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Victim of Racist Attack in Greece: I was Targeted for my Involvement in Protest Rallies

Pakistani national, Safak Mahmud, described to journalists on Monday how he and fellow patriot, Vakas Hussein, were the victims of a vicious attack by five men at their work in Aspropyrgos on Saturday. With injuries on his face that were...

Refugee Crisis: Greek President Invites European Council President to Greece

The President of the Hellenic Republic Prokopis Pavlopoulos invited European Council President Donald Tusk to Greece to discuss Europe's refugee crisis on Tuesday, September 8th. Tusk had said that the inflow of migrants and refugees to Europe could go on for years. European...

Short Film on Brutal Reality of Palestinian Refugee in Greece

A short film by Palestinian filmmaker Mahdi Fleifel depicting the horrific life of a Palestinian refugee in recession-stricken Greece, makes the rounds in film festivals across the world. The 12-minute long documentary entitled "Xenos" (foreigner, stranger in Greek), shows refugee Abu Eyad...

Policeman Arrested Over Immigrant Muggings

A Greek policeman has been arrested on suspicion of carrying out a series of armed robberies against immigrants in a racially tense part of central Athens. A police statement said the 31-year-old was taken into custody early Thursday, after allegedly...

Tunisian Immigrant Stabbed to Death in Thessaloniki

Another immigrant has been stabbed to death in Greece, the second in a week. The victim, a 25-year-old Tunisian, was found outside the entrance to a building in Thessaloniki a little after midnight on Aug. 14, stabbed in the...

Malmstrom: Greece Will Be on EU Agenda for Some

The situation in Greece on the immigration front remains "very difficult" and "will be on the EU agenda for some time," the EU Commissioner for Home Affairs, Cecilia Malmstrom, has said after a meeting in Brussels today with Greece's...