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Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said in his address, on Sunday, to SYRIZA's Central Committee that respect to EU agreements on the migrant and refugee issue and pressure on Turkey to implement and accelerate readmission procedures will be his...

The Balkan route through which refugees can cross to northern Europe will close and migrants coming from Turkey will end up trapped in Greece, an Austrian newspaper says. Der Standard claims it has seen a rough draft of Monday's official statement...

Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias did not rule out the possibility of Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras' veto at the EU Summit on the refugee issue. "The veto is a negotiation tool, a tool to promote the right position. It must be used...

Turkey is making territorial claims over a group of islets in the Aegean Sea, according to a document submitted to NATO, says a Kathimerini report. The document was submitted to NATO's Military Committee last month, after the agreement that NATO...

Another 100,000 migrants will arrive in Greece by the end of the month, European Commissioner on migration Dimitris Avramopoulos warned on Saturday. "Hundreds are arriving on a daily basis and Greece is expected to receive another 100,000 by the end...

The U.N. refugee agency reports that the refugee situation in Greece is rapidly deteriorating, with about 30,000 people living under miserable conditions, but it's proposing a plan to help resolve the crisis. The proposal from the U.N. High Commissioner for...

Austrians living and working in Greece sent an open letter of protest to the government in Vienna, asking for a more responsible stance on the refugee crisis. Austria has imposed a cap on the number of refugees it would accept...

The picture of an elderly woman from the island of Lesbos bottle-feeding a refugee infant has made its rounds all over the world. Many felt Emilia Kamvysi should be nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. But the elderly Greek woman was only one...

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras told associates that he is satisfied with the outcome of the meeting between political leaders on the refugee crisis, but the opposition leaders seem to differ in opinion. Several negative statements from the opposition side...

A top U.N. refugee official has criticized the leaders of the European Union for calling on migrants not to come to Europe. Speaking to reporters Friday in Brussels, UNHCR Europe Bureau Director Vincent Cochetel said that 91 percent of migrants...