EU leaders went to the border of Greece and Turkey on Tuesday to stand with Greeks in the latest immigration crisis.
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How the world sees Greece
Tuesday, March 3, 2020
Migrant Crisis Reaches Greek Border, Bringing European Union Leaders There
EU pledges €700 million to aid Greek response to migrant influx from Turkey
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said the EU would provide Greece with "all the support needed" as it struggles with an influx of migrants allowed to cross from neighbouring Turkey after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned that "millions" of migrants would soon head for Europe.
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Greek refugee hotspot at breaking point as Turkey opens gate
Protests and vigilantism have soured the mood in Lesbos, and the latest Greek-Turkish spat could bring further tension.
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26,532 Refugees Denied Greek Border Entry since Sarurday
KASTANIES, Greece – Some 26,532 refugees and migrants have been denied entry to Greece via the Evros Greek-Turkish border since 06:00 am on Saturday and […] The post 26,532 Refugees Denied Greek Border Entry since Sarurday appeared first on The National Herald.
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Travel down 40% in Northern Greece in Three-Day Holiday
THESSALONIKI – Organized travel was down by around 40 pct in the three-day holiday (Saturday-Monday) this year, compared with the same period in 2019, due […] The post Travel down 40% in Northern Greece in Three-Day Holiday appeared first on The National Herald.
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Mitsotakis after EU Officials Visit Border: Turkey Has Become an Official Migrant Trafficker (Vid)
KASTANIES, Greece – Greece will continue protecting its borders, and Turkey’s efforts to assist tens of thousands of refugees and migrants enter Greece illegally have […] The post Mitsotakis after EU Officials Visit Border: Turkey Has Become an Official Migrant Trafficker (Vid) appeared first on The National Herald.
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Syrian refugees in limbo on Turkey-Greece border
Refugees wait to seize an opportunity to get into the European Union via Bulgaria and Greece.
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EU chief says Greece is Europe's shield in migrant crisis
The head of the European Commission has sent a strong message of support to Greece in its attempts to stop migrants crossing its border from Turkey. "Our first priority is to ensure order is ...
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'The Trip to Greece' Director Michael Winterbottom Says Why Latest Series 'Felt Final'
And yet, the fourth and final season, "The Trip to Greece," airs on BBC on Tuesday and will hit theaters in the U.S. as a film in May. Because this latest season is set in Greece, the same location as ...
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Russia says Turkey trying to push 130,000 refugees from Syria into Greece: Interfax
Russia on Tuesday said that Turkey was trying to push 130,000 refugees from Syria into Greece, the Interfax news agency cited the Defence Ministry as saying.
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EU pledges aid to Greece as migrants mass on border with Turkey
European Union officials on Tuesday promised more cash for Greece during a visit to its border with Turkey which tens of thousands of migrants and refugees have been trying for days to breach.
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Exclusive: EU fumes at Turk migration 'blackmail', mulls more money for Ankara
European Union ambassadors voiced outrage at a meeting this week over what they see as an attempt by Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan to "blackmail" the bloc by allowing migrants to mass at Greece's border, diplomatic sources said.
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Migrants at Turkish-Greek border: 'We want another life'
Thousands of migrants and refugees have gathered at the Turkish-Greek border, desperate to make it into the European Union. DW correspondent Tunca Ögreten spent two days there, and reports a volatile ...
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EU throws support behind Greece in refugee conflict with Turkey
Officials pledge financial help and issue warning to Turkey, as Ankara says bloc ignored calls to share refugee burden.
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HALC Petition to Tell Secretary Pompeo: Stand with Greece!
NEW YORK – The Hellenic American Leadership Council (HALC) has launched a petition to tell U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to “Stand with Greece” […] The post HALC Petition to Tell Secretary Pompeo: Stand with Greece! appeared first on The National Herald.
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Greek PM Mitsotakis: If the EU Wants to Protect Citizens, It Must Protect Its Borders
KASTANIES, Greece – Europe must protect its borders if it wants to protect EU citizens, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said following a visit of the […] The post Greek PM Mitsotakis: If the EU Wants to Protect Citizens, It Must Protect Its Borders appeared first on The National Herald.
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EU Parliament President Underlines Need for Long-Term Strategy on Migration
BRUSSELS – President of the European Parliament David Sassoli on Tuesday said it is very important that European officials and the Greek government came to […] The post EU Parliament President Underlines Need for Long-Term Strategy on Migration appeared first on The National Herald.
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Croatian PM: We Support the Greek Gov’t’s Efforts, Which We Have Witnessed
KASTANIES, Greece – Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic on Tuesday joined European officials on a visit to the Greek-Turkish border at Evros region to inspect […] The post Croatian PM: We Support the Greek Gov’t’s Efforts, Which We Have Witnessed appeared first on The National Herald.
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Malliotakis, Raptakis Urge EU & USA to Help as Turkey Floods Greece with Refugees
NEW YORK –New York State Assemblywoman Nicole Malliotakis and Rhode Island State Senator Leonidas (Lou) Raptakis urged the European Union and the United States to […] The post Malliotakis, Raptakis Urge EU & USA to Help as Turkey Floods Greece with Refugees appeared first on The National Herald.
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Frontex Launches Deployment of Help to Greece, Willing to Expand It if Needed
ATHENS – Frontex has launched the rapid border intervention (RABIT) Greece requested on Sunday to deal with the large numbers of migrants at the EU’s […] The post Frontex Launches Deployment of Help to Greece, Willing to Expand It if Needed appeared first on The National Herald.
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Greek, Austrian FMs Slam Turkey’s Political Use of Human Misery
ATHENS – Referring to the fledging migration crisis as it unfolds at the Greek-Turkish border, Greek and Austrian Foreign Affairs Ministers Nikos Dendias and Alexander […] The post Greek, Austrian FMs Slam Turkey’s Political Use of Human Misery appeared first on The National Herald.
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Refugee aid groups attacked as tensions rock Greek island
Several aid groups on Greece's Lesbos said Tuesday they were suspending work with refugees and evacuating staff in the wake of violence by locals, amid fear and confusion on an island in the ...
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Greece PM rips Turkey as thousands of migrants seek entry into Europe
This picture taken from the Greek side of the Greece-Turkey border near Kisario, shows a migrant with her baby on Tuesday. The flow of migrants from Turkey has triggered European Union fears of a ...
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Austria won’t take in migrants storming Turkish-Greek border – interior minister
[Preview] Trying to make it into Austria “makes no sense” as the country will not let any arrivals in, the interior minister warned, just as the Austrian chancellor accused Turkey of using migrants to “attack” the EU. Read Full Article at RT.com
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EU presidents back Greece in migration standoff with Turkey
'We will hold the line,' von der Leyen says on visit to border area.
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EU leadership tours Evros, grants funds, more Frontex, tents & blankets
European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen expressed her full support to Greece during visit at the Evros region on Tuesday, where thousands of migrants are waiting to cross into Greece from Turkey. “Greece’s concerns are Europe’s concerns. As a European, I am on Greece’s side. And on the side of migrants who have been … The post EU leadership tours Evros, grants funds, more Frontex, tents & blankets appeared first on Keep Talking Greece.
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Migration: EU praises Greece as 'shield' after Turkey opens border
The Greek prime minister, Kyriákos Mitsotákis (left), and the European commission president, Ursula von der Leyen, give a joint statement to the press at the Greek-Turkish border in northern Greece on ...
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Austria says Turkey is 'attacking the EU and Greece' by opening its borders
Ursula von der Leyen said the EU would provide 'all the support needed' to defend the 'Greek external border, which is also the European border'.
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Olympic flame-lighting in Greece to proceed despite fast-spreading virus
Next week's flame-lighting ceremony for the Tokyo Olympics will go ahead in Greece despite concerns about the virus outbreak, organizers said Tuesday. The Greek Olympic committee said it is working ...
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Fjord focus: Nordic noir lets the light in at last
Scandinavian TV is moving on from murder. Continuing our look at European culture, we find its new obsessions are go-getting young girls, wartime Royals – and the Swedish origins of Spotify • Poland’s world-beating new film-makers • How Greece’s theatre roared out of a national crisis • Are Berlin’s 56-hour party people facing their last dance? Before 2011, it seemed inconceivable that the British could be gripped in their living rooms by subtitled TV drama, night after fraught night. Surely that was the stuff of arthouse cinema, not edge-of-the-seat primetime viewing. Then along came a trilogy of Scandinavian exports – The Killing, Borgen, The Bridge – and what was once niche entertainment became a nationwide obsession. Soon, a single item of clothing was getting more attention in the British media than most series get in their entire life: Sarah Lund, the detective at the heart of The Killing, was as relentless in her wearing of Faroe Isle jumpers as she was in her pursuit of the murderer at large on the streets of Copenhagen. Scandi noir had arrived in Britain, and the connections it tapped into went much deeper than knitwear. Continue reading...
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EU pledges financial, border assistance to Greece over migrant surge
EU chiefs on Tuesday pledged millions of euros of financial assistance to Greece to help tackle the migration surge from neighbouring Turkey, warning against those wishing to "test Europe's unity".
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Ontario Premier Doug Ford Visits Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Canada
TORONTO – His Eminence Archbishop Sotirios of Canada welcomed the Honorable Doug Ford, Premier of Ontario, to Archdiocesan headquarters in Toronto. Premier Ford was met […] The post Ontario Premier Doug Ford Visits Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Canada appeared first on The National Herald.
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Musician Eleftherios Samartzidis Talks to TNH about Traditional Greek Music
NEW YORK – Eleftherios Samartzidis shares his love and dedication to Greek traditional music every time he performs on keyboards. A member since 2012 of […] The post Musician Eleftherios Samartzidis Talks to TNH about Traditional Greek Music appeared first on The National Herald.
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Confirmed Coronavirus Cases in Greece still at Seven on Tuesday
ATHENS – The confirmed COVID-19 cases in Greece are still seven, health ministry spokesperson Professor Sotiris Tsiodras said at a press briefing on Tuesday. The […] The post Confirmed Coronavirus Cases in Greece still at Seven on Tuesday appeared first on The National Herald.
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Mitsotakis: Greece Facing an Asymmetric Threat, Not a Refugee/Migration Problem
KASTANIES, EVROS – Greece is not facing a refugee/migration problem but an “asymmetric threat”, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Tuesday in Kastanies, Evros during […] The post Mitsotakis: Greece Facing an Asymmetric Threat, Not a Refugee/Migration Problem appeared first on The National Herald.
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EU Council President: Together We Must Protect EU, Greece’s Borders
KASTANIES, Greece – Greece’s borders are European borders, European Council President Charles Michel stressed in Evros on Tuesday, stressing that it was very important in […] The post EU Council President: Together We Must Protect EU, Greece’s Borders appeared first on The National Herald.
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Greece migrant crisis is an 'attack by Turkey on the EU' - Austria
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Greece on high alert at Turkey border
Thousands have been trying to enter Europe since Turkey said it would open its border to allow refugees through.
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Greece Weather Warning: Heavy rainfalls & thunderstorms, wind up to 9B
Greece’s National Meteorological Service EMY issued a weather warning of heavy rainfalls and thunderstorms, possible with hail falls, and powerful South winds up to 8 and 9 Beaufort. The barometric low is expected to hit Greece from the North-West as of Tuesday afternoon. Percipitation Forecast Mar 3-4, 2020 Weather Forecast Mar 2-5, 2020 and regions … The post Greece Weather Warning: Heavy rainfalls & thunderstorms, wind up to 9B appeared first on Keep Talking Greece.
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Erdogan Accuses Greek Authorities of Killing Migrants Trying to Cross Border Amid Growing Tensions
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan accused Greek authorities of killing two migrants trying to cross the border and severely wounding a third after his government announced that it would no longer ...
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EU offers Greece migration support amid mounting refugee crisis
The president of the European Commission has pledged millions of euros and a fresh deployment of border guards to manage a new wave of migration. The flare-up on the border follows tension between the EU and Turkey.
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Lesbos, once a Nobel peace contender, hardens its heart against migrants
"Go away, go," a smartly dressed Greek woman in sunglasses and a black leather jacket shouted in English at about 40 migrants in a dinghy bobbing near the small harbor. A headscarfed woman in the boat waved her forefinger, a baby on board wailed.
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EU needs to stop bickering, support Greece on refugees: U.N.
The U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees on Tuesday urged European Union countries to provide more support to Greece as it faces a new wave of migrants and refugees from Syria and other parts of the Middle East.
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In blame game, Greece denies Turkish claim that it killed three migrants
A war of words between Ankara and Athens over the migrant crisis escalated on Tuesday when Turkey's foreign minister said without providing evidence that Greek soldiers had killed three migrants attempting to enter the country, a claim denied by Greece.
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EU Commission head says Europe stands by Greece amidst refugee crisis
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Tuesday voiced support for Greece's efforts to safeguard its borders amidst a build-up of thousands of migrants after Turkey opened its borders to let them through to Europe.
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Greek PM says migrant crisis has become asymmetrical threat
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Tuesday a migrant crisis on its borders with Turkey was an asymmetrical threat to the borders of the European Union. Mitsotakis said he hoped the ...
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Europe should respect international law, says foreign minister
Greece and EU countries should respect international law in treating refugees, the Turkish foreign minister said on March 3.
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Hellenic Navy to Temporarily House Refugees Arriving in Greece
ATHENS – Α Hellenic Navy vessel is sailing to the island of Lesvos, to be used as temporary housing for refugee and migrant families that […] The post Hellenic Navy to Temporarily House Refugees Arriving in Greece appeared first on The National Herald.
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Heads of Top EU institutions Arrive in Greek Borders
KASTANIES, Greece – Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis was at Alexandroupolis airport on Tuesday to greet European Council President Charles Michel, European Commission President Ursula von […] The post Heads of Top EU institutions Arrive in Greek Borders appeared first on The National Herald.
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Large Number of Migrants/Refugees Remain at Greek Islands Ports
LESBOS – The port of Mytilene has been turned into a makeshift migrant and refugee camp, with new arrivals held in a fenced-off enclosure next […] The post Large Number of Migrants/Refugees Remain at Greek Islands Ports appeared first on The National Herald.
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