The heads of the creditors' missions to GREECE return to Athens on Tuesday, just over a month after their departure. They will resume the bailout review ...
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How the world sees Greece
Monday, March 7, 2016
Distance remains between all parties on fiscal measures GREECE needs to take
Greece clears bailout hurdle with debt relief pledge
Greece cleared a crucial hurdle in its massive bailout programme on Monday as eurozone ministers promised to consider debt relief to Athens, which is already under pressure from the refugee crisis. Bailout monitors from the EU and IMF will return to Greece ...
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Greece's Creditors Narrow Their Differences Over Bailout Reforms
Greece’s international creditors on Monday narrowed their differences over the economic overhauls Athens should implement in exchange for fresh loans, paving the way for a new round of negotiations which could lead to a much-anticipated deal on debt relief.
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Dijsselbloem Says Greek Debt Talks Can Start Soon Given Progress
Euro-area finance chiefs handed Greece the prospect of talks on debt relief as soon as its bailout review wraps up, while renewing their call on Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras’s government to act on pensions, privatization and the budget. “The moment ...
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Mitsotakis: Greece Should Take Lessons From Cyprus on Memorandum Exit
Main opposition New Democracy (ND) leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis referred directly to Cyprus’ official exit from the memorandum, saying that Greece should take lessons from the island republic on how to correctly implement its bailout program. Mitsotakis made the comments from Nicosia, in fact, during a meeting with the leader of the Democratic Rally party, Averof Neofytou. “It’s […]
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Creditors’ Reps Back in Athens This Week For Crucial Talks on Review
It’s official: Representatives of Greece’s institutional creditors will return to Athens this week for talks to conclude the first review of the Greek adjustment program and in the process end a growing uncertainty in the crisis-plagued country’s economic front. Eurogroup President Jeroen Dijsselbloem made the more-or-less expected announcement after a Eurogroup meeting. He had European Commissioner […]
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NATO, Turkey, Greece strike deal on refugees monitoring
Mrs Merkel and other leaders are offering Greece help to house migrants, who have been arriving from Turkey on a daily basis. Ahead of the summit in Brussels, some 14,000 people were camped in Greece at the Macedonian border hoping desperately to be ...
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Eurogroup: Did Schaeuble trade “at least 50K refugees in Greece” for “debt relief discussion”?
Remember when we used to have these old record players and sometimes there was a problem with the needle and it would get stuck? The Eurogroup seems to have the same problem. Its needle sticks and it repeats the same thing again and again. After the meeting today, in his […]
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Time to Reboot Leadership in International Affairs
> If you take a glimpse at media coverage or think tank reports in > past few years you will notice that unfortunately we don't fall > short of issues related human security and human rights. In fact it > is a matter of discussion and debate all across the world which will > never cease to end. Think about it, so far there are around 9 > million Syrians who have fled their homes, according to UNHCR there > are around 3,321,761 refugees who have migrated to neighboring > countries of Syria, 1117,010 refugees are yet waiting their > registration. Another serious issue is of climate change which according to Guardian is causing the death of nearly 400,000 people a year and costing the world more than $1.2 trillion, wiping 1.6% of global GDP. Lastly, we cannot afford to ignore the ongoing tension and after math of Ukrainian Crises, ISIS Threat, Arab Spring, War in Iraq and Afghanistan which has consumed lives of innocent children and families. Certainly, given this status quo in certain parts of the world, we should be thankful and fortunate enough to live where we don't get to see these conditions. However, we just can't afford to ignore the facts and merely continue with our sympathies without challenging our own mindset and ideology in order to bring solutions to the most complex humanitarian issues. The status quo as of now, US & Europe are having bitter time with Russia. ISIS continues to terrorize and victimize nation states and has caused a stir in international community, the tension and conflict in Middle East is yet to see the daylight of peace. These issues are directly or indirectly linked with NATO and transatlantic community and their capacity to bring solutions to them. It is here we witness the paradoxical nature of humanitarian issues. For example , US has been at the forefront in its war against terrorism and promoting democracy in middle east, especially in Iraq and Afghanistan , but still after several years of war we are yet to witness peace and democracy there. On the other end, the US continues to face its own national issues related to Gun Shootings at Campus and the most recent racist issues. The US and Russia standoff didn't helped to resolve the Syrian conflict which continues to devastate Syria. The EU, known for its peace and stability faces severe criticism from Greece, and Portugal who are at the forefront of bearing austerities. It is important to recall the incident of June 11, 2013, where the Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras announced the closure of ERT, Greece's public broadcaster, after 75 years of continuous operation which has sparked a major controversy in Greece thus challenging the nature of democracy at its very source. The EU member states are dealing with their own internal issues related to religious intolerance, unemployment, immigration and inclusive growth. And therefore verily in such crisis the member states lose their credibility where they by themselves have been incapable to solve their own internal affairs and have been dealing with the external affairs with a fixed mindset. Solutions from fixed mindset come in various forms such as massive investment or economic sanctions, austerities, military action, embargo, heavy taxation etc. Their impact could be dangerous, what we are witnessing now is the spillover effect across continents causing migration, unemployment, social unrest and civil war due to which generations are at stake. I am sure that any head of the state must have come across the famous quote of Mandela > "No one is born hating another person because of the color of his > skin, or his background, or his religion. People must learn to hate, > and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love > comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite." Through this quote Mandela explicitly contends that verily we have been treating the effects and outcomes of problems but we are not treating the root cause of it. Thus the challenge for us collectively is that How do we resolve this? How can we bring solutions to this? Sustainable Leadership as a leadership paradigm Albert Einstein noted that > "We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we > created them." Here Einstein is hinting us to step up our vision and take a new route to resolve issues. It is here I believe member states have to develop flexible mindset in dealing with issues and have to develop an overarching vision of leadership and its impact. We call it as Sustainable Leadership (SL). Einstein rightly stated "No problem can be solved from the same level of consciousness that created it". > Thus considering this approach in our context of international > affairs, as a concept per se "Sustainable Leadership" is deeply > rooted in decision making which is based on human consciousness > rather than following the traditional diplomatic line of thought. SL > fundamentally challenges the conventional leadership paradigm and > their short sightedness; on the contrary SL presumes that leadership > should have a positive intergenerational impact. In response to extremism and growing intolerance and bias amongst religions, SL encourages to embrace and understand diverse religions, their common message and thereby promote interfaith dialogue. From the core, a member state or a leader exercising SL would pursue an approach which is holistic in nature and focused in uplifting the quality of human life by promoting the dialogue, innovation and unbiased interest in bringing forth the solutions. Every problem has a cause and effect and therefore, thus SL compels leaders to reflect on their own values and resolve the cause of problem rather than treating the effect of the problems. SL is rooted in following the fundamental principles of human values and therefore it is not prejudiced against one or the other form of functioning of member state. On the contrary it offers the flexibility to adapt the situation by guarding the fundamental values of every society and culture. Take the example of Bhutan, and its role in pioneering the concept of Gross National Happiness rather than focusing on GDP, another example is of Akhilesh Pillalamarri who challenges the concept of democracy in his article Why Monarchies Are Still Relevant and Useful in the 21st Century. Likewise we have many more examples which have been tested but still they await implementation. > What we need is a consensus from member states, to act collectively > in unified spirit rather than acting under the diplomatic pressure. > These are barely few examples which challenge the conventional > paradigm of transatlantic community; there is no dearth of ideas and > solutions. The key now is in the hands of member states whether they > will single handedly or together will create a new boundary and > redefine our expectation by surpassing traditional paradigm _ The article was featured in the Op-Ed Section of Euro Atlantic Magazine 2014 Issue under title of Challenging the Leadership Paradigm of NATO, EU and Transatlantic Community_ -- This feed and its contents are the property of The Huffington Post, and use is subject to our terms. It may be used for personal consumption, but may not be distributed on a website.
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Brussels seeks further reform to seal Greek bailout
Eurozone finance ministers have moved to break a deadlock between Greece’s warring creditors by sending bailout negotiators back to Athens to agree a new set of economic reforms. Despite continued disagreement over how long the list of reforms must be ...
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EU seeks fresh reforms for Greek bailout
Eurogroup sends monitors back to Athens amid tussle with IMF over €86bn rescue
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Eurogroup’s Dijsselbloem: Institutions to Return to Athens ‘Possibly Tomorrow’
Eurogroup President Jeroen Dijsselbloem said the institutions will return to Athens “possibly tomorrow” to complete the first review of Greece’s adjustment program. Speaking after the Eurogroup meeting at a joint press conference with European Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs, Pierre Moscovici, and the managing director of the European Stability Mechanism (ESM) Klaus Regling, he
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US to disclose casualty count from every counterterrorism strike since 2009
[obama flag]White House Photo The Obama administration plans to disclose how many people have been killed by US drones and counterterrorism strikes since 2009, the White House said Monday, in a bid to bolster credibility for the controversial programs. An assessment to be released in the coming weeks will cover both combatants and civilians the US believes have died as a result of strikes from the skies since President Barack Obama took office. It won't cover areas of "active hostilities" like Iraq and Syria, where US airstrikes are targeting the Islamic State, or Afghanistan. Instead, the report aims to illustrate the fatal toll of other US actions overseas to go after disparate terrorism threats. In recent years, the US has conducted counterterrorism strikes in Pakistan, Libya, Yemen and Somalia, among other places. Lisa Monaco, Obama's counterterrorism and homeland security adviser, was to announce the decision in a speech Monday at the Council on Foreign Relations. She called the forthcoming report part of Obama's "commitment to transparency" and added that the numbers would be disclosed annually in the future. "We know that not only is greater transparency the right thing to do, it is the best way to maintain the legitimacy of our counterterrorism actions and the broad support of our allies," Monaco said in excerpts of her speech obtained in advance by The Associated Press. [A U.S. Air Force MQ-1 Predator unmanned aerial vehicle assigned to the California Air National Guard's 163rd Reconnaissance Wing flies near the Southern California Logistics Airport in Victorville, California in this January 7, 2012 USAF handout photo obtained by Reuters February 6, 2013. REUTERS/U.S. Air Force/Tech. Sgt. Effrain Lopez/Handout ]White House Photo US lawmakers have long pressed for more transparency about how many civilians the US kills in drone strikes each year, but those calls for more disclosure have traditionally faced opposition from the US intelligence community. In 2014, senators dropped a demand for a public declaration. Director of National Intelligence James Clapper said at the time that the administration was exploring ways to provide more information about the strikes while protecting classified information and confidential sources. NOW WATCH: IAN BREMMER: Greece is headed for a humanitarian disaster
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Sold Out Crowd Attend GREEK Teachers Association “Prometheus” 40th Anniversary Luncheon
The Fortieth Anniversary Luncheon of the GREEK Teachers Association “Prometheus” was held on Sunday, February 28th, from 1 to 5 p.m. at Terrace ...
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Greece: Eurogroup says debt talks on the table, troika to return to Athens –as it happened
… talks on debt relief for Greece in April, a euro zone … relief can only start once Greece’s lenders -- euro zone …
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One in, one out – the EU's simplistic answer to the refugee crisis
The proposal that Europe will resettle every Syrian Turkey allows in from Greece is morally and legally complex One in, one out. That was the unexpected compromise occupying EU and Turkish leaders in Brussels as they sought a means of managing Europe’s refugee crisis. Details were still being hammered out on Monday as the talks reached witching hour, and the plan may yet fold. But at one point European top brass were at least considering the orderly resettlement of one Syrian directly from Turkey in exchange for each asylum seeker it readmits after they land on the shores of neighbouring Greece. Related: Aid, visa changes and resettling Syrians on table at EU-Turkey migration summit Continue reading...
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Pope Francis lauds fidelity of Ukrainian Greek-Catholics
Vatican City, Mar 7, 2016 / 12:47 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Pope Francis met with leaders of the Permanent Synod of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church (UGCC) on Saturday, praising their people's “tireless witnesses of hope” in Christ amid decades of hardships.
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Hungary Vetoes Turkey-EU Migrant Proposals
Turkey could take back irregular migrants who arrive in Greece, as well as those intercepted in its waters - but at a price.
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Monday's Eurogroup to pave way for lenders' return to Greece
The eurozone 19 ministers are meeting in Brussels just as European Union leaders and Turkey hold talks next door to discuss the refugee crisis, in which Greece is also a sensitive focal point. Greece and its creditors are moving toward a deal that would ...
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NATO expands anti-trafficking mission into Turkish, Greek waters
NATO ships have moved into Turkish and Greek territorial waters as part of an operation to stem the tide of refugees and migrants. Germany is leading the operation. The NATO ships will collect information and conduct reconnaissance on human traffickers ...
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Syrian boys electrocuted in GREEK border camp
Three Syrian boys were electrocuted on Monday, with one seriously hurt, whilst playing atop a railway car at the GREEK border camp of Idomeni, local ...
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Stubb Says No Return of July Crisis as GREEK Talks Set to Resume
Greece and its creditors are moving toward a deal that would release more aid and quell lingering fears the nation could be forced to leave the euro ...
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GREEK contractors to abstain from public tenders
GREEK contractors have announced they will not participate in tenders for public works, beginning Tuesday through to next Tuesday, in protest at social ...
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GREEK minister laments border closings
Upon his arrival at the Turkey-EU summit, GREEK Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras told reporters that the refugee problem was a common European issue, ...
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EU-Turkey plan: no refugees on GREEK islands
The EU and Turkey are discussing further joint actions to tackle the refugee crisis, with the aim of clearing GREEK islands which are currently ...
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GREEK construction firm Aktor taking part in TAP
Blue chip firm Ellaktor announced on Monday in a bourse filing that its unit Aktor is participating in the construction of one of three sections of the Trans ...
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From Turkey to the Greek islands – an insight into the migrant smugglers trade
Aksaray Square in Istanbul has been called “smugglers square”. It is there that migrants gather almost every day at sundown in the hope of buying a place on a boat to Greece. Their belongings are stuffed into plastic bags so too are life jackets which ...
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Greece bailout: eurozone inspectors to return to Athens to review reforms
Much delayed review of government’s commitment against €80bn rescue package to begin as IMF confirms Cyprus has completed reforms ahead of time Eurozone inspectors of Greece’s bailout have been cleared to return to Athens to complete a much-delayed ...
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New 5-Star Resort-Spa Opens Next Month in Argolida
One bright piece of news on the Greek tourism front is the upcoming opening of a new luxury resort, located in the Argolida prefecture of the Peloponnese, that is getting rave reviews in the local and international press. The wellness-laden resort goes by the name of Amanzoe, with the “Telegraph” being the latest media outlet […]
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Turkey wants EU help on safe zones in Syria
Turkey wants the EU to help establish safe zones inside Syria for refugees, Prime Minister Ahmet DavutoÄŸlu told a summit in Brussels on Monday aimed at reaching an agreement on how Ankara can help stem the flow of refugees to Europe. EU diplomats said DavutoÄŸlu proposed that Turkey and the EU work together to set up humanitarian safe zones over the border in Syria. The proposal came during the prime minister’s talks with EU leaders about helping Ankara cope with the 2.7 million Syrian refugees now in Turkey. “Safe zones are being discussed,” said one EU diplomat, speaking on condition of anonymity. * [GREECE-MACEDONIA-EUROPE-MIGRANTS] Also On Politico BALKAN ROUTE CLOSED, EU TO DECLARE Jacopo Barigazzi * [Prime Minister of Turkey Ahmet Davutoglu.] Also On Politico TURKEY DEMANDS EXTRA €3 BILLION OF EU HELP ON REFUGEES Maïa de La Baume According to one draft document circulating at the summit, a copy of which was obtained by Reuters, there would be cooperation “in any joint endeavour to establish humanitarian safe areas inside Turkey.” DavutoÄŸlu also demanded from European leaders an effective doubling of EU assistance for Ankara to help cope with the refugees, to €6 billion, as well as rapid action on visa waivers for Turks traveling to Europe and a kickstart to long-stalled talks on Turkey’s long-term aspirations to join the European Union.
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Greek vоters reject terms оf EU bailоut
German Chancellor Merkel and French President Hollande are scheduled to meet Mondaу evening in Paris to discuss the effects of the referendum. European Central Bank President Mario Draghi will also speak before all 19 countries that use the euro hold a ...
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Greece Football Round Up
The delightful debut of Sebastian Leto with Panathinaikos in his second spell at the club and the debut goals by Lucas Evangelista and Lucas Villafañes for the Greens offered on Sunday some distraction from the misery that has engulfed the Greek game ...
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EU/IMF bailout monitors to return to Greece this week
Bailout monitors from the EU and IMF will return to Greece as soon tomorrow in an effort to complete a long-delayed review of the programme and unlock rescue cash, European Economic Affairs Commissioner Pierre Moscovici has said. Euro zone ministers will ...
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Revolution Reignited: Syrians Revolt Like It's 2011
Had it not been for the astronomic destruction in the background of the pictures and videos, I would have thought the images coming out of Syria yesterday were recycled from 2011. But they weren't. The images were from that day - March 4, 2016 - nearly 5 years to the day from the start of the Syrian revolution. For years I've debated whether the Syrian revolution still exists. Whether the chants of 2011 still hold true today, "بلا ماهر وبلا بشار وهالعصابة الأسدية سوريا بدها Øرية" [Neither Maher nor Bashar nor the Assad mafia, Syria wants freedom] or whether that spark of hope and that longing for democratic reform died and was buried along with the hundreds of thousands of Syrians under the rubble of regime barrel bombs and Russian cluster munitions. Would we ever see the green revolution flag again or did the brute force of the Assad regime and its Russian and Iranian allies kill the revolutionary spirit and diminish any desire other than the minimal desire to live and eat? As one young girl in besieged Moadamiya wrote on a poster a few days ago, "Yesterday, I dreamt that we were bombed with missiles made of white fresh bread." How far had the dreams of yonder years fallen. [2016-03-05-1457211396-2887856-whitefreshbread.jpg] Yesterday, on the seventh day of the cessation of hostilities, I got a call from a friend. "Are you seeing what's happening in Syria." I had purposefully avoided Facebook that day. I needed a mental break. I didn't want to read about the forced starvation of over half a million Syrians or the continued use of chemical weapons on civilians. Nor did I want to see pictures of dismembered women being dug out after an aerial strike or videos of dead children washed onto Turkish and Greek shores as they sought to escape and rebuild a life somewhere in Europe. When I opened my Facebook feed, though, I was shocked by what I saw; shocked in a good way and in a way that I hadn't been shocked in years. Picture after picture and video after video of Syrians protesting from as far south as Busrat al Sham (Daraa) to as far north as Azaz (Aleppo). Thousands of Syrians from over 100 locations throughout Syria adorning the green revolution flag and chanting, indeed demanding the overthrow of the regime. Men, women and children who had undoubtedly lost everything from their loved ones to their homes to the livelihoods to even their futures were swaying to the songs of the revolution. Flags meters long intertwined between the demolished buildings in Jobar (Damascus countryside) and the bombed out squares of Muarat al Numan (rural Idlib). [2016-03-05-1457211695-1383585-basratsham.jpg] (Busrat Al Sham) [2016-03-05-1457211759-87549-jobar.jpg] (Jobar) [2016-03-05-1457211652-4892802-12798823_10105058669876823_5884338844810191000_n.jpg] (Muarat al Numan) Women chanting and frail men dancing, reminding the world that they had not given up on the revolution. The Assad regime had sought to bomb and starve these people to submission - to force them to forget their demands of a life of dignity and to instead be subdued by the most basic human needs for bread and water. But the regime failed. Syrians had not once shifted their focus from the bull's eye - the toppling of Assad and his despotic regime. [2016-03-05-1457211806-4399835-womenprotestors.jpg] In seeing the images, I understood why Assad was willing to burn down the country to stay in power. Anything short of unrelenting savagery would mean that the Syrian people would continue to rise up and demand his overthrow. Indeed, only a few days of lull after half a decade of unimaginable brutality and the Syrian people were once again out on the streets as they had been in 2011. And in their hands, they carried the messages of the revolution. "Our peaceful revolution is still in progress until toppling of Assad and imposing justice all over Syria." "2011-2012-2013-2014-2015-2016 and we still want freedom." "It is a revolution, not a civil war." "Long live Syria, down with Assad." "Before these people, you have no option but to leave." "Revolution is a conviction and a conviction cannot be killed." [2016-03-05-1457211880-7345374-peacefulprotest.jpg] [2016-03-05-1457211910-4153806-20112016.jpg] ("2011-2012-2013-2014-2015-2016 and we still want freedom.") [2016-03-05-1457211961-5872006-12799137_10105058669647283_2243812949803569155_n.jpg] ("It is a revolution, not a civil war.") [2016-03-05-1457212016-5422597-12814087_10105058669951673_2538784570698797844_n.jpg] ("Long live Syria, down with Assad.") [2016-03-05-1457212160-4635418-Depart.jpg] ("Before these people, you have no option but to leave.") [2016-03-05-1457212073-3381589-conviction.jpg] ("Revolution is a conviction and a conviction cannot be killed.") Yesterday, I was assured that the revolution still exists. And until every Syrian is killed, until their cities are fully decimated and emptied of their inhabitants and their bodies are covered in white shrouds, the Syrian revolution will remain alive. -- This feed and its contents are the property of The Huffington Post, and use is subject to our terms. It may be used for personal consumption, but may not be distributed on a website.
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Turkey wants additional 3 billion euros to deal with refugee crisis
Ankara has called on the EU to show greater "solidarity" with Turkey in order to tackle a wave of migration to the bloc. Under a new proposal, Brussels will evacuate all refugees on Greek islands, and pay for the costs.
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EU-IMF mission chiefs to return to Greece as soon as Tuesday: EU's Moscovici
Brussels (AFP) - Senior EU and IMF officials will return to Athens as soon as Tuesday in an effort to complete a long-delayed review of the Greek bailout and unlock rescue cash, European Economic Affairs Commissioner Pierre Moscovici said. "I am very happy ...
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Greek debt relief 'on the table' in bailout talks: Eurogroup's Dijsselbloem
Brussels (AFP) - Eurozone ministers will finally address debt relief for Greece, Eurogroup chief Jeroen Dijsselbloem said Monday, meeting a key demand of Athens that has been resisted by its pro-austerity partners following its bailout. "We have a long ...
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Greek bailout monitors to return as soon as Tuesday: EU
Brussels (AFP) - Bailout monitors from the EU and IMF will return to Greece as soon as Tuesday in an effort to complete a long-delayed review of the programme and unlock rescue cash, European Economic Affairs Commissioner Pierre Moscovici said. Eurozone ...
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ND leader: Greece Should Take Lessons from Cyprus on Implementing Bailout
Main opposition leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Monday that Greece should take lessons from Cyprus on how to correctly implement the measures of its bailout program, following a meeting with the leader of the Democratic Rally party, Averof Neofytou, in Nicosia. “It’s a particularly important day for Cyprus, as today’s Eurogroup will confirm the country’s
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GREEK Defense Minister Urges NATO to Swiftly Launch Operation in Aegean Sea
GREEK Defense Minister Panos Kammenos in talks with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg urged the alliance to swiftly start a naval operation ...
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Baptists confront refugee crisis at Greek border
“Europe faces an imminent humanitarian crisis,” warned the United Nations High Commissioner for refugees (UNHCR) in a March 1 report that focused on the rapid build-up of migrants in Eidomeni, Greece. A team of North Carolina Baptists recently ...
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NATO says Aegean mission moving into Greek, Turkish waters
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - NATO sent its ships into Greek and Turkish waters in the Aegean Sea on Monday to counter the criminal networks smuggling migrants into Europe, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said, overcoming territorial sensitivities in Greece ...
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Merkel’s migration plan will turn Greece into a huge campsite
The German chancellor can save her open-door policy, but she’ll have to spend billions on a pay-off Last summer Angela Merkel swung open her country’s gates to the largest migration since the war. By year’s end, 1.1 million people had streamed into Germany from the Middle East, North Africa and the Balkans: in January it was another 100,000. And yet, the chancellor won’t budge. Her mantra is “_Wir schaffen das_”, Merkel-speak for “yes, we can”. At first, her compatriots did her proud, putting to shame the French who keep several thousand refugees cooped up in Calais, and the British who bar them from England’s green and pleasant land. Germany’s authorities managed to whisk thousands off into shelters across the country. Armies of donors and volunteers pitched in with food, clothes and hands-on help. Related: Angela Merkel faces party rebellion over Germany's stance on refugees Related: Refugee crisis: UK to back calls for EU to send more money to Turkey Continue reading...
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Can a Turkey sliding into despotism and censorship still join the EU? The answer must be no
The sight of Europe’s leaders kowtowing to the Turkish president, Recep Tayyip ErdoÄŸan, was sickening It is waging war on an ethnic minority, its riot police just stormed the offices of a major newspaper, its secret service faces allegations of arming Isis, its military shot down a Russian bomber – and yet Turkey wants to join the European Union. The country’s swift descent into despotism poses yet another existential problem for the west. The sight of Europe’s leaders kowtowing to Turkey’s president, Recep Tayyip ErdoÄŸan, in the hope he would switch off the flood of refugees to Greece, was sickening. After the Turkish courts authorised police to seize the Zaman newspaper, tear-gassing its employees and sacking the editors, the new bosses immediately placed ErdoÄŸan’s smiling picture on the front page. He has a lot to smile about. Continue reading...
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Aid, visa changes and resettling Syrians on table at EU-Turkey migration summit
Promise to double aid to €6bn comes as leaders discuss plan to resettle one Syrian refugee in Europe for every Syrian returned to Turkey from Greek islands The EU has offered to double aid for Syrian refugees in Turkey, as it bargains with Ankara to do more to stop migrants arriving on Greece’s shores. At an emergency summit in Brussels, EU leaders promised Turkey €6bn (£4.6bn) over three years, twice the €3bn offered last November, according to an EU source. Continue reading...
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Syrian boys suffer electric shocks in Greek border camp: police
IDOMENI (Greece) (AFP) - Three Syrian boys suffered electric shocks on Monday, with one seriously hurt, whilst playing atop a railway car at the Greek border camp of Idomeni, local police said. One of the boys, aged 12, was taken to hospital at nearby ...
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The Latest: Migrants protest on rail tracks at Greek border
Dozens of men, women and children have held a sit-down protest on the railway tracks running past the Idomeni refugee camp on the Greek-Macedonian border, calling on European leaders meeting in Brussels to open the borders. Frustrated refugees in Idomeni ...
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America’s Hottest Economist Says ‘Sooner or Later Greece Will Leave EU/IMF Arrangement Because It Simply Isn’t Workable’
One of the ongoing debates both among economists and policymakers is over the failure of the Greek bailout programs. Why is Greece still in a deep recession six years after it got shut out of global private credit markets and had to be “bailed-out” by ...
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Turkey ramps up demands in return for helping EU on migrant crisis
[Migrants and refugees sit in an overcrowded tent on March 7, 2016 after waiting overnight at the Greek-Macedonian border]Turkey ratcheted up its demands for helping the EU with the migrant crisis at a high-stakes summit in Brussels on Monday, demanding an extra three billion euros in aid in return for its cooperation.
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In pictures: Life for migrants in Idomeni refugee camp in GREECE
As Turkish and EU leaders gather in Brussels for an emergency summit on tackling Europe's worst refugee crisis since World War Two, the plight of ...
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