Greece

An embarrassing photo has emerged of a Greek minister smoking indoors during an event in Thessaly as the government is supposedly trying to enforce widely-flouted anti-smoking  laws. The mayor of Trikala, a town in Thessaly that has banned smoking in public,...

Greece's Economy and Development Minister Dimitris Papadimitriou on Monday night resigned from his post after his wife Rania Antonopoulou left her seat as Deputy Minister for Social Solidarity only hours earlier. Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras accepted both resignations. As stated...

A Greek cabinet minister has claimed migration flows into the country have doubled since August last year. Migration Policy Minister Yiannis Mouzalas said Greek islands can experience 160 to 180 arrivals a day when weather conditions are good. "This has again created...

    Greece’s Deputy Migration Minister Yiannis Mouzalas has faced boos and jeers from residents of Chios, angry over violent confrontations taking place at refugee centers on the Aegean island. Villagers from Chalkios and other towns held a protest at the island’s...

"The appeal that I filed was because I would like to be certain that my country does not give asylum to coup plotters," said Greece's Deputy Migration Minister Yiannis Mouzalas on Tuesday. In an interview on Skai television aired late...

The Greek Migration Minister, Yiannis Mouzalas, visited the refugee camp of Moria in Lesvos on Christmas Day, and vowed that the situation will improve by the end of January. Mouzalas said authorities were making huge efforts to improve conditions, while accusing...

Greek Migration Policy Minister Yiannis Mouzalas is out of the race for the European Council's Commissioner for Human Rights, after coming fourth in Thursday's vote. Mouzalas received 21 votes, not enough to put him among the three candidates who will...

The Lesvos municipal council demands that Migration Policy Minister Yiannis Mouzalas fulfills his commitments; while the Chios municipality prepares to proceed with legal actions against him over the migrant issue. More than 8,000 refugees and migrants are stranded in the...

There is a significant increase in migratory inflow with 4,000 asylum seekers arriving in one month, said Greece's Migration Policy Minister Yiannis Mouzalas on Wednesday. Mouzalas spoke in a press conference, admitting that the situation on Lesvos is bad, and...

The recent increase in the flow of migrants and refugees doesn't mean that the EU-Turkey deal on migration has collapsed, according to the Migration Policy minister. "We are making huge diplomatic efforts to preserve the EU-Turkey agreement," minister Yiannis Mouzalas...

Migration Policy Minister Yiannis Mouzalas expressed concern over the possibility EU to "make a wrong move" and cut funds and staff from Greece in order to support Italy in the management of the refugee crisis, speaking on Sunday to...

An investigation is underway to find out if and to what extent Turkish citizens asking for asylum have been sent back, Minister for Migration Policy Yiannis Mouzalas said on Tuesday in an interview with radio station 24/7. Mouzalas expressed his opposition...

Migration Policy Minister Yiannis Mouzalas inaugurated two new refugee camps in Serres and Drama describing them as "decent camps for dignified people." The camps will be operated by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) under the supervision and coordination of...

Greek Migration Minister Yiannis Mouzalas hailed the operation to evacuate the makeshift refugee camp in Elliniko in southern Athens on Friday, saying it was a joint effort of relevant bodies conducted over a period of three months. “Today is a...

Migration Policy Minister Yiannis Mouzalas on Thursday announced that he is forwarding the complete file on a non-governmental organization active in Greece to the Supreme Court prosecutor, either on Friday or next Monday, so that reports accusing the NGO...