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Sunday, March 1, 2020

Hungary and Greece are closing their borders to asylum seekers amid the coronavirus outbreak

Countries are boosting travel restrictions and barring entry to foreign nationals who've recently been to China, South Korea, Iran, and Italy.


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Residents torch disused UN migrant centre on GREEK island: AFP

Skála Sykaminéas (Greece) (AFP) – Residents on the GREEK island of Lesbos set fire Sunday to a disused migrant centre after blocking dozens of ...


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Islanders on Lesbos block camp and port as refugee arrivals spike

By Sunday evening, more than 500 people arrived on Greece's eastern Aegean islands of Samos, Chios and Lesbos.


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In Pictures: Refugees stream towards Greece as Turkey opens gates

Turkey's decision to ease border restrictions came amid deadly fighting during a Syrian government offensive.


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Greece suspends asylum applications as migrants seek to leave Turkey

Greece has blocked any new asylum applications for the next month after Turkey "opened the doors" for migrants to travel to the EU. Greek officials earlier said they had stopped nearly 10,000 migrants ...


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Greece Blocks Nearly 10,000 Migrants At Turkey Border

Greece has blocked nearly 10,000 migrants trying to enter from the Turkey border over the past 24 hours, a Greek government source said Sunday. A massive influx of migrants swelled along the border ...


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Erdogan Triggers EU Border Crisis as Greece Declares Emergency

Greece invoked an emergency clause of European treaties on Sunday and suspended accepting asylum applications, after an influx of migrants seeking refuge in Europe raised tensions along its heavily ...


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European Commission: Remarks on GREECE'S top infrastructure projects

The European Commission has pointed delays in its fifth post-surveillance report for GREECE, ypodomes.com reports. The report, in fact, doesn't differ ...


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GREECE Defends Borders as Erdogan Opens the Gates: Live Updates

Since Friday, migrants have surged in numbers along the banks of the Evros River, a border between GREECE and Turkey. Updates. 19:05: Video shows ...


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Greece upgrades border security to Maximum, suspends Asylum, calls Turkey “a trafficker”

Greece has decided to suspend asylum for a month and to activate a series of EU and Frontext mechanisms to protect her land and sea borders, while thousands of migrants are pushing their way to the country in Evros and the Aegean islands. “Turkey has become a trafficker itself,” government spokesman Stelios Petsas said on … The post Greece upgrades border security to Maximum, suspends Asylum, calls Turkey “a trafficker” appeared first on Keep Talking Greece.


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Greece Will Protect Is Borders, Migrants Will Be Turned Back, PM Says

Greece Will Protect Is Borders, Migrants Will Be Turned Back, PM Says In a tweet, Mitsotakis also said that he would be visiting the country's Evros land border with Turkey along with EU President ...


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Hopelessness among migrants stuck on Turkey-Greece border

Stuck just metres away from Greece, there is growing despair among migrants who believed they were just days away from a new life in Europe after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan "opened the ...


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GREECE Wants EU Foreign Ministers Meeting Over Refugee, Migrant Surge

GREECE Wants EU Foreign Ministers Meeting Over Refugee, Migrant Surge. By TNH Staff March 1, 2020. GREECE'S Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias. (Ida ...


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Delphi Economic Forum 2020 postponed by GREECE due to coronavirus concerns

Delphi Economic Forum 2020 postponed by GREECE due to coronavirus concerns. TornosNews.gr 01.03.2020 | 14:16. Α Decrease font Enlarge font.


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European Council chief: EU supports GREECE and Bulgaria in protecting its borders

In a statement on Saturday, President of the European Council Charles Michel explicitly supported GREECE'S intensified border guarding, as "the EU is ...


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Independent Power Transmission Operator wants power rate rise in GREECE

Independent Power Transmission Operator wants power rate rise in GREECE. TornosNews.gr 01.03.2020 | 14:19. Α Decrease font Enlarge font.


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Danish Refugee Council Urges GREECE To Move Migrants From Islands To Mainland

MOSCOW (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 01st March, 2020) GREECE should immediately relocate migrants from overcrowded Mediterranean island ...


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GREECE Argues No One Can Cross After Turkey Reports Migrant Exodus

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said his country would not stop Syrian refugees from fleeing over to GREECE. The Turkish interior minister ...


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GREECE: She's a super girl – Stefania releases Eurovision 2020 entry “SUPERG!RL”

One month ago Stefania was confirmed as GREECE'S act for Eurovision 2020 with the song “SUPERG!RL”. Now her song for Rotterdam has been ...


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Lesbos fears repeat of 2015 as refugees target Greek island

Turkish decision to open doors for migrants to Europe risks overwhelming resources ...


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Coronavirus Death Toll Rises to 29 in Italy

... from Greece GREEK Reporter Europe ... to COVID-19. TAGS; coronavirus · COVID19 · Europe · Greece news · GREEK news · Hospital · Italy · Outbreak ...


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Minister: The GREEK borders are guarded and excellently protected

The minister congratulated all the forces operating along the GREEK-Turkish border, both the armed forces personnel and the police, as well as the ...


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Lesbos locals set fire to disused migrant center on GREEK island

Residents on the GREEK island of Lesbos set fire Sunday to a disused migrant center after blocking dozens of people from landing on a nearby beach, ...


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Greece says it faces 'severe' threat from migrant build-up

Greece said on Sunday it was facing a ‘severe’ threat from thousands of migrants gathering on its borders after Turkey eased curbs on their movement. “This movement is guided and encouraged by Turkey, ...


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UPDATE: Read the new measures Greece takes to enhance border security after security meeting under PM Mitsotakis

"The present situation constitutes an active, serious, exceptional and asymmetric threat to the country's national security"


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Migrants clash with Greek police at Turkey, Europe border

Migrants threw rocks and other objects at police officers, resulting in one injury. Greece said it blocked nearly 10,000 migrants from entering the European Union on Sunday.


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Greece Calls Extraordinary Council for Foreign Affairs and Defense Amid Border Tensions

The GREEK Police and Coast Guard are going to submit a request to the European Union's Frontex border agency for emergency assistance in guarding ...


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Liberia Ambassador Presents Letters of Credence to GREEK President

Ambassador Bass-Golokeh also held engagement meetings with GREEK Government officials on bilateral issues including trade and investments with ...


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Steve and Rob's GREEK odyssey

Steve and Rob's GREEK odyssey. The best of the week's comedy on TV and radio. The best of the week's comedy on TV and radio.


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GREEK company to inject New Valley's first foreign investments at $US200 million

The chairman of the Internal Trade Development Authority Ibrahim Ashmawy on Sunday met with the chairman of the GREEK company Orange Wave to ...


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JOSS: Half a point away from rush

According to the Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life, to participate in GREEK life, women need to maintain at least a 2.9 GPA. However, men only need a ...


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Event Honors GREEK Constantinopolitan Authors in Istanbul

A special literary tribute to GREEK Constantinople writers and poets was completed recently at the University of Istanbul's School of Philosophy, ...


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Stefania releases GREEK Eurovision entry “SUPERG!RL”

Stefania describes it as a mid tempo pop banger with GREEK influences. The GREEKS spoil Stefania with an experienced team to join her in Rotterdam.


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EU accepts GREEK demand for emergency Foreign Affairs Council

... migration emergency, at the request of GREEK Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias. Dendias had formally requested an extraordinary meeting Saturday.


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AP Photos: Migrants head to Turkish-Greek border

Within hours, thousands were heading from Istanbul to the Greek border, about three to four hours’ drive away. By the time Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan officially announced the borders were ...


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Greek islanders block migrant boat from landing

A group of local people on the Greek island of Lesbos on Sunday stopped around 50 migrants, including children, from landing their boat after several hours at sea, AFP photographers witnessed.


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More than 76,000 migrants have left Turkey heading for the EU

Turkish interior minister, Suleyman Soylu, announced the number of crossings in a statement on Twitter. Migrants have been spotted wading through a river and arriving in Greece on boats.


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Refugees flood Turkey's border with Greece

Thousands of migrants are camped near Turkey's border with Greece after the Turkish government said it has "reached its capacity" for refugees. CNN's Arwa Damon reports.


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Migrants try to swim from Turkey to Greece

Some migrants have attempted swimming to Greece after Turkey officially opened its borders with Europe.


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Greece warns migrants with SMS: “Border security to maximum level”

Greek authorities have started to warn migrants and refugees from crossing into the country. An SMS action has been launched since Saturday evneing with the aim to prevent the thousands who have amassed at the border with Turkey to attempt entering Greece. The SMS reads: “From Hellenic Republic: Greece is increasing border security level to … The post Greece warns migrants with SMS: “Border security to maximum level” appeared first on Keep Talking Greece.


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East Lesvos to set up road blocks to enforce “border” to West Lesvos

Unbelievable decision: Local authorities on the island of Lesvos have decided to set up road blocks and enforce a “border” between the West and the East parts of the island. The decision was taken at an emergency meeting on Sunday, after more than 400 migrants and refugees arrived on the island from the Turkish coast. … The post East Lesvos to set up road blocks to enforce “border” to West Lesvos appeared first on Keep Talking Greece.


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Greece Sends Army to Border as Turkey Open Gates for Migrants

The military deployed troops to the northern border with Turkey, and automated text messages told migrants not to cross over. But many ignored the warnings.


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Migrants clash with Greek police at border after Turkey opens floodgates

Greek police fired tear gas to repel hundreds of stone-throwing migrants who sought to force their way across the border from Turkey on Sunday, witnesses said, with thousands more behind them after ...


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Two Syrian Fighter Jets Shot Down by Turkey

Kastanies, GREECE (AP) -- Syria's official news agency said two of its warplane were shot down by Turkish forces inside northwest Syria, amid a military ...


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EU border agency Frontex on 'high alert', finally deploying support to GREECE

Breaking news- EU border agency Frontex is on 'high alert', and are finally deploying support to GREECE. Origins of Frontex. Frontex was founded in ...


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153 people connected to GREECE'S four coronavirus patients test negative

The 153 people who are family, friends, and affiliates with GREECE'S current four confirmed coronavirus patients have all tested negative to COVID-19, ...


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'It's a powder keg ready to explode': In Greek village, tensions simmer between refugees and locals

Residents of Moria, a village on the Greek island of Lesvos — a holding station for refugees from the Middle East and Africa seeking asylum in the EU — are fearing their safety as living conditions ...


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Greek PM calls Government Foreign Affairs & Defence Council meeting for further border security

"The government is determined to do whatever it takes to guard our borders"


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Greek police fire teargas at stone-throwing migrants in Evros

Greek police fired teargas to disperse migrants throwing stones at them at the country's border in the northern region of Evros, a Reuters witness said.


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Greek Foreign Ministry: Turkey Engaging in “Disinformation”

ATHENS – The Greek foreign ministry on Sunday accused Turkey of engaging in a continued “disinformation campaign” concerning the migrants at the Greek border, in […] The post Greek Foreign Ministry: Turkey Engaging in “Disinformation” appeared first on The National Herald.


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