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Tuesday, February 16, 2016

Abandoned Historic Train Station Turns into a Tavern in Greece

Vyroneia, a small village of the Serres prefecture in northern Greece, is steeped in history. Standing at the foot of the Belles mountain and near the rare biotope of Kerkini, Vyroneia went into the history map as the place where in the summer of 1913 in ...


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Migration and the stance of Brussels toward GREECE

The result of this neglect by GREECE'S EU partners was the dangerous exposure of a country in bankruptcy, fighting a colossal immigration problem, ...


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EU reassures Greece over Schengen

… are helping Greece now. Last week the EU set Greece a deadline … crossing from Turkey to nearby Greek islands. Hundreds have drowned because … controls at its border with Greece. Greece was supposed to complete five …


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'Righteous among the Nations' title awarded to GREEK family

The family of Giorgos and Athina Vlachos were awarded the “Righteous among the Nations” award for rescuing members of a GREEK Jewish family ...


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Bulgarian lorry drivers mount counter-blockade, vow to block all Bulgarian-Greek crossings

Bulgarian lorry drivers formed a human chain to block the Kulata – Promachonas crossing at the Greek-Bulgarian border on February 16 in retaliation for the blockade of the frontier by protesting Greek farmers. Along with the Ilinden – Exochi border ...


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The Latest: Merkel says no sense in new quotas for migrants

[Greece's Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, right, welcomes European Council President Donald Tusk at Maximos Mansion in Athens Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2016. After decades of often unbridled expansion and increasing prosperity, the once-robust European Union is this week looking at its biggest challenge - crumbling from within, Tusk said. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)]BRUSSELS (AP) — The Latest on preparations for Thursday's European Union summit (all times local):


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Greece's exclusion from Schengen not to solve refugee crisis: Tusk

ATHENS, Feb. 16 (Xinhua) -- Greece's exclusion from the Schengen passport free travel zone would not resolve the ongoing refugee crisis that is testing Europe's cohesion, visiting European Council President Donald Tusk said here Tuesday. "Excluding Greece ...


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