Kastanies

Stelios Panagos sits at his cafe in Kastanies. On a typical day, the cafe is filled with local Greeks as well as Turks. 

Cross-border tensions wreak havoc on bucolic Greek village

Migration

In the border village of Kastanies, interactions with the Turkish neighbors are a fact of daily life. Relations are friendly. But the recent political standoff between Greece and Turkey has changed everything.

Cross-border tensions wreak havoc on bucolic Greek village
Several men run in a field while teargas is in the air.

Migrant crisis at Greek-Turkish border enters second week

Migrant crisis at Greek-Turkish border enters second week