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Diplomacy
US Deputy Assistant Secretary Palmer: America Stands in Solidarity with Greece
The U.S. State Department's Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs, Matthew Palmer, declared on Saturday from the border city of Alexandroupolis that "We are here to underscore our firm commitment to this project, to...
Economy
European Investment Bank Offers €200M to Support Infrastructure in Evros, North Aegean
The European Investment Bank will offer 200 million euros to Greece for the support of infrastructure works due to the recent migration-related developments on the islands of the northeastern Aegean and in Evros, it was made public on Friday.
Greek...
Greece
Greek Security Forces Attacked by Tear Gas at Turkish Border
The Greek-Turkish border at Kastanies on the Evros river resembled a war zone on Friday morning as the Greek security forces deployed to prevent thousands of migrants storming into the country came under attack by smoke bombs and tear...
Greece
Greece Publishes Video Showing Turkey's Creation of Border Crisis
Stelios Petsas, the spokesperson for the Greek Government, published a video on his social media accounts on Thursday showing a timeline of Turkey's behavior in the last several days.
The video, which is in the English language, shows exactly how...
Greece
Turkey Ramps Up Tensions at Greek Border by Deploying 1,000 Special Police Forces
Turkey announced on Thursday that it is deploying 1,000 special police forces along its border with Greece in a move it to halt -- as it claims -- the pushback of migrants toward its territory.
Speaking to reporters in the...
Greece
US Embassy Issues Travel Warning for Lesvos, Samos, Chios and Evros Border
The American Embassy in Athens and the American Consulate General in Thessaloniki issued a travel warning on Wednesday for US citizens who currently are visiting or will soon visit the islands of Lesvos, Chios, Samos or the border area in...
Greece
Border Crisis: EU Presents Immediate Measures to Support Greece
The European Commission presented on Wednesday the immediate measures the Union will put into force in order to assist Greece due to the extraordinary situation along its external borders with Turkey.
Margaritis Schinas, Vice-President for Promoting our European Way of Life,...
Diplomacy
Greece Dismisses Turkish Claims of Death, Injuries at Evros as Fake News
The Greek government dismissed on Wednesday Turkish claims that its security forces had fired at migrants and refugees massed at the borders on Evros.
Earlier the governor's office of Turkey's bordering Edirne province had charged in a statement that “Greek...
Greece
Is the European Union Playing Pontius Pilate in Greek Migrant Crisis?
President of the European Council Charles Michel, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, European Parliament President David Sassoli and European Commission Vice President Margaritis Schinas joined Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis in visiting the Greece-Turkey border at Evros...
Greece
Turkish Police Fire Teargas at Greek Border on Evros
A video, obtained by Greek Reporter, appears to show Turkish police on Wednesday morning firing teargas at the Greek border on the Evros river near the village of Kastanies.
In the video, members of the Turkish police are seen firing...