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Refugees rescued by NATO vessels in the Aegean Sea will be sent to Turkey, Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said Thursday, after the military alliance finalized an operation to monitor people-smuggling networks that transfer people to Greece. "We will participate in...

Following an initiative taken by the Austrian government that has raised eyebrows among EU officials and infuriated Greece as Athens did not receive an invitation to participate, Austria and nine Balkan states held a meeting in Vienna today to...

The NATO mission to control migrant traffickers in the eastern Aegean could begin on Friday after planning now underway at the alliance headquarters is complete, German defense ministry spokesman Michael Henjes said Wednesday. "The NATO mission is already in the...

The management of the refugee crisis by Europe has been disappointing, Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said on Wednesday in his address to Parliament, during a debate on draft bill to reform public administration. “Some don’t realize that the common...

A phone conference between PM Alexis Tsipras and Angela Merkel took place on Wednesday morning. The PM's intention was to express his displeasure for the non-observance of the agreement on the handling of the refugee and migrant crisis. Tsipras demanded...

As the migrant situation in Greece is getting completely out of hand and the EU reveals that it is simply too divided to be able to provide an effective solution to the problem, Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has...

Kos island is one of the areas in Greece that is being "tested" on a daily basis ever since the beginning of the refugee and migrant crisis. The Cinematographic Team of the Evening High School of Kos created a...

Thousands of refugees and migrants are stranded across Greece after the closing of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia border. On Wednesday morning, 1,700 refugees from the islands close to Turkey arrived at the Piraeus Port. However, authorities were not...

The importance of the NATO mission and the cooperation of Greece and Turkey in an attempt to control the flow of refugees to Europe were discussed by U.S. President Barack Obama, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, French President Francois Hollande...

More than 100,000 refugees and migrants have reached the shores of Greece and Italy this year, according to data that was released by the International Organization for Migration (DOM). Among these numbers, 97,325 people reached the Greek islands and 7,507...