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In an article posted today on the website of liberal.gr., European Commissioner for Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship, Dimitris Avramopoulos emphasizes the importance of the European humanistic tradition and says it is something we all must be proud of,...

Speculation over the specific portfolio which will be taken on by Greece's next European Commissioner Margaritis Schinas has intensified over the last several days, with conflicting information coming out of Brussels. According to information published recently by the Cypriot News Agency,...

The Greek government announced on Thursday that Margaritis Schinas will be Greece's new European Commissioner during Ursula von der Leyen's Presidency of the European Commission. The announcement put an end to speculation over who would replace Dimitris Avramopoulos, the current...

The European Union’s Commissioner Dimitris Avramopoulos characterized the Prespa Agreement as "problematic" in a statement he issued on Wednesday. The European Commissioner for Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship said that "The Prespa Agreement is not balanced, and therefore it is...

A technical team of the European Union’s Directorate General on Migration will visit Cyprus on Tuesday to meet with local officials and discuss additional assistance that the island needs due to increased migration flows. The visit comes in the aftermath...

Greece's Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras met on Wednesday with the European Commissioner for Migration Dimitris Avramopoulos ahead of the informal EU Summit that will be held in Austria's Salzburg. In this context, the two men discussed issues related with the...

The European Commission on Monday gave over €45 million ($52 million) to Greece and Spain to deal with migration issues. Monday's sums come shortly after Greece also struck a bilateral deal with Germany last week on taking back some migrants. That bilateral...

"Even if the number of arrivals remains relatively low, arrivals from Turkey have seen a significant increase since March 2018 and arrivals on the western Mediterranean route continue to show an upward trend," EU Migration Commissioner Dimitris Avramopoulos said...

European Commissioner for Migration and Home Affairs Dimitris Avramopoulos on Friday filed a suit against two of the three protected witnesses in the Novartis case. Avramopoulos, a former health minister, is suing the witnesses for perjury, slander and defamation as they...

The European Commission on Wednesday announced the appointment of Greek citizen Paraskevi Michou, as EU Secretary General of Migration and Home Affairs. According to the EU, Michou will be the first woman to serve in this position. The EU official will...

The deep political, economic and cultural divide between North and South in the EU has led to yet another feud - this time on the issue of refugee quotas for the EU countries. Rivals from the two sides of the...

The European Parliament honoured the late Greek politician and former prime minister Constantine Mitsotakis, by naming a room after him in Brussels on Thursday, in the presence of Eurodeputies and Greek officials. The event to name the "Room" was attended...

The European Commission claims that the bloc's migrant agreement with Turkey is working well, but that more effort is needed to speed asylum applications. EU Migration Commissioner Dimitris Avramopoulos said Wednesday that "the EU-Turkey statement continues to work and deliver...

While visiting Athens on Thursday, European Commissioner for Migration Dimitris Avramopoulos said that there are approximately 3 million refugees waiting to cross into Greece from Turkey in an effort to reach Western and Northern Europe. Th news comes at a...

The current tense climate must not be allowed to affect the EU-Turkey Statement on migration, which must remain in force, European Commissioner for Migration, Home Affairs and citizenship Dimitris Avramopoulos said on Thursday. The Commissioner made the statement while visiting...