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The U.N. Refugee Agency has said that more than 2,510 migrants have drowned in the Mediterranean while attempting to cross into Europe so far this year, compared to 1,855 in the first five months in 2015. In the past...

Greek cyclists are constantly growing in numbers. Bike free days are growing in popularity despite the uneven terrain, and Lonely Planet has even listed an Athens cafe among the nine best coffee houses for bike enthusiasts. The Greek cafe, located...

Eurostat, the EU statistics agency, calculated unemployment in Greece at 24.2 percent in February compared to 24.4 percent in January. In the Eurozone, the 19 EU member states had a steady rate of unemployment in April 2016 at 10.2...

The migrant and refugee issue and EU security matters will dominate the contacts between the political leadership of Portugal and EU Commissioner for Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship Dimitris Avramopoulos on Tuesday in Lisbon. Commissioner Avramopoulos, the President of Portugal...

Greek consumers will see the prices of many goods and services go up as of tomorrow, June 1st, when new excise taxes and VAT raises go into effect. The tax hikes and new levies are part of the bailout agreement...

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) published a report in Greece, titled Addressing the Needs of Unaccompanied Minors", based on interviews with 1,206 child migrants traveling alone in Greece. 508 of those interviewed said they would not want to...

UN Special Rapporteur for Cultural Rights, Karima Bennoune, stressed that the protection of cultural heritage “is not a luxury item.” Bennoune was addressing an open discussion at the University of Cyprus on Monday entitled ‘using international law to defend the...

The Greek capital's Athens Ledra Hotel is shutting down as new arrivals are being turned away and guests already in the hotel are being relocated to other units in a rush to empty the hotel by Wednesday. Workers say...

The construction of new settlements with houses instead of tents on the model of Eleonas will begin at the end of June and the majority of temporary accommodation structures will be knocked down in September, Alternate Minister for Migration...

62 percent of the homeless people in Athens are Greeks and 71 percent of them ended up on the streets in the last five years, a study shows. The study results were presented by Athens Mayor Giorgos Kaminis on Monday. It...