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Mamma Mia! Producers Ditch Skopelos Turn to Croatia for Sequel
Fans of the smash-hit Abba film musical Mamma Mia! – filmed on the idyllic Greek island of Skopelos – will be delighted a follow-up is on its way.
But instead of Skopelos, film-makers will be shooting in Croatia, in a...
Greece
Greek-Croatian Junior Water Polo Teams Embroiled in Underwater Fight [video]
A friendly water polo match between young Greek and Croatian players turned violent on Sunday. The finals took place in Belgrade between the two countries' national junior teams. In the middle of the final eight minutes, a Croat hit...
Greece
FYROM Completely Shuts Borders With Greece
FYROM has closed its borders completely to migrants stranded in Greece after several Balkan states, including Serbia, Croatia, and Slovenia announced they will not allow migrants to cross their borders, according to Daily Mail
As reported in the Daily Mail,...
Greece
Afghan Refugees Occupy Train Tracks in Idomeni
A group of about 150 Afghan refugees and migrants occupied the train tracks in Idomeni in recent hours. The group took down the wire fence along the tracks of Idomeni in order to protest the ban to enter the...
Greece
Refugees Remain Stranded in Greece as FYROM Closes Border
About 350 refugees waiting to cross to central Europe are stranded in northern Greece as Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) has temporarily shut its borders.
There are already seven buses with 350 people on board waiting for permission from...
Greece
Greece, Croatia Reject Separations Between Economic Migrants and Refugees
Deputy Migration Policy Minister Yiannis Mouzalas and Croatian Interior Minister Ranko Ostojic agreed that there shouldn't be separations between refugees and economic migrants.
The two officials met in Athens on Thursday to discuss the refugee issue. They agreed that the...
Greece
Stranded Migrants Protest Along Greece-FYROM Border
About one thousand migrants are trapped on Monday along the border of Greece with Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and are protesting, demanding passage to western Europe.
Four Iranian men called a hunger strike, sewed their lips shut and sat...
Greece
Migrants Stuck at Greek-FYROM Border as European Nations Tighten Immigration Policy
Greece's northern border with FYROM looks to be overwhelmed, after FYROM and other European countries begin turning down migrants from countries that are not engulfed in armed conflict.
According to the Athens Macedonian News Agency, 200 migrants, most of them...
Europe
Croatia Opens Serbia Border to Migrants
Croatia opened its border with Serbia late Monday afternoon, allowing about 3,000 migrants who had been stranded in cold, rainy conditions for nearly two days to stream through.
Melita Sunjic, a spokeswoman with the U.N. refugee agency (UNHCR) who is...
Europe
Hungary Closes Border With Croatia
Hungary closed its border with Croatia at midnight (2200 GMT) Friday to contain the flow of thousands of migrants arriving daily in the country, before traveling to northern Europe.
A final group of several hundred migrants was permitted to cross...