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Europe
Nearly Three Million Ukrainian Refugees After Russian Invasion: UN
The number of Ukrainian refugees fleeing the country after the Russian invasion approached three million on Tuesday, the United Nations said.
Data from the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) suggests about 2.95 million people have left Ukraine thus far. The UNHCR...
Europe
Greece Fires: Foreign Assistance Surpasses All Expectations
The assistance to Greece provided by dozens of nations has reached unprecedented proportions.
Greek News
Greece Thanks Slovakia for Withdrawing from Turkish Military Exercise
Greece expressed its thanks to Slovakia over its decision to withdraw from a Turkish military exercise where northern Cyprus participates.
Archaeology
Ancient Greek Artifacts Uncovered in Slovakia
Βronze pieces of a Greek warrior’s breastplate have been unearthed near an ancient Celtic fortified settlement in southern Slovakia.
Regine Thomas of Cologne University digitized and analyzed the pieces, and determined they were once part of a relief that depicted...
Greece
European Court to Issue Refugee Reception Quotas Decision This Week
The EU Court of Justice will decide on the dispute started by Hungary and Slovakia, which oppose the legitimacy of the quotas plan for the reception of tens of thousands of asylum seekers in the EU.
The plan was launched...
Greece
Greek PM Tries to Prevent Closing of Border with FYROM
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...
Europe
Slovakian Police to Help FYROM Guard Its Border
Slovakia will send 25 police officers to help FYROM guard the Balkan country's borders strained by migrants flooding to the European Union, Prime Minister Robert Fico said Tuesday.
More than 1 million refugees and migrants came to the European Union...
Energy
Athens Concerned it May Be Excluded from TurkStream Gas Pipeline
Athens is concerned that it may be excluded from the Gazprom-backed construction of the Turkish Stream gas pipeline as Slovakia has proposed an alternative route for Russian gas to Europe.
Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico met with Russian Prime Minister Dmitry...
Economy
Slovak FinMin Kazimir Doubts a Greek Deal in April 24 Eurogroup
Slovak Finance Minister Peter Kazimir appeared skeptical on the possibility of Greece and its European partners reaching an agreement in the upcoming Eurogroup meeting. As he said, Greece is currently moving ever closer to the abyss and there are not...
Greece
Greece Wins at Slovakia 1-0 in World Cup Qualifier
Dimitrios Salpingidis struck in the second half to lead Greece to a 1-0 victory over Slovakia in a 2014 World Cup qualifier on Tuesday.
Salpingidis capitalized on a defensive blunder by the hosts to score the winner from close range...