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Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras will reportedly meet with U.S. President Barrack Obama at a reception for foreign leaders on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly on Sunday. According to a source close to Maximos Mansion, the Greek...

Former foreign minister Nikos Kotzias expressed his dissatisfaction over the abstention of Greek interim government from the United Nations critical resolution on the restructuring of debt of debt-ridden countries. Kotzias said that the caretaker government has far exceeded its powers....

Former Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis and 16 other economists have sent an open letter to The Guardian asking for Europe to support the Greek debt issue that will be discussed at the United Nations on September 10. The letter...

The United Nations refugee agency reports deaths are spiking as refugees and migrants cross the Mediterranean Sea in record numbers in a desperate bid to reach European countries. The U.N. refugee agency reports more than 300,000 refugees and migrants have...

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) announced on Monday that 20,483 seaborne immigrants arrived in Greece between August 8 and August 14. To put this number in perspective, in 2014, 43,500 migrants and refugees entered Greece through the sea. By the end...

While visiting the Greek islands of Lesvos, Chios and Kos, which have been central points in the massive influx of refugees and migrants to Greece, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) director for Europe Vincent Cochetel decried the chaotic situation. On Friday,...

Officials of the Greek government, including prime minister Alexis Tsipras and various ministers, convened on Friday to discuss the refugee crisis the country is dealing with. "Greece is in a crisis within a crisis," Tsipras said upon his arrival to the...

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While Greece is in an ever lasting financial -and political- crisis, which according to European Parliament President Martin Schulz and German Vice Chancellor Sigmar Gabriel could require humanitarian aid, the Greek island of Lesvos is facing a humanitarian crisis of its own. A...

The Office of the United Nations Commissioner for Refugees released a report on Wednesday that examines the route refugees take when entering Europe by sea. The report found that so far in 2015 Greece has surpassed Italy as the country with the most refugees and migrants entering its...