A 29-year-old Turk proved to be particulraly... forgetful, after trying to enter the country through the border station of Kastania Evros, having a pistol in his car.

A 56-year-old border guard who was injured - on Saturday afternoon- by fire from the Turkish side while on patrol in a remote area of Soufli, is being treated in a stable condition in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of Didymoteicho General Hospital.

The arrest of a Turkish man for starting a wildfire in Aspropyrgos, Attica "raises a number of questions" regarding fires in Evros and around Alexandroupolis the previous year, Climate Crisis and Civil Protection Minister Vasilis Kikilias said.