Europe

Greek journalist Fani Grammatikogianni’s divorce from the former Galatasaray president and wealthy businessman Ünal Aysal has become the talk of the town in Istanbul. Lawyers for the two parties are currently trying to divide the ex-couple’s immense wealth, which...

Turkey is warning the European Union that 3 million more refugees could flee war-torn Syria and cross to Europe adding to the already huge influx. Currently, there are about 2 million refugees from Syria in Turkey. Also, an estimated 400,000...

The heart of Modern Crete’s culture will beat in St. Petersburg, Russia through the icons and other exhibits from Eastern Crete presented in the Concert-Exhibition Hall “Smolny Cathedral,” at the initiative of the Russian government there. More than 50 works...

The U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees says 700,000 asylum-seekers will reach Europe via the Mediterranean this year and it projected that approximately the same number will arrive in 2016. The UNHCR almost doubled the estimate of the migrant and refugee...

European trade unions are urging new rules for asylum rights be introduced to ensure the migrants and refugees are "evenhandedly" accepted among EU member states. Delegates Wednesday at the congress of the European Trade Union Confederation in Paris, in a...

A delegation of Greek left-wing politicians, including former ministers under the previous cabinet Nadia Valavani and Kostas Isichos, were attacked by members of a far-right organization in Ukraine on Wednesday, while visiting Odessa for talks with the city's Greek...

Nikolai Diekerts, 28, and Julian Schärdel, 29, are friends and they share a common passion: board games. However, they are interested in finding new games that escape the mainstream board game market rules and promote their own ideas. It appears...

Thousands more migrants, many from Syria and Iraq, streamed into Croatia on Saturday on a journey fueled by hopes of a better life in Europe. The influx, described by authorities as unprecedented, came a day after Croatia lifted its border...

The United Nations Children’s Fund is appealing for $14 million to assist increasing numbers of refugee and migrant children currently on the move in Europe. According to UNICEF, an average of 19,000 children, many escaping conflicts in Syria, Iraq and...

Former Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis will be opening the 6th annual Kilkenomics Festival in Ireland, according to a recent announcement by journalist David McWilliams. The festival which was co-founded by McWilliams and Naoise Nunn is set to kick...