How the world sees Greece
As the Greek migrant crisis is reaching its breaking point, spokeswoman for the European Commission Natasha Bertaud said that the EU is making an emergency plan so a humanitarian crisis can be averted in Greece. There are more than 25,000 stranded in Greece and the numbers keep growing by thousands on a daily basis as
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The leaders of the Greek Cypriot and the Turkish Cypriot communities, Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades and Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci, are meeting this afternoon Friday, February 26, in the framework of the UN-backed talks for the Cyprus problem. Their last meeting was held on February 13, when the two leaders exchanged views on the
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Following the Vienna meeting earlier this week between Austria and 9 Balkan states to discuss ways to tackle the migrant crisis, the governments of most of the countries that took part in the controversial meeting that caused much anger in Greece but also in Germany have now sealed of their borders. The heads of the
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Greek Cyprus Defense Minister Christoforos Fokaides said professional soldiers will be hired to make up the shortfall in the standing force's numbers, which will be created as soldiers are discharged earlier.He said the move will improve the mostly ...
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Speaking on CBC’s radio show As It Happens, Greek journalist Marianna Karakoulaki who is in a refugee camp in Idomeni, Greece, described a situation of unbearable pain and anguish for thousands of refugees and migrants that are stranded on the Greek ...
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Stranded refugees and migrants shouts slogans as they stage a protest demanding to be allowed to cross the Greek-Macedonian border at the port of Piraeus, near Athens, Greece, February 26, 2016. © Alkis Konstantinidis / Reuters Greece has been profiting ...
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VIENNA (AP) — Suddenly, Afghans appear to be the new pariahs of Europe. Despite fleeing attacks in their homeland from the Taliban and alleged Islamic State militants, their quest for a safer life is being blocked at border after border in Europe — and no country along the route wants to take the blame. "(Everyone) is passing the responsibility down the line," said U.N. refugee spokeswoman Melissa Fleming, who added that her organization had not been informed of who was behind the decision on turning back Afghan refugees, or why. Macedonia, the entry point from Greece after migrants cross the sea from Turkey, says Serbia is at fault.
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