Kilkis

Greece has halted trucks entering via two border crossings from going on in direction to several key cities over severe weather conditions.

The restriction is in force as of 10:00 local time (EET) on Thursday for Ilinden-Exochi and Kulata-Promachonas border crossing points, the Bulgarian Interior Ministry says.

A fire broke out at a reception center for migrants in Nea Kavala, Kilkis, in northern Greece, on Monday morning, causing damage but no injuries and fuelling upheaval on the premises.

According to sources, the fire broke out in an area of the facility which was being used as a makeshift school for young refugees. 

A 4.7 Richter earthquake hit the town of Kilkis, in northern Greece, early on Saturday.

According to the Athens Geodynamic Institute, the tremor's epicenter was located 18 kilometers west of the town.

Several aftershocks followed the initial tremor, though there were no reports of injuries or damage. 
 

A 42-year-old Bulgarian man is facing charges of human trafficking and rape after allegedly keeping a 25-year-old Bulgarian woman in a shipping container against her will and repeatedly raping her.

Authorities said the victim had agreed to work with the suspect doing farm work near Kilkis, in northern Greece, but he withheld her wages and held her captive.

A 4.0 magnitude earthquake hit the province of Kilkis, in central Macedonia, Wednesday morning. According to the Athens Geodynamic Institute, the tremor struck at approximately 11am, following less intense earthquake at 9.38am. Its epicentre was located at 13km west and northwest of Kilkis at a depth of 5klm.

Police confiscated 11.5 kilograms of cannabis found in a warehouse in Kilkis, northern Greece, belonging to a 58-year-old man who was arrested, police said on the weekend.

The bust was made after sniffer dogs led officers to the warehouse which contained the cannabis in 20 packages.

The man was to appear of prosecutor in Kilkis.

A 44-year-old woman and her 10-year-old son were killed instantly Monday after the woman's car collided head on with a truck on a country road between Kilkis and Serres in northern Greece.

The 55-year-old truck driver was hospitalized with minor injuries. The circumstances of the collision are under investigation.

The government proves day by day that it is incompetent to handle the approximately 54,000 refugees and migrants stranded in Greece after the EU-Turkey agreement.

A Syrian refugee has been hospitalized after being stabbed in the thigh during an argument at a refugee camp near Thessaloniki, northern Greece.

The refugee was stabbed on Sunday afternoon during an argument with a group of migrants, thought to be of Kurdish origin, at a refugee center in Polykastro.

The situation at the refugee hotspots in Greece is becoming increasingly dire, as violent incidents are cropping up all over the reception centres, while living conditions are dramatic. The latest incident involved the death of a 17-year old girl from Syria at the Hellinikon hotspot, who died at hospital after exhaustion, Tuesday.