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German Chancellor Angela Merkel early on Tuesday referred to the negative impact of the continuing flow of refugees and migrants on Greece. "In today's summit of the 28 member states, we looked into ways to improve the humanitarian conditions in...

The European Union leaders did not come to any final decisions on the refugee crisis on Monday's summit with Turkey, but the Greek side appeared satisfied with the initial outcome. The final decisions will be taken on March 17-18, at...

German Chancellor Angela Merkel had hinted last week that the much-anticipated EU-Turkey summit was going to be more than a simple discussion about how Turkey was going to help curbing the flow of migrants to Europe. In turn, Turkish Prime...

The ongoing negotiations to the Cyprus problem “are the last chance” to bring a solution, Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci told “Phileleftheros” newspaper on Sunday. Akinci expressed the opinion that if solutions cannot be found with President Nicos Anastasiades then...

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...

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 refugee and migrant crisis is a global problem that concerns all of Europe, not just Greece or Turkey, Greece's Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias said on Friday in joint statements with his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu, following their meeting...

The President of the Hellenic Republic Prokopis Pavlopoulos chaired a special meeting today with the leaders of the Greek political leaders at the presidential mansion. The meeting was held upon the request of Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras who wished...