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Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is to start on Thursday a series of bilateral meetings with European Union state leaders on the refugee crisis on the sidelines of the summit in Brussels. European leaders were to discuss the refugee issue...

Zacharoula Tsirigoti is the first woman Lieutenant General in Hellenic Police, thanks to her work on the refugee crisis. The High Council of Hellenic Police promoted Tsirigoti to the rank of lieutenant-general on Tuesday. Tsirigoti was Head of Immigration and...

"It would be neither legally nor politically acceptable to work with third countries in order to close the border in one of our member states," European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker said. Speaking to German newspaper Bild, the EC chief referred...

The Greek government is rushing to complete the refugee registration centers and hospitality camps in order to stop pressure from certain European Union states that call for border closing. However, there are citizen reactions at some of the sites, with...

Greek Defense Minister Panos Kammenos said that "it is a given that some neighboring countries will close their borders with Greece," referring to the migrant flow in Europe. The closing of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) border to...

Turkish jet fighters entered Greek airspace several times on Monday, as NATO was preparing to deploy ships to the Aegean Sea to tackle migrant smugglers. Specifically, six Turkish fighter jets and a CN-235 maritime patrol aircraft entered successively in the Athens...

German Chancellor Angela Merkel said that Greece did not sufficiently fulfill its obligations so far on the migrant issue, but added that a border fence will not solve the problem. "To raise a protective fence in Former Yugoslav Republic of...

The European Commission has allotted Greece 12.7 million euros to tackle the migrant crisis, European Commission Chief Spokesperson Margaritis Schinas said today. Athens is currently implementing a program of construction of five so-called hotspot centers for hosting and registering refugees...

Shutting Greece’s northern border with Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) will stem the migrant flow into Europe, Austrian Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz said. The Austrian politician criticized Greece for not doing its part in protecting Europe's external problems. "If...

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is making efforts to prevent the closing of the border with Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia as Eastern European states demand as a measure to stem migrant inflow. Eastern European leaders reportedly are set to...