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Turkey has said it will not take back migrants already on Greek islands as part of the deal proposed to European Union leaders at Monday's European Union summit. Ankara's EU affairs minister Volkan Bozkir said on Thursday that the refugees...

Five migrants including a three-month-old infant have drowned after a speedboat taking them to Greece sank, according to Turkey's state-run news agency. According to Anadolu agency said the boat went down early on Thursday off Turkey's western coast, on its way...

The Greek government reacted to the comment by European Council President Donald Tusk that the closing of the Balkan route for refugees was a joint decision of the European Union 28. The European official posted another comment on twitter where...

For the first time in the history of the European Parliament, a politician was asked to leave the session of the Plenum. Martin Schulz kicked out of the session of the European Parliament, Golden Dawn's politician, Eleftherio Synadino. The reason...

About 13,000 refugees are stranded under bad weather conditions at Idomeni as Slovenia and Serbia sealed their borders; the Greek government is considering the relocation of all refugees from the Greece-FYROM border. Greek media describe the situation at the neutral...

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras raised the issue of the frequent violations of Greek airspace by Turkish fighter jets, stressing that the withdrawal of the "Casus Belli" state from Turkey towards Greece would be a timely act in light...

"Ariadni" ferry with 529 migrants and refugees docked at Piraeus port on Wednesday morning. More specifically, on board “Ariadni” were 50 persons from Chios and 479 from Mytilene. "Blue Star 2" is expected to arrive to the port later in the...

The Association of Cruise Shipowners and Shipping Agencies met with Greek Shipping and Island Policy Minister Theodore Dritsas and discussed developments in the port of Piraeus ahead of the summer season and government initiatives regarding migrants and refugees temporarily...

While it is too early to jump into definite conclusions about the nature and scope of the EU-Turkey migrant deportation deal, it is nonetheless quite obvious that what is going on is a "bargaining game” of national interests where...

Several moments before the start of the 4th Greek-Turkish Summit, PM Alexis Tsipras and Turkey's PM Ahmet Davutoğlu, handed out roses to all the female journalists for Women's day who were awaiting for their arrival. Alexis Tsipras will participate in...