Austria Wants To Leave EU's Migrant Quota Programme

Austrian Chancellor Christian Kern will write a letter to the European Commission with an explanation as to why Vienna does not want to participate in the programme of the European Union for the distribution of migrants. Austria has undertaken to accept from Greece and Italy nearly 2,000 migrants under the quota programme of the EU but this number has been exceeded due to the influx of illegal migrants, stated Kern after a meeting of the government. “I believe that an exception has to be made for Austria because we have already fulfilled our commitments. We will discuss this issue with the EC and we will send them a letter as soon as possible,” stated the Austrian Chancellor. In 2016, Austria’s migration service permitted the review of nearly 36,000 people who want to receive refugee status. The government set a limit of 37,500 applications. When the limit is exceeded, the borders close down and deportation under simplified procedures begins.  

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Greek ETF Up, Turkish Stocks Down As Tensions Brew

There was a lot of Mediterranean flag waving over the weekend, and it seems to have helped Greek equities and hurt those in Turkey on Monday. What seems to be from a playbook that benefits President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on April 16 when Turks vote on ...

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Tourists returning to Egypt and Turkey, Tour operator Cook says

Foreign holidays remain a top priority for Europeans despite economic and security worries, tour operator Thomas Cook said on March 28, reporting a 40 percent jump in bookings to Greece and signs of a recovery in travel to Turkey and Egypt

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Tsipras welcomes visiting Georgian PM Kvirikashvili

  Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras referred to the historic bonds between Greece and Georgia while welcoming Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili at the Maximos Mansion on Tuesday. The Georgian Prime Minister said that Greece is a “cradle of culture” and expressed his gratitude for Greece’s support to his country adding that his visit to Athens […]

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U.S. State Department: Greece and Turkey Must Find Way to Ease Tension

Greece and Turkey have to find ways to de-escalate tension between them, said a State Department official on the occasion of the one-day visit of U.S. Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson to Turkey, a Real.gr report says. Briefing the press, the U.S. State Department official was asked, among other things, about the verbal attacks Turkish […]

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PM Tsipras: Georgian Citizens’ Right to Travel Without Visa to EU a Milestone

The opportunity given to Georgian citizens to travel without visa to the Schengen countries is a milestone for the relations of Georgia with the European Union, Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said on Tuesday in a meeting with Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikasvili. Tsipras praised Kvirikasvili who is the first citizen of his country making […]

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Ancient Greek terracotta sculpture head discovered underwater by the Crimean coast

Back in August of 2016, we talked about how archaeologists had discovered the ruins of a 3rd century BC fortress constructed by Greeks of the Kingdom of Bosporus, just west of the Crimean city of Kerch. Well this time around, another evidence of the ...

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