Immigration
Greece
European Court of Justice Slams Hungary, Poland, Czech Republic for Refusing Refugees
The European Court of Justice (ECJ), the supreme court of the European Union, ruled that three EU member states have breached their obligations under EU law by refusing to take a number of refugees who are stranded in Greece...
Greece
As Migrants and Refugees Make Masks on Lesvos, Fears Grow of Coronavirus in Camps
Migrants and refugees on Greece's island of Lesvos have been trying in the last several days to help the country's fight against the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic by sewing their own face masks.
At the same time, however, fears of a...
Greece
President Sakellaropoulou: Greece Will Not Show Weakness in the Face of Aggression
Katerina Sakellaropoulou, the new President of the Hellenic Republic, made her first official visit as President to the Greek Ministry of Defense in Athens on Tuesday morning.
While there, Sakellaropoulou underlined the important role the Armed Forces play for the...
Greece
Frontex in Evros: United European Shield Deployed at Greek-Turkish Border
Frontex, the Border and Coast Guard Agency of the European Union, has been deployed in full since Friday morning in the Greek region of Evros, next to the Greek-Turkish border, which is also the Union's external border.
Hundreds of police...
Greece
EU to Offer €2000 to Migrants on Greek Islands to Return to Their Countries
The European Union's Home Affairs Commissioner Ylva Johansson announced from Athens on Thursday that Brussels will offer €2,000 ($2,250) to every migrant currently living on the Eastern Aegean Greek islands to return to his or her country of origin.
Those...
Greece
Austrian Leader ''Grateful'' for Greece's Efforts to Protect European Borders
Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz said from Vienna on Tuesday that he is grateful for the Greek government's continued efforts to protect the European border.
The remarks were made during the joint press conference given by Kurz and Greek Premier Kyriakos...
Greece
Bulgaria Reacts to Potential New Migrant Camp in Northern Greek Region of Serres
Bulgarian Foreign Minister Krasimir Karakachanov posted a status on his Facebook profile on Monday afternoon expressing serious reservations about the prospect of a new migrant detention center being established in the Greek region of Serres.
''Accommodation of illegal migrants near...
Diplomacy
EU Vows to Revive 2016 Migrant Deal with Turkey
The EU on Monday promised to work with Turkey to revive the 2016 migration deal between the two that Ankara has blatantly violated by sending thousands of migrants and refugees toward the Greek borders.
European Commission president Ursula von der...
Greece
Greece and Europe Can't Be Blackmailed, Says PM Mitsotakis from Berlin
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis addressed economic issues and the emerging migration crisis at Greece's eastern borders while addressing the German-Hellenic Economic Forum in Berlin on Monday, where he met with his German counterpart, Angela Merkel.
PM Mitsotakis stressed repeatedly...
Greece
Tensions in Evros Continue, MEPs Ask Commission to Solve Border Crisis
New tensions broke out on Saturday evening near Kastanies, the town on the Greek-Turkish border in Evros.
Following a few hours of peace and quiet, chemicals were thrown onto Greek soil from the Turkish side of the border fence, and...