The refugee camps in Sindos and Schisto that the army will provide for the creation of relocation centres will be open but guarded, Alternate Minister for Migration Policy Yiannis Mouzalas on Monday said in statements to SKAI TV.

Israel wants to examine a plan to build a pipeline to transport the country's natural gas to Europe via Greece, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday, during a tri-party meeting with Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades in Nicosia.

A two-day festival entitled "Saint Valentine of Mytilene 2016" will take place on Lesvos island on February 13-14 as the holy relics of Saint Valentine are kept in the Church of Metastassis of Virgin Mary in Mytilene.