Samos

Samos has received a European Diploma from the Council of Europe. Besides the prestige associated with this international award for protected areas, it will also boost the eastern Aegean island's profile in Europe.

Tensions in and around reception centers on the islands of the eastern Aegean are growing, as arrivals of migrants from neighboring Turkey continue, with authorities and residents on Samos planning protests.

The rise of eSports is a global phenomenon with tournaments attracting millions of viewers and pro-players becoming so famous that the mainstream media such as BBC starting to notice. A group of girls found that there was just one thing missing from eSports – a powerful and inspirational female presence in professional gaming.

Swedish Foreign correspondent Erik Wiman is frantically scouring the internet to find the refugee couple that lost a love letter on the shores of the island of Samos, Greece. Covering the stories of refugees for Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet last October, Wiman found the letter wrapped carefully in a waterproof bag.

The renowned Greek poet and singer left Greece at the age of 13 during Greek military junta of 1967 and relocated in Belgium, while from 1981 she has been staying in Paris.

Angelique Ionatos performs in Paris, Spain, Italy, Germany, Canada, while she rarely visits Greece. In 2009 had a concert in Mytilene, Samos and Athens.

Citizens who have no source of income can begin applying for a monthly stipend of between 200-400 euros as of November 15, the government said on Tuesday at the unveiling of the guaranteed minimum income scheme at Zappeio Hall in central Athens.

A Greek military plane airlifted a newborn baby suffering from respiratory problems from the Aegean island of Samos to Athens late on Friday, while a few hours later a second military plane airlifted another newborn, also with respiratory problems, from the Dodecanese island of Rhodes to Iraklio, Crete.