European Union
Cyprus
Foreign Ministry: Greece will Never Accept the Consequences of the Turkish Invasion and Occupation
"The unilateral declaration of the illegal secessionist entity 32 years ago was a flagrant violation and affront to international law and international legal order," the Foreign ministry said in an announcement, on Sunday.
"The Turkish military invasion, the ongoing illegal...
Cyprus
Prokopis Pavlopoulos Discusses Cyprus Problem During Visit to the Island
President of the Hellenic Republic Prokopis Pavlopoulos has called on Turkey to prove its good intentions regarding the Cyprus problem and stressed that Turkey can not make a step towards becoming a part of the EU if it does...
Greece
Greek PM Tsipras Stresses Importance of Cooperation with Turkey on Refugee Issue
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said that the only way to tackle the refugee crisis is for Greece and Turkey to cooperate on stemming the migrant inflow.
Tsipras spoke after the completion of the informal European Union summit on the...
Europe
Europe Pledges $1.9 Billion for ‘Root Causes’ of African Migration
At a summit in Malta attended by European and African leaders, the European Union agreed on a nearly $2 billion aid package aimed at tackling the root causes of migration. Hundreds of thousands of people have crossed the Mediterranean...
Greece
EU Insists on Joint Greek-Turkish Patrols in Aegean to Tackle Refugee Crisis
The European Union will insist on an action plan that includes joint Greek-Turkish patrols in the Aegean in order to tackle the refugee crisis, according to an official EU document.
According to a Euro2day.gr report citing an official EU document...
Europe
Experts: With Winter Near, Europe Needs to Do More for Refugees
Europe’s largest humanitarian crisis since World War II is far from over. Refugees in huge numbers are traveling through the Balkans to reach their destinations in the rich countries of the European Union. But as winter approaches, there is...
Greece
Frontex Reveals Numbers of Migrant and Refugee Arrivals in Greece as Figures in Italy Fall
Over 540,000 migrants and refugees entered Europe through the Greek islands between January 1, 2015 and October 1, 2015, according to a latest report published by Frontex.
The European Union's border patrol agency noted that this is 13 times the number that had...
Greece
Avramopoulos Calls for Further Action on Refugee Crisis
EU Commissioner for Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship Dimitris Avramopoulos on Monday referred to the significant progress made on the refugees issue at the extraordinary Justice and Home Affairs Council, held in Brussels.
Avramopoulos briefed the ministers on the...
Cyprus
TTIP Globalization
A metamorphosis is in progress, which aims to erode the principle of democracy and reduce nation-authority forever......
The idea of reducing the powers of democratically elected governments has been surreptitiously under planning for years. It goes as far back as...
Economy
Food Prices in Greece Show Highest Increase Among EU 28
Despite the economic crisis, Greece shows the highest rise in food prices among the European Union's 28 member states, according to Eurostat.
Figures released by the EU statistical authority show that food prices went up 2.9 percent compared to July,...