) is a village in the municipal unit of Orfeas, northeastern Evros, Greece.It is situated at 2 km from the right bank of the river Evros, that forms the border with Turkey here.
In March 2020, The New York Times reported that Greece was detaining migrants at a "secret extrajudicial location" or "black site" in the municipality of Poros near the Evros river before pushing them back to Turkey. [24] [25] Migrants reported arbitrary detention as well as being forced to sign documents in languages that they did not ...