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German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble and Bavaria's Interior Minister Joachim Herrmann accused Greece of failing to handle the continuous refugee inflow. Schaeuble talked to Bild am Sonntag newspaper saying that Athens has repeatedly ignored the Dublin agreement that oblige migrants to...

Europe needs better control of its borders, said German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier on Saturday, referring to cases of forged Syrian passports in the hands of Islamic State jihadists who have crossed to Europe posing as refugees. The statement follows...

Claudio Ranieri has revealed Jürgen Klopp helped him recover from his Greek tragedy. The Leicester boss visited Borussia Dortmund's training camp earlier this year following his sacking from the Greece national team last November. Klopp had taken his side to La...

Significantly more Russian and German tourists are expected to visit Greece in 2016, according to a Deutsche Welle report. Egypt and Turkey have been the most popular destinations for Russian tourists. However, after the recent shooting down of a Russian...

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras met with German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Friday, on the sidelines of the European Summit held in Brussels. The meeting focused on Frontex and migrant hotspot issues and Tsipras briefed Merkel on the progress of the works at...

The Association for the German language has announced that "refugee" is the word of the year in Germany. The Word of the Year was chosen from about 2,500 words and expressions that became popular in 2015. "Refugees have had inseparable connections...

"Germany has a central role, but not a hegemonic role in Europe," German Deputy Foreign Minister for European Affairs Michael Roth said in an interview with ANA-MPA. "Germany is a strong player in a team of 28 members states and...

  After accumulated tension in relations between Berlin and Athens due to Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras' statement that the IMF will be withdrawing from Athens, the Greek government is taking a step back. Germany made it clear yesterday that there...

The German government referred the to International Monetary Fund's official support of the Greek bailout in an effort to increase the likelihood of IMF presence in the program. German government spokesperson Steffen Seibert said on Wednesday that the IMF's participation in the...

Greece wants the International Monetary Fund to abstain from the third bailout program and make the Greek debt, Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said. In an interview on state broadcaster station ERT on Monday night, Tsipras said that Greece had...