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Greek PM Sees Positive Outcome of European Union Summit for Greece

The two-day European Union leader's summit concluded on Friday evening with the Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras expressing his satisfaction with the summit's events. “These were two days with positive decisions for our country. Within a difficult field and I would say within negative European...

Greece Aims to Improve Conditions Within Greek Prisons

The Greek government has approached the Council of Europe to launch a program that aims to improve conditions within Greek prisons. The programme will be a cooperation between the Greek Justice Ministry and the European Council, Kathimerini newspaper reports. Eftychis Fytrakis, the general...

EU Agrees Greece and Italy Should Not Shoulder Refugee Burden Alone

Despite disagreements over quotas, European Union member states agreed that the refugee issue is a shared responsibility and that Greece and Italy should not shoulder the burden alone. After a marathon meeting on the refugee issue, European leaders agreed on...

Donald Tusk Announces EU Refugee Summit on Sept. 23

European Council President Donald Tusk announced via his Twitter account on Thursday that he has convened an urgent European Union summit on the refugee crisis this upcoming Wednesday, September 23. The EU's Interior Ministers are scheduled to meet on September 22 to discuss how to...

European Council President Proclaims EU Support for Resolution of the Cypriot Dispute

European Council President Donald Tusk signaled Europe's willingness to assist in the development of peace talks between the two sides of Cyprus's 41-year-old division and highlighted the significance of the following months for a successful resolution. Following his meeting with Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades on Friday,...

Refugee Crisis: Greek President Invites European Council President to Greece

The President of the Hellenic Republic Prokopis Pavlopoulos invited European Council President Donald Tusk to Greece to discuss Europe's refugee crisis on Tuesday, September 8th. Tusk had said that the inflow of migrants and refugees to Europe could go on for years. European...

European Council President: Europe Came Close to Catastrophe Over Greece

Europe came close to catastrophe for over 2.5 billion euros as the talks between Greece and its creditors for a new bailout deal last weekend almost failed, European Council President Donald Tusk said. Tusk gave an interview to Greek newspaper...

Special European Council Meeting on Greece Cancelled

President Donald Tusk called off a special European Council meeting set for later today. During the meeting the Council was supposed to discuss the Greek bailout proposal. I have cancelled #EUCO today. #EuroSummit to start at 16h and last until...

European Council President: 'We Need Decisions, Not Negotiations'

The time for negotiating is over and it is now time for decisions on the Greek issue, European Council President Donald Tusk said in a joint press conference with European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker on Thursday after the end of the...

EU Officials Say Greek Reforms List 'Theoretical' and 'Arbitrary'

The list of proposed reforms the Greek government submitted to the Euro Working Group in order to close the fifth review is lacking in legislative actions or technical methods that would help achieve the objectives stated, a real.gr report...