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As of Monday, the "administrative restriction" process for asylum applicants on Lesvos and Chios is in effect, meaning that they cannot be detained in registration centers after 25 days. The migrants are gradually free to leave the hotspots since their...

Migrants threw stones at Greek police on Monday after a Syrian man was accidentally injured by a police van in Idomeni. Refugees blocked the railway line again, for the 32nd consecutive day. According to Greek police, the refugee fell from...

Deputy Migration Minister Yannis Mouzalas on Monday admitted that the Greek government lost control of refugees at Idomeni and non government organizations did damage on migrant handling. Mouzalas returned to parliament after being hospitalized for a health problem. The deputy...

The mission chiefs of the European Commission, European Central Bank, European Stability Mechanism and International Monetary Fund returned to Athens on Tuesday to continue talks on the bailout review. As Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos has said while in Washington for...

The European Union and the European Investment Bank can help private companies get financing in Greece, European Commissioner for Employment, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness, Jyrki Katainen, who is paying a visit in Athens, said on Monday addressing the Greek...

On the basis of the Passengers Survey results, released Monday by the Statistical Service of the Republic, 86,229 residents of Cyprus returned from a trip abroad in March 2016 compared to 82,418 in the corresponding month last year, recording...

The Council of State has approved the establishment of Muslim studies in the Faculty of Theology in Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, after finding legal the appropriate presidential decree by the Ministry of Education. The direction of Muslim studies will begin...

The Council of Appeals Court judges have requested from the Cypriot authorities to provide additional information on Leonidas Bobolas, before issuing a decision on whether he should be extradited to Cyprus. Businessman Leonidas Bobolas is wanted in Cyprus as he...

"The Greek government remains stable in its position. It is ready to implement those provided in the July 2015 agreement. Nothing more, nothing less," said government's spokeswoman Olga Gerovasili after the conclusion of a meeting with Prime Minister...

New Democracy President Kyriakos Mitsotakis decided to relaunch ONNED, the party youth body, and did not recognize Sunday's election results. The conservative party leader said that those elected will not be allowed to participate in the party congress and that...