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Greek government officials held a meeting today to address what they regard as the understaffing problem facing Greece’s public sector. State Minister Flambourakis and deputy minister of administrative reform Vernardakis were among those present at today’s meeting, with participants agreeing...

FYROM’s president Gjorge Ivanov has justified the decision of his country to seal off the borders by saying in an interview to the German tabloid Bild that if they did not do so FYROM would be flocked by jihadists. Ivanov...

Greek authorities have refused Amnesty International Greece with access to refugee accommodation centers and the hotspots so the organization can monitor current conditions, according to its director Giorgos Kosmopoulos. As reported in the Greek daily Ethnos, Mr. Kosmopoulos claims that...

The proposed deal between European Union and Turkey to halt the influx of migrants to Europe “could be scuppered by Cyprus after the country’s president warned he would not accept a key element: restarting key parts of Turkey’s EU...

Greece needs to abide by the agreement for reforms as laid out in the new bailout program and the migrant crisis facing the country today should be no for deviation from the “agreed” route, said Marcel Fratzscher, President of...

The song "Utopian Land" is this year's representation for Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest that will take place in Stockholm. The song is a hip-hop piece that combines Greek traditional elements, as there is Pontiac lyre and drums, as...

Greece's Labor Minister Giorgos Katrougalos admitted on Thursday that the government may have to proceed with deep pension cuts as creditors request. Speaking to government friendly Sto Kokkino FM radio, the labor minister said that lenders would not accept a...

The picture of a woman washing an infant that looks only days old is added in the tragic chronicle of the 14,000 refugees who are stranded on the Greece-FYROM border, uncertain of their future. The plight of refugees and migrants...

Alternate Citizen Protection Minister Nikos Toskas ruled out the possibility of a violent intervention in Idomeni refugees’ camp and predicted that the condition will return to normal in 1-2 weeks. Speaking to private MEGA TV on Friday he said that...

"The Greek state despite the economic difficulties has managed to increase the hosting and accommodation possibilities for refugees, we are constructing approximately 10,000 positions this week and this is something that no non-governmental organization can do" noted Prime Minister...

European states raise fences, close borders and bring military forces to protect their borders from the massive refugee and migrant inflow. On Thursday, about 200 Austrian soldiers and police officers conducted a joint operation on Austria's border with Slovenia in...

The Greek ministry of culture has decided to evict the Melina Mercouri Foundation from its building in Plaka, Athens, in order to house one of its services in the premises. In a report at Proto Thema website, citing an official document...

Main opposition New Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Thursday invited productive bodies and society to participate in drawing up ND's programme, while attacking the government's proposals for reforming the pension system as a "monstrosity." He was speaking during an...

NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg presented the three parts of the organization’s operation in the Aegean on Thursday, during a press conference in Brussels ahead of his meeting with European Commission head Jean-Claude Juncker. The first part is the enlargement of...

European Union interior ministers discussed the implementation of the EU-Turkey action plan during their meeting in Brussels on Thursday, Greek Alternate Minister for Migration Policy Yiannis Mouzalas after the meeting. The minister said his EU counterparts also finally discussed after...