ATHENS (AFP) – Greece’s prime minister on Sunday said his government will not give in to “unreasonable” demands as the debt-ridden country braces for critical negotiations with international creditors on the thorny issue of pension reform. The warning came just days
France called Monday on the European Union to do more to detect false Syrian passports, especially in Greece and Italy, after two of the suicide bombers in the Paris attacks were found to be carrying such documents. The attacks “unfortunately
BERLIN – Germany’s finance minister Wolfgang Schaeuble (pictured above) and a senior Bavarian politician criticised Greece on Sunday over the way it is managing its role in Europe’s biggest migration crisis since World War Two. Schaeuble, who has clashed repeatedly
A barge carrying 25-30 migrants capsized off the coast of Greece early Wednesday morning, resulting in the death of at least eleven of the passengers, including four children and one newborn infant. Fifteen of the passengers were saved by rescuers
ATHENS (Reuters) – Greece late on Tuesday enacted a human-rights’ bill which allows civil partnership agreements between same-sex couples despite protests and opposition from political parties and the powerful Orthodox Church. A growing number of European countries have established legislation
An extreme-left group has claimed a bombing on Greece’s industry association in Athens last month, police said Monday, the latest in a series of attacks by the urban guerillas on diplomatic, government and economic targets. Police confirmed the “Popular Fighters”
During the night from Friday to Saturday a ship transporting migrants capsized in the Aegean Sea off the Turkish coast, leaving at least 18 dead and 14 survivors. Turkish media reports note that the death toll is provisional and there
A conservative Greek politician was in hospital on Tuesday after he was beaten by a dozen hooded attackers while dining in a gritty Athens neighbourhood, a police source said. Vasilis Oikonomou, a 47-year-old parliamentary deputy for the right-wing New Democracy party,
The European Union has started legal proceedings against several member states for breaching migrant rules during the summer as the continent struggled to cope with the migrant crisis. At the height of the migrant crisis in the three months between June
Contents: Decaying stadiums from 2004 Athens Olympics have new lives housing migrants; Greece transports migrants from Macedonian border back to Athens; Migrants blocked from Macedonia face difficult choices
Greece’s parliament is set to recognize the State of Palestine in a vote on December 22, Greek media reported Thursday, in a largely symbolic move that will be non-binding for the Greek government. According to the Greek Reporter news site,
A wooden boat carrying about 50 Middle Eastern migrants capsized off the Greek island of Farmakonisi Wednesday morning, killing at least eleven people, including five children.
At least 11 migrants, including five children, drowned and about 10 were missing after their boat sank overnight off the Greek island of Farmakonisi, Greek maritime police said Wednesday. Twenty-six people were saved and a search was under way in
The Pakistan government has refused to accept a specially chartered plane of rejected migrants sent from Europe, turning it round and sending it right back again. Remarkably the Pakistani government seemed to be capable and willing of doing what Europe
JERUSALEM – Greece announced its refusal to adhere to the European Union’s policy of labeling Israeli products manufactured in the West Bank, Gaza and eastern Jerusalem, theTower.org reported. Greece’s rejection of the EU guidelines follows a visit to Israel by
Greek unions are holding their second general strike in less than a month Thursday, this time against a planned social security overhaul that could enforce new pension cuts. The labour ministry is working on a new system under which state-guaranteed
IDOMENI, Greece (AP) — Migrants on the Greek-Macedonian border attacked police with stones Saturday, enraged by the sight of Macedonian authorities erecting a fence along the border and an accident that injured a young Moroccan man. Authorities said 18 Macedonian
IDOMENI, Greece/SKOPJE, Nov 28 (Reuters) – Soldiers in Macedonia began erecting a metal fence on Saturday on the country’s southern border with Greece, described by an official as a “preventive” measure to better control the flow of migrants across the
Contents: Russia accuses Turkey of ‘industrial scale’ oil purchases from ISIS; Russia escalates retaliation against Turkey for downing warplane; European Union to end visa restrictions on Turkey’s citizens
Contents: Migrants blocked at Macedonian border sew their mouths shut; Ukraine suspends all commercial trade with occupied Crimea; Ukraine and Russia in tit-for-tat escalating sanctions; Steel and other commodity prices continue to plummet
A bomb exploded early Tuesday outside the offices of Greece’s industry association in Athens, causing damage but no injuries, a police source said. Calls to two Greek newspapers at 0050 GMT — 40 minutes before the explosion — had forewarned
As the hunt for jihadists widens after last week’s Paris attacks, authorities in Greece warn it was virtually impossible to pick out dangerous extremists among arriving migrants, without prior intelligence. “If they are not already registered in the database, it’s
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has condemned the boos and cries of “allahu akbar” from Turkish fans at a soccer game against Greece this week, chiding fans for booing the Greek national anthem but not mentioning that fans also appeared to boo a moment of silence for the victims of last week’s terror attacks in Paris.
Contents: Turkey soccer fans boo during moment of silence for Paris attack; Rwanda’s president Kagame becomes another leader refusing to leave office
Fans of Turkey’s national soccer team booed during the one minute of silence for the victims of the Paris attacks at the beginning of a match against Greece on Tuesday. The minute of silence was observed throughout European leagues to
Contents: American politics becomes infused with anti-Muslim xenophobia; Paris attack significantly worsens Europe refugee crisis
A second Paris gunman has been confirmed as having entered Europe via Greece by posing as a refugee. Following reports on Saturday morning that one of the gunmen was found with a Syrian passport, Greek authorities quickly confirmed that he
Contents: Arms race grows between Serbia and Croatia; EU and African leaders clash amid accusations of ‘Fortress Europe’; Sweden, Slovenia and Denmark take steps to block the migrant flow
Hundreds of migrants have been discovered aboard a luxury yacht near the Greek island of Lesbos after paying the equivalent of up to $2,500 each to travel to Europe. The vessel, which has an official capacity of just 65, was carrying
A group of young political activists volunteering with anti-mass migration Sweden Democrats have travelled to Greece to inform would-be asylum seekers about the deteriorating situation in Sweden. Taking photographs and handing out flyers to migrants as they stepped off boats
On Thursday, 949 migrants were rescued in a total of eight rescue operations off the Libyan coast coordinated by the Central Office of the Italian Coast Guard, and a separate rescue operation by the Spanish military brought aboard another 517
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — The latest as tens of thousands of people flood into Europe in search of a new life.
Greece on Wednesday carried out the first relocation of asylum seekers from its territory to Luxembourg, part of an EU-approved plan to ease the burden on border nations inundated by this year’s influx of hundreds of thousands of refugees. Six
Italian Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni has criticized optimistic politicians who speak of quick fixes to Europe’s migration crisis, arguing that the roots of the crisis are so deep, it will take at least a generation to clean up the mess.
On Sunday yet another ship carrying migrants sank off the coast of the Greek island of Samos in the Aegean Sea, resulting in the death of eleven people, including two children and four babies, according to the Greek coast guard.
Contents: Germany to deport thousands of Afghan and Balkans migrants home; President Obama orders American special forces into Syria
Contents: Eurosceptic party in Poland wins election overwhelmingly; European Union nations in crisis agree on a migration plan for refugees; Hey kids, what time is it? In Turkey, it’s Erdogan Time!
Contents: More EU countries threaten border closings, as refugee crisis worsens; Risk of new housing bubble collapse continues to grow; Illinois starts paying IOUs instead of lottery winnings
Contents: Israelis line up to buy guns as Palestinian violence increases; West Bank terrorist group Tanzim blames Palestinian attacks on Netanyahu; Greece sets mortgage foreclosure ‘red line’ on new bailout negotiations
Greece has seen a record 48,000 migrants and refugees land on its shores in the space of just five days, the International Organisation for Migration said on Friday. “Despite deteriorating weather conditions, approximately 48,000 refugees and migrants crossed from Turkey