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Greece is one of the worst countries for the elderly, ranking 79th globally and absolute last in Europe, according to an annual report by Help Age International. At the same time, the Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) says that by 2050,...

The international technical staff for the first evaluation of the Greek economy within the framework of the memorandum is expected in Athens at the end of this week. The completion of the evaluation is connected with the disbursement of...

After the Euro Working Group session on Thursday it was decided that the Greek government is still within the timeline to implement reforms required and fulfill the terms of the agreement. The lenders representatives gave the Euro Working Group a...

German Chancellor Angela Merkel asserted that Turkey must assist Greece in protecting the European Union country's borders. The United Nations Refugee Agency estimated on Sunday that more than 318,000 migrants and refugees have traveled to Greece since the beginning of 2015. Merkel, speaking during a...

President of the Hellenic Republic Prokopis Pavlopoulos received visiting European Commissioner for Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship Dimitris Avramopoulos, on Friday. Avramopoulos is currently in Athens for meetings with European officials on the migration and refugee crisis. "The European Union's...

During the second quarter of 2015 (from April to June 2015), 213,200 first time asylum seekers applied for protection in the European Union (EU), up by 15 pct compared with the first quarter of 2015 and by 85 pct...

The police and coast guard were in control of the migration situation, the head of the Greek police Aliens and Border Protection service Zacharoula Tsirigoti said on Thursday in an exclusive interview with ANA-MPA. She estimated that the assistance...

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...

As European Union lawmakers have backed a plan to distribute 120,000 refugees among member countries, Greece is in the middle receiving accusations from Hungary for not guarding European borders. The fast-track measure of distributing the refugees is aimed at relieving...

Greece's President Prokopis Pavlopoulos met on Wednesday with caretaker Interior Minister Yiannis Mouzoulas at the presidential mansion. "It is time for Europe to prove that it has a policy on the war refugee issue," underlined Pavlopoulos adding that the huge...