EU summit

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras will be in Brussels tomorrow to attend the two-day EU-Turkey, one of the most critical EU summits in recent years as Europe is sharply divided over the refugee crisis and the Schengen Agreement has...

We have principles and values in Europe and one of our fundamental principles is the allocation of responsibility as well as solidarity, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said on Monday upon his arrival at the EU summit. He said that the...

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said in his address, on Sunday, to SYRIZA's Central Committee that respect to EU agreements on the migrant and refugee issue and pressure on Turkey to implement and accelerate readmission procedures will be his...

Germany is committed to finding a common European solution to the refugee crisis and cooperating with Turkey to limit the flow of refugees and migrants to the EU, government deputy spokesperson Christiane Wirtz said on Friday, commenting on the...

Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu sought to ease the concerns of his counterpart in Greece, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, over the outcome of the upcoming EU-Turkey summit in a telephone conversation the two leaders had the other day. Mr. Davutoğlu...

The European Union Council meeting currently under way takes place against a background of rising tension among EU member states. The 28 EU leaders that have gathered in Brussels for the two-day summit are divided over a number of issues,...

Chancellor Angela Merkel said today that the pursuit of a common strategy for the management of EU’s external borders and the protection of the Schengen agreement will be the focus of the EU summit, which begins tomorrow in Brussels. Speaking...

Greece 's response to the refugee crisis will partly depend on Europe making progress with plans for the relocation of refugees, Alternate Minister for Migration Yiannis Mouzalas said in an interview with the newspaper "Avghi" on Sunday. "We are not...

In the most crucial meeting for the Eurozone, EU leaders are pushing even further for more austerity in Greece.  Twitter users are reacting heavily to Greece's creditors demands that many call unreasonable and undemocratic. The past hour the hashtag #ThisIsACoup (#2 hashtag...

"Germany's efforts aim at keeping Greece in the Eurozone, so that the people in Greece have the prospect of a better future," as in Ireland, Cyprus and other countries, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said in Parliament ahead of the...