Turkey claims some successes, but migrant flows to Europe persist

By Nick Tattersall and Tom Miles ISTANBUL/GENEVA (Reuters) - For a few days this week, officials in Turkey, Greece and Europe wondered if there might finally be signs of progress in their efforts to stem the flow of refugees and migrants pouring onto Lesbos. Only around 10 to 20 boats, each carrying some 50 tired and hungry people, have arrived on the Greek island in the past few days, far fewer than the thousands of people a day who had been crossing the narrow sea channel from Turkey just a few weeks earlier. Rougher waters were deterring migrants from attempting the journey, locals and aid workers said.

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National Bank of Greece Halted, Stock Tumbled After Bond ...

Shares of National Bank of Greece (NBG) were down nearly 14% before trading was halted in the U.S. after the lender said Thursday its international bond ...

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National Bank of Greece (NBG) Stock Spirals Further South

National Bank of Greece (NBG) Stock Spirals Further South Bidness Etc investigates the downward pull on the stock price Nov 27, 2015 at 11:46 am Est

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'A journey through Greece in a time of crisis’: Narrating ...

Greece is portrayed as a young spoiled girl stricken by a huge debt. Her lenders refuse to come to her rescue, until the European Union “comes in to save the day ...

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Refugee crisis tests Sweden's lofty aim of 'equality for all'

Aneta Moura, who emigrated to Sweden from Greece 43 years ago, says the last ethnic Swede has moved off her street in Malmo's Rosengard neighbourhood and youths with nothing to do hang out on the streets at all hours.

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EU seeks to buy Turkish help with migrants at controversial summit

Germany driving bid to get Ankara to block way to Greece in return for €3bn in aid, with scepticism high about merits of deal European leaders are to stage an unprecedented and highly controversial summit with the Turkish government on Sunday in an attempt to outsource the migration crisis, paying Ankara €3bn for it to seal its border with Greece to halt or slow migrant flows to Europe. Related: Turkey putting Syrian refugees 'at serious risk of human rights abuse' Continue reading...

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Dijssebloem threatens Greece & other countries with “Schengen expulsion”

The head of the Eurogroup, Dutch Finance Minister Jeroen Dijsselbloem warned that countries which fail to adequately guard Europe’s borders and do not take in a fair share of refugees could find themselves outside the borders of a future “mini-Schengen” zone. Dijsselbloem’s threats have two different targets: Greece that has […]

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