This toothsome chicken dish makes its way into the world via a slow cooker, a kitchen device I've grown to love. There are several reasons to like slow cookers, even beyond the wonderfulness of being able to toss ingredients into it, head to work and ...
Welcome, 77 artists, 40 different points of Attica welcomes you by singing Erotokritos an epic romance written at 1713 by Vitsentzos Kornaros
Thursday, February 18, 2016
Israel, Greece, Cyprus: A new geopolitical bloc in the eastern Mediterranean
The past month has been characterized by an unprecedented and noteworthy flurry of diplomatic activity between Jerusalem, Athens and Nicosia that suggests the emergence of a new geopolitical bloc in the region. In late January, the Israeli Minister of ...
EU tells Austria daily cap on asylum applicants against law
European Union Migration Commissioner Dimitris Avramopoulos wrote to the Austrian government on Thursday to warn Vienna that its plan for a daily cap on the number of asylum seekers it would let across its border would break EU law. "What the Austrians have decided is not according to European laws," Avramopoulos told Reuters. The Austrians are obliged to accept asylum applications without putting a cap." Austria, on the migrant route from Turkey via Greece and the Balkans to Germany, said late on Wednesday that it would let in no more than 3,200 people a day from Friday.
Good chance Hungary will have to build fence on Romanian border
Hungary is ready to build a fence on its border with Romania to keep out migrants and there is a good chance that this cannot be avoided, Prime Minister Viktor Orban's chief of staff said on Thursday. "We are ready to erect a technical barrier on the Romanian border as well ... today there is significant chance that this cannot be avoided," Janos Lazar told a news conference. Lazar also said Hungary and the Visegrad group of Central European countries respected a proposal that the flow of migrants should be primarily tackled on the borders of Greece.
The Latest: Eurotunnel seeks compensation for migrant woes
[A coast guard officer keeps notes as a man sits at a registration and hospitality center for refugees and migrants, known as a hotspot, on the eastern Greek island of Chios, Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2016. Greek Defense Minister Panos Kammenos said that military teams have set up most of the long-delayed migrant reception facilities the country has promised its European Union partners to build. But he said the installations may not have to be fully used. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)]COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — The Latest on the influx of refugees to Europe (all times local):
Greece: farmers' protest, crossing with Macedonia closed
(ANSAmed) - BELGRADE, FEBRUARY 18 - The border crossing of Bogorodica-Evzoni between Macedonia and Greece on Thursday was closed to traffic due to the continuation of a protest by Greek farmers. For the same reason, according to local media, the other ...
Minister: Greece faces aid crisis if Balkan borders close to migrants
Russia's Foreign Ministry condemns the terrorist bombing in Ankara as a "barbaric crime" that "cannot be justified," and says its "organizers must be held accountable." Cologne police investigate sexual harassment against female refugees German police are ...
