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The United Nations refugee agency and U.N. children's fund are setting up 20 centers to support and protect children and families fleeing war and persecution as they move across Europe’s well-worn migration routes. The so-called Blue Dot hubs are intended...

The farmers of Western Greece are continuing their struggle with roadblocks on main highways. The blockade in Promachon cut off customs at the Hellenic-Bulgarian borders, where the farmers have remained for over 35 days. Today's decision appears to create further...

The austerity policy has led the euro zone on the brink of an economic crisis and monetary "suffocation," said President Pavlopoulos on Friday, during the Delphi Economic Forum held at the European Cultural Centre of Delphi. "Provided that Greece is...

Speaking on CBC’s radio show As It Happens, Greek journalist Marianna Karakoulaki who is in a refugee camp in Idomeni, Greece, described a situation of unbearable pain and anguish for thousands of refugees and migrants that are stranded on...

Following the Vienna meeting earlier this week between Austria and 9 Balkan states to discuss ways to tackle the migrant crisis, the governments of most of the countries that took part in the controversial meeting that caused much anger...

Frank Acheampong's extra-time double gave Anderlecht a 2-1 victory in Karaiskaki Stadium on Thursday night, sending Olympiakos in the last 16 of the Europa League. Anderlecht led 1-0 after the first leg, but Konstantinos Fortounis leveled the tie in the...

The leaders of the Greek Cypriot and the Turkish Cypriot communities, Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades and Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci, are meeting this afternoon Friday, February 26, in the framework of the UN-backed talks for the Cyprus problem. Their...

As the Greek migrant crisis is reaching its breaking point, spokeswoman for the European Commission Natasha Bertaud said that the EU is making an emergency plan so a humanitarian crisis can be averted in Greece. There are more than 25,000...

The poverty index in Greece went up 9 percent in 2015, making it the worst year since the onset of the economic crisis, according to Bank of Greece figures. Along with the rise of the poverty index, the risk of...

The NATO mission commenced its operation in the Aegean in order to stop the migrant flows incited by illegal traders. More specifically, the Canadian frigate HMCS-Fredericton is close to Lesbos. The German frigate fgs-bonn, which the NATO mission is under...