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The European Commission is to ask Greece and Cyprus to make concessions to Turkey in order for Europe to come to an agreement on the refugee flow issue, Reuters says. According to the report, the Commission will present three proposals...

It is unacceptable to shift the burden of responsibility for the migration crisis on the shoulders of the Republic of Cyprus, President of Cyprus Nicos Anastasiades stressed on Tuesday. The President held a meeting in Nicosia with President of the...

As the official announcement that Turkish observers will be assigned to refugee centers on Greek islands stirred up some deep emotions among many Greeks, Syriza government officials have gone on the offensive in an apparent effort to justify the...

French President François Hollande said today there will be no concessions made to Turkey on human rights or visas in exchange for a deal to halt the flow of migrants to Europe. "There cannot be any concessions on the matter...

Main opposition leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis said that Greece would be better off if the current coalition government leaves power sooner rather than later, according to an interview that will be published in the Sunday edition of Eleftheros Typos. “Every day...

In statements to the press on Friday, the second day of her visit to Greece, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs Victoria Nuland repeatedly stressed that her visit sought to demonstrate US solidarity in the face of...

The proposed deal between European Union and Turkey to halt the influx of migrants to Europe “could be scuppered by Cyprus after the country’s president warned he would not accept a key element: restarting key parts of Turkey’s EU...

Alternate Citizen Protection Minister Nikos Toskas ruled out the possibility of a violent intervention in Idomeni refugees’ camp and predicted that the condition will return to normal in 1-2 weeks. Speaking to private MEGA TV on Friday he said that...

The number of refugees and migrants stranded in Greece has reached 42,000 while more arrive from Turkey daily, according to Greek authorities. Head of the Coordinating Committee for the Management of the Refugee Crisis Giorgos Kyritsis said on Thursday morning on...

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...