Schengen Agreement

The European Commission put a temporary stop to scenarios about Greece being suspended from the Schengen Agreement, after a meeting of European justice ministers in Brussels on Friday. The threat to Greece, and to the future of the border-free zone,...

Amid reports of Greece being at risk of losing its Schengen Area membership, Greek Deputy Foreign Minister Nikos Xydakis has revealed his dissatisfaction with the Europe Union's response to multiple Greek requests for assistance. "Since May Greece has persistently been asking...

Greece asked for help from the European Union to secure its land and sea borders and care for the refugees arriving by the thousands daily, amid threats from suspension from the Schengen Agreement. Greece has been under pressure from its...

European Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship Commissioner Dimitris Avramopoulos on Wednesday warned that Greece needs to improve border controls. Avramopoulos spoke to Kathimerini daily and said that Greece needs to take immediate and effective action and show results by December...

Greece is expected to step up border controls with closer cooperation with Frontex, amid talk about the country being suspended from the Schengen Agreement. Jean Asselborn, the foreign minister of Luxembourg, who holds the rotating chairmanship of ministerial meetings on...

An unofficial summit among the interior and justice ministers of European Union's 28 member states decided on Friday to increase the protection of the union's external borders amid intensifying security threats since the terrorist attacks in Paris on November 13. The ministers...

AFP reported that Greek Police used a stun grenade against migrants and refugees close to the border with FYROM on Monday. The reported incident took place in the village of Idomeni during a protest held by 2,000 immigrants and refugees against the closing of...

“We never see Turkey as a competitor, we believe that the country is an important partner,” said the Minister of Tourism, Olga Kefalogianni. “We want to attract tourists from distant regions like China and India, who will also be visiting...

The Greek government's decision to re-introduce Schengen agreements for its borders and rules adopted under them is seen by some as a threat to the booming economy of Greek tourism, which employs thousands of Greeks every year. The new measures...

Schengen works, and works well, according to Cecilia Malmstrom, European Commissioner for Internal Affairs. During the presentation of the first report of the Executive in Brussels on the state of health of the Treaty about the free movement of...